Robes

"Touch the Hem of His Garment" is (without a shadow of a doubt) my favorite Sam Cooke track. For me, he's always best in church, alone or with the Soul Stirrers, voice soaring back to the very last pew. And here, he sings of a woman who seeks to be "made whole" by simply "touching the hem of [Christ's] garment." What power of mere presence! What power of fabric and ritual! Listen and mull.