As we enter Junior Year of the Pandemic, I have been looking outside of the expected places for comfort, assurance, and even meaning.

In those olden days of yore, the “Elders” or the “wise ones of a city” might meet at the city gate where they would gather to discuss life’s complexities and to offer advice to those who asked.

I know none of you asked, and I don’t claim to be wise, but if any of you ever wanted to meet at the gate, here would be my advice.

Setlist:

1. Let Us Make a Record by Sister Gertrude Morgan

2. I'm So Happy And Free The Lord Save Me by Rev. Lonnie Farris

3. Wonderful by Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir

4. Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah by Indian Bottom Association

5. Jesus Will Provide by Isaiah Owens

6. Fix It Jesus by Reverend Charlie Jackson

7. Higher Power by Ramsay Midwood

8. People Get Ready by Imperial Golden Crown Harmonizers

9. I Have A Savior I Can by Leon Pinson

10. Yeah, Lord! Jesus is Able by Rev. Louis Overstreet

11. I Was Healed By The Wounds In His Side by Sister Gertrude Morgan

12. A Little More Faith by Reverend Gary Davis

13. Pray For Me by Leon Pinson

14. Is There Anybody Here Who Loves My Jesus? by Rev. Louis Overstreet

15. Take Care of Us by Revelations

16. God’s Got It by Reverend Charlie Jackson

17. Joyful Noise by Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir

18. The Lord’s Prayer by The Spiritualaires of Hurtsboro, Alabama

19. God’s Gonna Separate by Reverend Gary Davis

20. Take Your Burdens To The Lord by Washington Phillips

21. God’s Mighty Hand by Rev. Utah Smith

22. I Want To Ride That Glory Train by The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir