So engulfing is the emotional reaction that we shudder and shiver, or tremble and rejoice in smile or even laugh. The music of John Coltrane does that to many people. I am not a religious person, but John Coltrane was the one man whom I worshipped as a saint or even a god. The weekly Sunday divine liturgy is just under four hours old at St. John's African Orthodox Church. The choir has sung itself out.
People pack every seat and spill into the aisles and outside onto the sidewalk.
The universe has many wonders. Thank you God. Amen -John Coltrane, A Love Supreme Brother Reginald is finding seats for folks. Sister Debra has pulled her choir into a fluid, singular voice. Brother Frederick Harris is playing soft blues chords on piano, while upon the alter flames three slanted saxophones waving like electric paint brushes on the canvas of God.