He pointed to the song “Lord, I Need You,” which Maher said was inspired by an old Protestant hymn, “I Need Thee Every Hour,” and echoes some of that hymn’s emotional core.

Worship involves reverence and adoration. Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson invites us into that place by weaving together an old Christian hymn of praise with the Blues from the Deep South.

It had been 12 days since the Episcopal bishop of Washington pleaded with President Donald Trump to “have mercy” on immigrants, LGBTQ children and others.