I am participating in AdventWord 2022. I have participated in this spiritual discipline off and on for several years. As in year’s past, the photos are usually ones that I have taken and saved, or that others have taken and saved. Should I take a photo for AdventWord 2022, I will note that. Here is the list of words.
Wishing you a blessed Advent of waiting and preparation.
Slow us down, God,
that in this season,
we might wait
we might watch
we might prepare
to celebrate the birth of Jesus
to experience Jesus coming into your world and our lives each day
to live following Jesus more closely.
In his name we pray.
Amen.
I knew he would not be around forever.
No one ever is.
But Archie Roach endured so much.
He seemed indestructible.
Part of the Stolen Generations.
An orphanage.
Two foster care placements.
Fourteen years on the street after the death of his mother.
Alcoholism.
The death of Ruby Hunter, his wife and musical partner when she was 54.
A stroke.
Lung cancer.
Surgery.
Activism on behalf of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Through it all, Archie Roach made his way with a song.
He entered my life through the radio. Driving in the Richmond area, many years ago, NPR broadcast a story about him which featured clips from his songs.
I was hooked and began collecting his music.
His songs spoke with power and passion of this life, his pain, his joy, his family, and his people. Brutal and tender, universal and personal, his songs spoke to me.
He did not forget where he came from but he used his experiences to lament what had been and dream what might be.
Today, I learned that Archie Roach died on July 30 of this year.
I grieve today. Listen to his music. And add some more, almost completing my collection.
Archie Roach will dominate my playlists for a couple days. I will take to heart some lyrics from “One Song,” a song released in February 2022.
Thank you for sharing your gift, your wounds, and your heart, Archie.
Remember well what we have told you
And don’t forget where you come from
Mother Earth will always hold you
And you are born of just one song
I will remember.
Archie Roach. Presente!
Filed under Antiracism, Music
Walking. Playing with Henrik.
Native American Heritage Day
Day of Mourning
Thanksgiving
The Prayer – Supaman
For My People – Litefoot
Wash Your Spirit Clean – Walela
Calling the Spirit Back – Joy Harjo, feat. Rahim Alhaj
Red Streaking into Water – R. Carlos Nakai
Residential School Song – Cheryl Bear
Missing You – Joanne Shenandoah
Sagan’s Song – Nizhóní Girls
Golden Feather – Robbie Robertson
500 Years – Annie Humphrey
Sovereignty Song – Keali`i Reichel
Remember – Indigenous
Nightmares and the American Dream – Annie Humphrey
Raye Zaragoza – Raya Zaragoza
Native Child – Thunder Bird Sisters
Children of the Blackfeet – Jack Gladstone
The Art of Survival – Bill Miller
NDN/Alien – Blackfire
Odana – Mali Obomsawin
Once an Eagle – Teagan Littlechief
6 Thanksgiving Myths and the Wampanoag Side of the Story
What Really Happened at the First Thanksgiving? The Wampanoag Side of the Tale
400 Years later, ‘we did not vanish’
How to talk to little kids about Thanksgiving, explained by a Native American children’s author
PC(USA) leaders continue their work dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery
God, I am angry[1] today.
I have been angry before.
I fear I will be angry again.
God, I am an angry
because of the shooting
at Club Q in Colorado Springs.
God, I am angry
on behalf of your beloved children
who were killed.
God, I am angry
on behalf family and friends
who grieve the death of individuals they loved.
God, I am angry
on behalf of your beloved children
who were wounded in body, mind, and spirit.
God, I am angry
at the hate that some people carry
and the violence it can inspire.
God, I am angry
at how your LGBTQIA+ children, made in your image,
are marginalized, harassed, discriminated against and targeted.
God, I am angry
to hear that Club Q was one of the few safe spaces for your LGBTQIA+ children.
Where the [colorful metaphor deleted] were the followers of Jesus?
God, I stand in awe and give thanks for
the patrons of Club Q
who stopped the shooter.
