This is civil rights icon Rev. Joseph Lowery giving the benediction (end of service prayer) after Obama gave his inaugural address. I’m non-religious and I would prefer a nice clean separation of church and state but after a shaky start Dr. Lowery kills it with this beautiful (and cute) prayer wishing the best for the new President and the nation. Stay with it until the end… a little silly but funny.

Maybe even better was this sermon he gave a few years ago at the funeral of MLK’s widow Coretta Scott King. Listen to the part where the rhyme loving black pastor blasts one of the four presidents who attended the service.