Were You There?

Autorentext

Luke A. Powery is the dean of Duke University Chapel and associate professor of homiletics at Duke Divinity School. He is the author of several books, including Were You There? Lenten Reflections on the Spirituals (2019), and one of the general editors of the multivolume Connections: A Lectionary Commentary for Preaching and Worship (2018- ).

Klappentext

Valuable not only for their sublime musical expression, the African American spirituals provide profound insights into the human condition and Christian life. Many spirituals focus on the climax of the Christian drama, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and the ways in which those events bring about the liberation of God's people. In these devotions for the season of Lent, Luke A. Powery leads the reader through the spirituals as they confront the mystery of Christ's atoning death and victory over the grave. Each selection includes the lyrics of the spiritual, a reflection by the author on the spiritual's meaning, a Scripture verse related to that meaning, and a brief prayer.