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January 10, 2012
The Book of Hov: Clinton Hill pastor gets inspiration from Jay-Z
The Brooklyn Paper
by Kate Briquelet
A new pastor in Clinton Hill gets his gospel straight from Jay-Hova.
Presbyterian minister Jamison Galt kicked off his inaugural sermon at Christ Church on Lafayette Avenue on Sunday night, preaching to a crowd of roughly 100 souls about Jay-Z, the self-described savior of hip-hop.
...Galt is a fan of Jay-Z’s songs, but during his sermon, he trashed one of the rapper’s most publicized business ventures.
Jay-Z owns a small portion of the New Jersey Nets, the basketball team scheduled to move into the Barclays Center at Atlantic and Flatbush avenues this fall as a part of developer Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards mega project. Despite plans for a “meditation room” in the arena that could host a house of worship, Galt compared the Atlantic Yards development and similar projects to the Tower of Babel, calling them “massive monument[s] ... without god.”
NoLandGrab: Amen!?
Posted by eric at January 10, 2012 11:09 AM