In celebration of two years of prayerful, playful media remixing here at Creative Commons Prayer, I’m delighted to share the first of seven new playlists riffing on the spiritual practices of the Way of Love rule of life. We’re starting with GO.
In case you’re new to the site: We periodically create playlists inspired by faith themes. In the first phase of this little game, we sang and danced our way through Christianity’s liturgical seasons: Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, and (Post)-Pentecost. Now we’re getting inspired by The Episcopal Church’s big spirituality initiative.
With some exceptions, the music in these playlists is not explicitly religious. But something about each song—sometimes the instrumentals, sometimes the lyrics, sometimes the emotions, sometimes a single word—caused someone to make a connection. Your mileage may vary, and reflecting on possibilities is the fun of it.
To be clear, Creative Commons Prayer and this playlist are NOT productions of The Episcopal Church. Thanks, as always, to everyone who contributed to my call for contributions on Facebook. I’ve credited the folks whose songs made the list below. The unsequenced overflow list can be found here.
Play of Love: GO
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- Not Too Soon by Throwing Muses (thanks, Gennie Callard)
- Let’s Go by Calvin Harris featuring Ne-Yo
- What’s Up by 4 Non Blondes (thanks, Lisa Brown)
- Oleo by Miles Davis Quintet
- Ways to Go by Grouplove (thanks, Jonathan Elliott)
- Mambeado by Onda Vaga (thanks, Steve Mullaney)
- River by Bill Staines (thanks, Judy Howard)
- Panther Dash by The Go! Team (thanks again, Jonathan)
- Good as Hell by Lizzo (thanks again, Steve)
- San Francisco by The Mowgli’s (thanks again, Jonathan)
- We Are Marching in the Light of God by Amazing Grace Children’s Home (thanks, Ginny Wilder)
- Little Heart by Natalia Zuckerman
- I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) by The Proclaimers (thanks, Randall Curtis)
- Bridge and the Wall by Elohim (thanks, Chris Hamby)
- Un Grano de Mostaza by Destellitos de Cristo (thanks again, Ginny)
- With Arms Outstretched by Rilo Kiley (thanks, Michele Hansen)
- Let the Day Begin by The Call (thanks, Linnae Himsl Peterson)
- Go Do by Jónsi (thanks again, Chris)
- In the Highways by The Cox Family
- The Show Goes On by Lupe Fiasco (thanks again, Steve)
- Late in the Evening by Simon & Garfunkel
And don’t forget that while there are many ways to practice the Way of Love, there’s only one way to enjoy a properly curated playlist: in the order prescribed. You’re only hurting yourself, rebels. 😉
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Album art by Kyle Oliver for prayr.cc (CC BY 2.0)
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Related Prayer
Collect for Mission (BCP, Public Domain)
O God, you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth, and sent your blessed Son to preach peace to those who are far off and to those who are near: Grant that people everywhere may seek after you and find you, bring the nations into your fold, pour out your Spirit upon all flesh, and hasten the coming of your kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Related Media
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Go: A Little Book of Guidance by various authors
Thematically appropriate excerpts from here and there in the Church Publishing Incorporated catalog.
Radical Sending by Demi Prentiss & J. Fletcher Lowe
The outward-facing follow-up to the highly and rightly acclaimed Radical Welcome.