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D'Angelo and the Soundtracks that Sustain Us

God bless your life

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BaddestChaplain
Oct 15, 2025
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Talk about a long-awaited holiday gift: D'Angelo's <em>Black Messiah</em> was released Monday, nearly 15 years after its predecessor.

Earlier today the news of D’Angelo’s passing hit me like a ton of bricks. When I got the notification, I immediately texted my wife to see if she had heard the unfortunate news. I thought of how many times we had listened to Black Messiah while we waited for the birth of our first child.

It was my final year of seminary and the semester started with the…

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