Dexter Moscow

COULD YOU SELL GOD TO MILLIONS - Dexter Moscow's blog

COULD YOU SELL GOD TO MILLIONS Did you, like me, watch in awe the inauguration ceremony of President Barak Obama? Were you amazed at how 2 million Americans of many colours, creeds and backgrounds came together in the freezing Washington air to bear witness to this historic event? The Presidential address was excellent and Obamas rhetoric did not disappoint but for me the person who captured the mood and emotion of the occasion was the Reverend Dr Joseph Lowery the elderly pastor who gave the Presidential benediction. It was not only the content of his presentation that captured my imagination but also the style of his delivery. He started very haltingly but then his voice gained strength as did the power and poetry of his words. The following extract form me encapsulates the cleverness of his discourse. "….we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in back, when brown can stick around... when ...