In this 2024 conversation with Justine Wills Toms, Benjamin Merz, who is bi-racial, tells us that planting seeds of hope and compassion is the most important thing we can do in the face of oppression, negativity, terror, and injustice. Little compares to the powerful spiritual force of joining voices to harmonize in songs of freedom. It is a transformative occasion when done with the fullness of our being that creates a sense of communal solidarity. We become part of something larger than ...