Prophets don’t just offer consolations to their people or tell truth to power - sometimes they use music and art, and especially stories to help heal and make sense of even the darkest moments.
I hold space in my heart today for Sinead O’Connor, who died this week at the age of 56. Back in my 20’s this outrageous prophetic artist helped me learn so much about the world and my own life. She may have been the first to teach me about Patriarchy.
Sinead’s painful life offered prophetic passion much like the complex lives of other prophets in other times - including Isaiah who this week offers some painful peeks into his own life. He keeps the balance between tough truth and consolation — what the people want - and what we need to hear.
On this day, as the Jewish calendar leads us from the saddest day on the Jewish calendar and the rubble of Jerusalem into the rest of the summer and towards the new year — a short tale about foxes, and prophets, and the power of story to help heal and give us hope even when all around us seems like going down the tubes.
What’s the story? Watch the vid.
Next week we continue with Isaiah - only a few weeks to go before we say goodbye to him and start the journey with his buddy Jeremiah.
Meanwhile - gratitude to all the prophets, protesters, activists and artists who help us hope and heal.
Sinead, Isaiah & Foxes. How Prophets Help.