photo by mjh+ Believe: Songs for the Way of Love+ It’s not only make-believe – 1937 to Now A few hours ago, I was with the kids and I went on a riff about how amazing it is to search for songs on these streaming sites and up they come like magic. “Welcome to the…
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Freedom: Songs for the Way of Love+
Freedom: Songs for the Way of Love+ Lest We Forget -the 1980s to Now. A Change is Gonna Come – Brian Owens/T Owens/Sam Cooke Wake Up Everybody – John Legend, The Roots, ft. M Fiona People Get Ready – Eva Cassidy The Rising – Bruce Springsteen Freedom – Pharrell Williams Break Your Heart – Natalie…
Hope: Songs for the Way of Love+
Hope: Songs for the Way of Love+ Hymns for the Soul My Song Is Love Unknown This Is My Song God So Loved the World Ave Verum Corpus K 618 Miserere mei, Deus Would You Harbor Me? Loving Lamb Requiem: II. Out of the deep Requiem: III. Pie Jesu O Love of God, How Strong…
Truth: Songs for the Way of Love+
Happiness by mjh+ Truth: Songs for the Way of Love+ Lest We Forget—the 1940s-1980s Over the past two seasons this year, I’ve gathered together some songs and singers which have carried me through seasons of profound Love and Loss. Some songs I’ve sung by heart for years. Others I’ve only recently discovered as I opened…
Miracles: Songs for the Way of Love+
In 2010, I created and printed a handset letterpress of my poem “July 28” which I composed on July 28, 2006 in the Memorial Garden of Trinity Episcopal Church, Atchison KS Miracles: Songs for the Way of Love+ Love and Loss are most keenly felt in those closely-guarded places within us where only a few…
Longing: Songs for the Way of Love+
Griffith Head@Reid State Park near Georgetown, Maine photo by mjh+2019 While I’m mostly being quiet offline and staying near to home for a much-needed sabbath, my sacred emptied cup of time in July is being refilled to overflowing with music. After a full year of navigating through multiple transitions of beloved ones coming and going,…
Songs for the Way of Love+ with playlists
Every year during the winter and spring, I choose a significant piece of music and learn it by heart as my prayer practice in the early morning and late evenings. I love to sing in close harmony, so this is a prayer discipline which brings me the deepest joy. Most years I learn sacred music…
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Lest we forget
Here’s a wee glimpse of East/Boothbay’s remembrances on Memorial Day. It’s inspiring each year to stand together in peace, reflect on peace, and sing the national anthem with our community band and veterans. Thank you, Boothbay Register and Cody at BRCTV, for these stirring glimpses of our Memorial Day spent together in community. https://youtu.be/304044s1A8g via…
Lest we forget
East Boothbay on Memorial Day (photo by Kevin Burnham 2018) Words cannot fully describe how lovely Monday’s Memorial Day gathering was in East Boothbay and all over our Boothbay Peninsula. The sun was brightly shining, the sky was blue, the flags were waving in the fresh sea breeze, all ages were freely gathered in our…
letting go 