A Pentecost social justice song. And a prayer for any day of the year for those dedicated to building Beloved Community. Winner of the 2021 United Church of Christ Musicians Association Hymn Writing Competition
A Christian Hymn against Christian Nationalism
God abundant, God of wonder, God of every living thing, God of justice and of righteousness, empower us as we sing.
Amanda Gorman's Poem
Maybe everything hurts, Our hearts shadowed & strange. But only when everything hurts May everything change.
Tune: St. Christopher 76.86.86.86
Jesus is not my scapegoat / for any wrong I’ve done It isn’t fair to place on him / what he had never done
Listen to the Eco-Hymn "Earth Aura with Miracle and louder" set to the tune of "Breathe on me, breath of God"
This presentation is a celebration of the cosmos and its processes. Why? We are living in a time not only of the meltdown of glaciers but also of ideological systems.
The year of our Lord 2020 provided a perfect storm of agitation and opportunity. We wrestled our way through a contentious political season where we witnessed pillars of moral society abandoned or subverted to advance partisan agendas.
Amanda Udis-Kessler shares LBGTQ+ hymns along with the sheet music – just click on the title of the hymn to open the PDF Sheet Music.
"Leaning In: A Prayer of Intention" is a sung prayer of intercession that aims to break down the distinction between the
When we realized because of COVID19 we couldn’t sing together, we refused to give up the use of music in our Gatherings; it is just too important. So we turned to the only source of music we thought could offer the same experience even if it didn’t involve singing along: YouTube.
Crises drive us from our comfort to the edge of vital choice, children speak the words we’ve hidden, simple words we’ve failed to voice.
In his lifetime Jesus taught us To observe and then reflect On the laws that nature teaches If we pause and then inspect,
The peace that we share when we turn and shake hands Is simply the peace that our Savior commands.
O Christ, we remember the things that you did, The lessons you taught us, the way that you lived.
Singer/songwriter Christian McIvor serves as the Minister of Music & Worship at College Park Baptist Church in Greensboro, NC. He writes progressive Christian songs centered around themes of love, justice, compassion, and community that are intended for both solo/small group and congregational use in worship.
Poem by Tina Datsko de Sanchez Spanish translation by José Sanchez-H.
Lo Divino nos está llamando The Divine is calling us para liberar a los cautivos, to bring release to the captives,
by Keith Sanford
Developed by Keith Sanford, Ph.D., Forward Faith provides new music and in-depth discussion of ideas from a faith perspective based on liberal, progressive theology.
For the month of September, pay any amount to download IN TROUBLED TIMES. All profits on this site and Bandcamp will go to Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity.
Innovative songwriter and worship leader, John Lyzenga, is pleased to announce the release of IN TROUBLED TIMES, a collection of worship songs addressing issues of social justice including racism, privilege, gender, sexuality, and immigration combining the story of the Bible alongside current events.
Young Joseph the dreamer was sent o'er the border — No say in the matter — it wasn't his plan. He entered the country and as he got older, He worked with ambition to make it his land.
Religious Naturalism (RN) has two central aspects. One is a naturalist view of how things happen in the world—in which the natural world is all there is, and that nothing other than natural may cause events in the world. From nature we came, in nature we are, to nature we go… The other is appreciation of religion with a view that nature can be a focus of religious attention - the ‘cosmic religious feeling’ as Einstein called it.
Tune: Passion Chorale W.O.V. 255
Say welcome to the real world, A world where crosses grow, Nurtured by groups whose “One way” Can seem as pure as snow.
Durham Street Methodist ChristChurch New Zealand (Aotearoa) January 20, 2019 service led by Rev. Bill Wallace featuring some of his hymns. Our theme today is Christian Theology and global warming.
God, we see in sacred story women suffering silent pain, Living at the whim and mercy of the ones who troubled them. What does history know of Dinah? Was she bold and smart and strong? We just know her as the victim of a most horrendous wrong.
Creation’s splendour calls forth praise for Nature’s wealth, for vibrant life. This planet home, a wondrous gift, is threatened now by greed and strife.
For righteousness and peace In places of oppression Let love and hope increase.
But no one knows me no one ever will if I don’t say something, if I just lie still Would I be that monster, scare them all away If I let the-em hear what I have to say I can’t keep quiet, no oh oh oh oh oh oh
The ‘Sacred’ has so many names By which we do adore The mys’try of the universe, The ever puzz’ling ‘More’.
They’re carted off like cattle, yet we’d refuse a bed to those who flee from carnage now drowned, or lost or dead?