Ten Years After His Death, We Could Really Use Prince

The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz Podcast · Apr 21, 2026 · 5m

Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called Life.

And getting through is a heartbreaking slog right now.

Now, I can’t quantify it, but I’m a firm believer that things really went to hell here after Prince died. A decade ago, losing both him and David Bowie within a couple of months was a collective gut punch I don’t think we’ve ever fully recovered from. I know I haven’t.

Over the past year, watching this fascist regime’s relentless assaults on his beloved Minneapolis, I’ve often thought to myself, “Prince wouldn’t have stood for this s**t.” I wonder how he…