Must Be The Season Of The Witch

...all because of the wanton lust of a harlot,
alluring, the mistress of sorceries,
who enslaved nations by her prostitution
and peoples by her witchcraft.
~ Nahum 3

I will destroy your witchcraft
and you will no longer cast spells.
~ Micah 5

Cry Me A River

You have fed them with the bread of tears;
you have made them drink tears by the bowlful...
~ Psalm 80

Autumn Leaves

The harvest is the end of the age,
and the harvesters are angels.
~ Matthew 13

When I Was Young

Don't let anyone look down on you
because you are young,
but set an example for the believers
in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.
~ 1 Timothy 4

Les Feuilles Mortes

They do not say to themselves,
Let us fear the LORD our GOD,
who gives autumn and spring rains in season,
who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.
~ Jeremiah 5

My Sheep

I am the good shepherd;
I know my sheep
and my sheep know me
~ John 10

Wade In The Water

O LORD, the hope of Israel,
all who forsake you will be put to shame.
Those who turn away from you
will be written in the dust
because they have forsaken the LORD,
the spring of living water.
~ Jeremiah 17

RIP Solomon Burke

GRAMMY-winning R&B star SOLOMON BURKE has passed away.

BURKE, who was inducted into the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME in 2001 and won a GRAMMY for Best Contemporary Blues Album in 2003 for "Don't Give Up On Me," died of apparent natural causes on a flight from LOS ANGELES to AMSTERDAM. He was 70.

Born in PHILADELPHIA and starting his career as a preacher, BURKE signed with ATLANTIC RECORDS in 1961 and had several R&B hits, the best-known including "Cry to Me" (later revived in the movie "DIRTY DANCING") and "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love," covered by the ROLLING STONES, WILSON PICKETT, the 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS, and THE BLUES BROTHERS, among others.

BURKE's biggest pop chart hits included "Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)" (#24 in 1961), "If You Need Me" (#37 in 1963), "Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)" (#33 in 1964), "Got to Get You Off My Mind" (#22 in 1965), and "Tonight's the Night" (#28 in 1965). He also appeared in the film "The Big Easy." His final album "Hold On Tight," a collaboration with Dutch band DE DIJK (with whom he was scheduled to perform in AMSTERDAM this week), is being released this month.

2008: Solomon Burke: last of the great soul men

He's a 30-stone ladies' man with 89 grandchildren; a mortician-turned-preacher who claims to be a king; a friend of Malcolm X who played for the Ku Klux Klan... Ahead of his performance at Glastonbury tonight, Solomon Burke, soul legend, tells his amazing, contradictory life story...