God, I am grateful
for first responders
who provided care to individuals in need.
God, I ask guidance and strength
for medical personnel
who will co-operate with you to bring about healing.
God, I recommit
to work to overcome hate
and to seek to address gun violence.
God, I will act,
but for today,
I am angry.
Amen.
[1] Substitute your favorite “colorful metaphor” each time “angry’ is used – or whenever you choose to express your anger more bluntly.
Filed under Current Events, Gun Violence, Prayer
Help me remember, God:
you are not a doctrine,
you are not a denomination,
you are not anger,
you are not hate,
you are not violation and violence,
you are love.
As I live, God, I
I know I will fall short.
I will err.
Guide me so that when I err, I do so
on the side of welcome,
on the side of inclusion,
on the side of justice and mercy,
on the side of equity,
on the side of grace
on the side of love.
I pray in the name of Jesus.
Amen.
adapted from an educational slide created by Laura Zhang Choi
Walking. Gym in the apartment.
Lorena – Jay Unger and Jesse Carr
Over the Rainbow – Celtic Woman
Homeward Bound – Paul Simon
The Perfect Crime #2 – The Decemberists
Stepping Razor – Peter Tosh
Woke up This Morning – Mary D. Williams
One Small Life Eric Bogle
The British Grenadiers – New York Philharmonic
Anna De Hollanda – Various Artists
Fire – Magdalen Hsu-Li
Photographs and Memories – Jim Croce
Every Bush and Tree – John McCutcheon
Blind Willie McTell – The Nightwatchman
I Am Alive – Afia Walking Tree
Only Love – k.d. lang
Cemetery – Rebecca Riots
One Paddle, Two Paddles – Various Artists
Since Supernatural Santana
Filed under Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
Walking. Gym in the Apartment.
The Evil Mrs. Tweedy – Chicken Run
Change of the Guard – Steely Dan
Five Anniversaries – For Susanna Kyle – Solaris
Once Upon a Time – Eric Bogle
Ailonawatha Creates Wampum – Joanne Shenandoah
Most Unoriginal Sin – Willie Nelson
Clouds of Sunset – Alexandro Querevalú
There Is a Way – Waswanipi Community
Devils & Dust – Bruce Springsteen
Ibn El Balad – Ensemble musical de Palestine
Hurry Tomorrow – Los Lobos
God Will Take Care of You – Aretha Franklin
Damhsa – The Chieftains
What Else Can I Do? – Lin-Manuel Miranda
Filed under Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
Walking. Gym in the apartment.
Lift Every Voice – Sean Jones
Testify – Rage against the Machine
The Minstrel Boy – The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
You Gotta Move – Ranky Tanky
Tama De Maimara – Los Incas
Next Time, This Time – Jim Croce
We Are Here – Sharon Burch
You Make Loving Fun – Jewel
Livin’ in America – Black 47
Tatanka – Luis Cachiguango
Finale – Man of La Mancha
Bright Path Prelude – Jack Gladstone
Travelin’ in the Dark – Mountain
Three Wishes – Spyro Gyra
Betrayal – Bad Bunny & Yaviah
“Oh the Joy” – Various
Filed under Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
Walking. Rolling hamstrings. Stretching. Gym in the apartment.
Tender Surrender – Luna
Black Rose – Black 47 with Rozz Moorehead
Day to Day Life / Chant Wovoka – Redbone
On the Wings of Love – Regina Velasquez
Runaway – Frank Waln feat. Kodi DeNoyer & Melody McKiver
Black Pearl – Sonny Charles & The Checkmates, Ltd.
Peaks Song – Blackfire
Mourne Rambler – The Sands Family
The Final Word – Bill Miller
Penitentiary Philosophy – Erykah Badu
Peyote Healing – Robbie Robertson, Verdell Primeaux & Johnny Mike
Give Me Your Hand – The Wolfe Tones
John Brown – Marc Ribot & Fay Victor
Home – Sean Keane
Filed under Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
