Sacramental Operative in a Sullied World
A spoken word video by Ken Sehesed
TITLE: Sacramental Operative in a Sullied World - s spoken word video by Ken Sehested
AUTHOR AND VIDEOGRAPHERS: Ken Sehested; Lenora, Gary, and Hannah Rand
PERMISSION to publish granted by the author and the videographers.
You are invited to click on the image below and view a video that represents one of the great marriages among spoken word, photography, and jazz.
Ken Sehested, author of "Sacramental Operative in a Sullied World," is the editor/author of the online journal, prayer&politiks.org. He served as founding director of the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America (1984) and as founding co-pastor of Circle of Mercy Congregation in Asheville, NC (2001).
The video was created and edited by Lenora, Gary, and Hannah Rand. Gary "earned a doctorate in music composition from Northwestern University and spent time as Seminary Musician and Adjunct Professor at McCormick Theological Seminary. He co-founded The Plural Guild with his wife Lenora with the purpose of making meaningful rituals and worship experiences by creating prayers, poems, and visual art that reflect faith in God."
Lenora has lived a life which includes "working a very full time job in advertising, parenting, being a wife, caring about injustice, trying to be a friend, and desperately trying not to eat my weight in ice cream. For the last several years I have written lyrics for the band The Many, an intentionally diverse collective crafting songs of honesty and depth that speak to faith and doubt, cry out for peace and justice, and share hope for a world where all are welcomed."