“Join with the Spirit,” sung by Tiana Marquez
The Spirit calls us to rise up against injustice in our world. She calls us to rise for justice, e.g. gender, racial, immigrant, environmental justice. We can join Black Lives Matter, March for our Lives, and other justice movements.
The Spirit rises for justice and peace, and we can join with Her in rising. “She will empower our rising.”
Music artist Tiana Marquez sings “Join with the Spirit.”
Refrain:
Join with the Spirit;
join with the Spirit, rising;
join with the Spirit;
She will empower our rising.
See those women’s rights denied,
She will empower our rising,
by leaders who have often lied;
She will empower our rising.
See the immigrants abused,
She will empower our rising,
their basic human rights refused;
She will empower our rising.
Work for racial justice now;
She will empower our rising;
all those oppressed will show us how;
She will empower our rising.
We will hold each other fast;
She will empower our rising;
some day we will be free at last;
She will empower our rising. Refrain
Words © 2017 Jann Aldredge-Clanton
Video Credits
Performed by: Tiana Marquez
Lyrics: Jann Aldredge-Clanton
From: Inclusive Songs for Resistance & Social Action
Visual Art:
Stacy Boorn: “Ruah, Spirit, Wind, and Breath” painting
David Clanton: “Spirit Dancing” artwork
Deborah Swanson Hall: “Ruah, Breath of Life” quilt artwork
Elaine Chan-Scherer: “Sacred Feminine” painting
Susan Solstice: “She Is Calling” painting
Linda Palmstrom: “Ruah” painting
Katie Ketchum: “Ocean of Hope” painting
Lucy Synk: “Ruah” painting
Photo from Baptist Women in Ministry
Angela Yarber: “Fiam: Goddess of Becoming” painting
Natalie Jeanne Cosby: “Her Touch is in the Wildflowers” painting