Wednesday, January 28, 2026
People who give us hope: Singers of Minneapolis
Yesterday I heard a remarkable story from the Dean of the University of Minnesota school of music. He lives in South Minneapolis, the part of town where both Alex Pretti and Renee Good were killed by federal agents.
On Saturday, the night Pretti was killed, a call went out for every neighborhood to have a candlelight vigil in his memory. As he described it, in his neighborhood there were several, and the same thing happened at each as people stood around a firepit in a driveway or holding candles at a street corner-- they began to sing. So he went from one group to the next, joining them in songs sent out into the dark night.
That really epitomizes the spirit of the people here, who have somehow combined kindness and caring with a deep resolve to do what is right.
Not long ago, I wrote that this past weekend felt like it marked a turning point towards the good, and it is beginning to feel more and more that way.
Genesis describes a world that was sung into existence, and perhaps it will be preserved in that same way.
