After much brokenness and repentance he sees things differently, considers himself a follower of Jesus, someone submitted to the will of God".
Though he doesn't quite put much stock in repentance, you'll have to forgive Dexter Morgan if he's got a hard time putting his faith in a merciful higher power.
The mayor's able moral leadership must champion the citizens of the city to engage in the tough task of spirtual reckoning around race that will lead to much needed reconciliation, repentance and reparation.
"All you got to do is listen to the radio, watch TV or read the newspapers to find out how much we need contrition, repentance, conversion of heart," he said during a Mass at St .John the Evangelist Parish on First Avenue and 55th Street, attended by about 200 staff members of the Archdiocese of New York.
This remark, characteristic of Blair's semi-scriptural messages of transcendence, is not so much an observation on the repentance of Libya as on the indirect repentance of the west; an acknowledgement of error, not in relation to Libya, but to the despot of another country – Saddam Hussein.
The Gove era saw much activity in haste and less repentance in leisure.
But the spirit of the worship service on Monday was not to cast blame; in fact, much of it was dedicated to repentance, as those gathered prayed for forgiveness for any sins that may have led to the controversy.
As long as he does not convert it into action, it does not matter how much he thinks about this new repentance.
This would allow some possibility of mercy and repentance, in the clerical view; and much opportunity for re-offending, in the secular one.
In addition to his performing career, he's also a producer — he just co-produced the reggae legend Lee (Scratch) Perry's latest album, "Repentance," — and, of all things, a much sought-after motivational speaker.
