By Susan Francois, CSJP

“Good morn or evening friends,” sings Stevie Wonder on the first track of his 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life, “here’s your friendly announcer. I have serious news to pass on to everybody.”

The news in question is embodied in the very title of this soulful R&B ballad, namely that “Love’s in Need of Love Today.” Fifty years later, the message still rings true, perhaps even more urgently amidst the polarizing, dehumanizing, and death-dealing actions taking root in communities across the globe.