They were given that by God as their tool to make it. I look at this as more of a spiritual experience. It's an experience that took a people from one place of despair and oppression and opened up the windows of possibilities for hope. The connection always comes from history. Because when I look around me in the congregation and I look around me in the choir, I have the same sense of crossing over, that same sense of coming through.
Gospel music means good news.
It means the resurrection of a people. It means the affirmation that joy will come in the morning. It means that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Correspondent Lucky Severson travels to Illinois and meets with three inmates convicted of serious crimes who are taking part in a forgiveness study at the Wisconsin State Mental Hospital and with two psychiatrists working with them. Read the full story .