When I began my ministry, the very first task assigned to me was to attend a faith-based organizing training. One of the many gifts of that experience was the understanding that power is worth cultivating as long as you have a positive purpose that is larger than that power. In this text, the Holy Spirit is invited to be an ally in community organizing. I write with gratitude for Creekside UCC in Minneapolis, which sent me to that training and which continues to organize for justice! It’s particularly wonderful that the text has been set to a an arrangement by Marty Haugen, a longtime member of Creekside.

This piece can be found here for preview or purchase. It is also included in my collection, Elemental Joy.