“Join with Her in Giving Life” Song Video
“Yet it was you who took me from the womb; you kept me safe on my mother’s breast.
On you I was cast from my birth, and since my mother bore me, you have been my God” (Psalm 22:9-10).
A beautiful biblical Divine Feminine image is the Sacred Midwife, aiding in birth and protection of young. This biblical divine image is powerful affirmation for midwives, who for centuries were suspected, maligned, stifled, imprisoned, excommunicated, even burned as witches. Imagine how different things would have been had this biblical image been taken seriously.
The Divine Midwife aids all of us in birthing new ways of life. She guides us “through unknown space, calling us to move into a new place.”
Join with Her in giving life;
join in labor with the Sacred Midwife;
She is guiding through unknown space,
calling us to move into a new place.
Words © 2019 Jann Aldredge-Clanton © 2019 Katie Ketchum
Pastor Stacy Boorn
Video Credits
Performed by: Katie Ketchum
Music: Katie Ketchum
Lyrics: Jann Aldredge-Clanton
From: Hersay: Songs for Healing and Empowerment
Recorded at: Joe Hoffmann Studios, Occidental, CA
Visual Art:
Katie Ketchum: Hersay book cover painting
Elaine Chan-Scherer: “Black Madonna” painting
Sister Marie-Celeste Fadden: “God: A Midwife” artwork
Stacy Boorn: “Her Galaxy” artwork
Alice Heimsoth: photo of Pastor Stacy Boorn in Ebenezer/herchurch Lutheran,
San Francisco
Susan Solstice: “She Is Calling” painting
photo of Andrea Clark Chambers at Equity for Women in the Church event photo of Christena Cleveland, presenting the Black Madonna