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Happy Easter! Christ is risen, and so (I hope) will be the output on Creative Commons Prayer.
As I mentioned in a note to Patreon supporters, it’s been a crazy eight weeks or so getting ready for #TCDigiLearn, but the big event is Wednesday. That should open up some space for more creative prayer in the coming weeks.
In the meantime, I’ve been finding great personal meaning in the creation of these seasonal playlists, and I’m grateful to all those who continue to chime in when I put out the call. We always have a good conversation, and the Easter playlist process was no exception.
So without further ado, I give you “Dream of Love,” an Easter playlist for 2018.
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- “Our Prayer” by The Beach Boys
- “Dweller on the Threshold” by Van Morrison
- “I’ll Take You There” by The Staple Singers
- “Birdland” by Maynard Ferguson
- “The Call” by Regina Spektor (thanks, Missy Morain)
- “You Get What You Give” by New Radicals (thanks, Lisa Brown)
- “My Shot (Rise Up Remix)” by The Roots, Busta Rhymes, Joell Ortiz, Nate Ruess (thanks, Sean Maloney—hope you don’t mind my picking the remix)
- “Amanecer” by Bomba Estéreo
- “The World Exploded into Love” by Bob Schneider (thanks again, Sean)
- Calvin Hampton’s “Repeating Alleluia” by All Saints, Beverly Hills
- “Manchester” by Kishi Bashi (thanks, Chris Hamby)
- “If I Were a Bell” by the Miles Davis Quintet
- “The Rising” by Bruce Springsteen (thanks, Jane Gober & Jim Naughton)
- “Got to Get You into My Life” by Earth, Wind & Fire
- “Get Out the Map” by the Indigo Girls (thanks again, Sean & Jane)
- “Mr. Blue Sky” by Electric Light Orchestra (thanks again, Lisa)
- “Freedom! ’90” by George Michael (thanks, Jonathan Elliott)
- “Synesthesia” by Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness (thanks again, Jonathan)
- “I Dream in Color” by Joseph Wooten
- “Move On Up” by Curtis Mayfield
- “The Edge of Glory” by Lady Gaga
- “When You’re Smiling” by Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
Again, please don’t shuffle it the first time (or ever?). Sequencing is important, friends!
If you don’t see your pick, it’s probably in the (unsequenced) overflow list, “More Easter 2018.”
* I usually keep Amazon Affiliate links out of the first two sections of the post, but it seemed needless long to repeat the list below. Thanks, as always, for supporting the site.
Related Prayers
Collect for Easter Day (BCP, Public Domain)
Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of the Lord’s resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by your life-giving Spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Collect for Tuesday in Easter Week (BCP, Public Domain)
O God, who by the glorious resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ destroyed death and brought life and immortality to
light: Grant that we, who have been raised with him, may abide in his presence and rejoice in the hope of eternal glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be dominion and praise for ever and ever. Amen.
Collect for Thursdayin Easter Week (BCP, Public Domain)
Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ’s Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Related Media
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On the Soul and the Resurrection by Gregory of Nyssa
He wrote that, in the resurrection, “the rope of our body will be braided [together] by the soul” in a way that evokes for me the further image of the re-coiling and repairing of mutated DNA.