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<\/iframe>\n<\/p><p>I had the privilege of speaking last week to participants in the workshop on Religion, Spirituality, and the Arts organized by Rabbi Sandy Sasso. This year, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beckyarchibald.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Becky Archibald<\/a> is one of the participants, and it was an honor to have a chance to meet her. While she is mostly famous for her instrumental pieces, in particular for solo piano, here is a work for choir that she composed. The <a href=\"http:\/\/startwithablankpage.blogspot.com\/2016\/09\/notes-on-light-comes-even-in-darkness.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">message of this Psalm<\/a> seems apt for the present moment.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had the privilege of speaking last week to participants in the workshop on Religion, Spirituality, and the Arts organized by Rabbi Sandy Sasso. 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