Finally home for a couple of days! As much as I love NY it's always good to be back in Soulsville, sitting in front of OUR fireplace. We're blessed. May a blessing of encouragement flow thru Haiti today.

The people of Haiti are blessed with gifts that we in the rest of the world desperately need. They are not a "poor destitute" people. They are a culturally RICH people whose destinies were forever changed by the greed and short-sightedness of an unfortunate colonialist period in world history, and now need our help to be able to rebuild, preserve and present their much-needed gifts to the world. May I offer, alongside the generous financial gifts and gifts of prayers and concern from so many of you, the following poem from the pen of my favorite poet/songwriter, David of Jerusalem. I offer it in their now-native tongue, Français:

Seigneur VousEtesTout

L'Éternel est mon berger: je ne manquerai de rien.

    ²Il me fait reposer dans de verts pâturages, Il me dirige près des eaux paisibles.

    ³Il restaure mon âme, Il me conduit dans les sentiers de la justice, A cause de son nom.

    ⁴Quand je marche dans la vallée de l'ombre de la mort, Je ne crains aucun mal, car tu es avec moi: Ta houlette et ton bâton me rassurent.

    ⁵Tu dresses devant moi une table, En face de mes adversaires; Tu oins d'huile ma tête, Et ma coupe déborde.

    ⁶Oui, le bonheur et la grâce m'accompagneront Tous les jours de ma vie, Et j'habiterai dans la maison de l'Éternel Jusqu'à la fin de mes jours.

Now these are some shoes I MUST have! Love the toe-room.