Article March 7, 2005 Issue

WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PRAYER-A-CHUTE?

By Mario Tosto

Can prayer be sacred yet not mysterious, regular but not routine, heart-sung without being sing-song, first rather than last resort, in a word, practical?

I once had to produce several versions of a commercial advertising jingle. I asked a professional arranger if he could do one in country/western style. "Are you kidding?" he said. "That's like asking an artist if he can do purple!"