the church of saint john coltrane
Submitted by popejoan2 on Sun, 12/24/2006 - 7:16ami totally could understand why they say john coltrane is a saint and they made a church dedicated to him as a saint and to music, they worship through jamming. i want to go there over in san fransisco. when i was walking through other worlds and getting lost sometimes, coltrane was there, indeed like a saint and his music was talking to me like a caring, dear great mother. and then the music healed me. i talked to the sisters of mercy at the church of st. john coltrane and told them how he spoke to me, to which they replied, "Love supreme! Love supreme!" they are good people. i can tell.
i don't know why i don't live in the bay area. and the summers here kill me, but the desert holds me. i hold the desert even as i don't get out in it enough. i long for water and fog tho and i always thought i lived my previous life in san fransisco. i used to go there a lot and i need to again, see some dear friends. i am melancholy for my friends in berkeley. i miss them.
 i used to go to the
i used to go to the african orthodox church of st. john the divine sometimes when i lived in the folsom and it was over on divisadero street in a storefront. it was always a really moving experience, and i would end up crying and dancing. a few years ago when i visited sf i learned that they are no longer in the storefront. gentrification drove them out. they do continue to have services however, and i went over to some big more modern church for the mass up near pacific heights. anyone who's in sf and hasn't been there should really check it out, you will be glad you did.
oh you are lucky. i want to