If that weren't true there wouldn't have been so many church leaders constantly sermonizing that these terrible love songs had to be eradicated from society.
Ward evangelized the social gospel, sermonizing on matters of economics and poverty and the potential role of the church in the rectification of the structural failings of society.
Her impulse toward sermonizing wrestles with her impulse toward a vision that is -- like her extraterrestrials and shimmering presences -- unclassifiable.