Nov 29, 2024

Songs In The Spirit of Interfaith Compassion

Throughout the 21-day Interfaith Compassion Challenge held this fall, big-hearted guests joined weekly calls with their songs and stories inspiring compassion and a deep recognition of the interconnected webs woven between all things. Below are a few samplings of the magic!

Grammy-winning folk singer, Carrie Newcomer, sang her soulful song "I believe," on the daily wonders we might encounter. (As a bonus, she also shared 'Stones in the River,' singing, "I can live divided or bent / Conspire in my own diminishment / Or believe in the better world I've dreamt / That grows from inside out.")

Wakanyi Hoffman, ubuntu wisdom scholar, offered a beautiful 'Song for Mother Earth' which combines the Indigenous Wisdom and Christian traditions in which she was raised.

The Baha'i sacred poet and mystic, Chelan Harkin, brought a poetic excerpt from her book, The Prophetess, in which she invokes, "the mapless wildlands of the new frontiers of love."

Nemo Patel, a service-oriented hip-hop artist whose music and its heartfelt messages have touched more than 100 million people from all walks of life worldwide, joined us as well. He shared some of his faith journey - and the stirring song inspired by this journey, "Dear God." 

And Reverend Heng Sure, one of the senior-most Western Buddhist monks alive, who served on the founding team of United Religions Initiative, offered a profound song, "She Carries Me" as well as a Dedication of Merit.

Read more about the Interfaith Compassion Challenge here.