Author Archives: Richard Guzman

EMMAUS – by Richard R. Guzman

This first draft of a choral piece by Richard R. Guzman has already been performed several times, and sets one of the most dramatic events in the New Testament to music.  Luke 24:13 begins the story of Jesus appearing to … Continue reading

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Dick Gregory: Comedy and Social Change

Besides being one of the funniest men in the history of American comedy, DICK GREGORY (1932-2017) has been a groundbreaking black writer and an activist in Civil Rights, in politics, and in food and health issues.  An activist vegetarian, he … Continue reading

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Songs by DAN GUZMAN: Slippin’

A DAN GUZMAN song about floating up and sinking down, being dragged heaven-ward and pulled the other way, too, while people watch and can’t be very much help at all.  And then in the middle of all this, a luminous line: … Continue reading

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