[Magdalen] Christ the King, a South African perspective

[Jay Weigel]

Sweet video! That song always conjures up, for me, a vision of looking into
a nursery full of sleeping babies and counting them. I don't know why, but
it always has.

On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 4:54 AM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com>
wrote:

> A blessed Christ the King to all....made it to church this morning and
> heard Habakkuk read from three different locations in the church.
>
> Two things I'd like to share - firstly a cheerful little ditty from the
> "singing policeman", who deals with the worst humanity has to offer but
> knows how to to make a difference.
>
> Secondly, for those who have time, our retired Con Court judge Albie Sachs
> speaks in a TV interview about "we, the people" topic of his new book.
>
> With a pen, a sheet of paper on a plastic kitchen table, together with
> Kader Asmal (later Minister of Education in the Mandela government), Albie
> drafted South Africa's first ever Bill of Rights.
>
> He says, "a Bill of Rights must come from the heart...it must declare
> itself in the mouths of multitudes" (possible misquote but that's the gist
> of it). At the end of the interview he speaks about the USA in words of
> encouragement and hope.
>
> I am sure that his words will resonate with many list sibs who have
> personal memories of earlier struggles for justice and civil rights.
>
> We clearly have much to do up here on the ramparts and who knows what this
> time of exile will achieve, God willing...
>
> http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2016/11/18/WATCH-Singing-Potch-cop-nabs-
> peoples-hearts-with-viral-video
>
> https://www.enca.com/south-africa/interview-albie-sachs-
> talks-we-the-people
>
>
> Sally D
>