“Holy Wisdom, Holy Mystery/Blessed Forever” Song Video
Our Milky Way Galaxy contains 100-400 billion stars. The Milky Way is just one of around two trillion galaxies in the observable universe. How could we ever limit the Creator of so vast a universe to a few names and a single gender? Holy Mystery exceeds our thoughts. All our language for divinity is metaphorical. Biblical revelation gives us a wide variety of metaphors to suggest the vastness, the all-inclusiveness of the Divine. “Wisdom” is one of my favorite of these metaphors.
Our knowledge of Holy Wisdom, Holy Mystery is limited. But we experience this Wisdom and Mystery in community, leading to peace, kindness, and justice.
Holy Wisdom, Holy Mystery
lives within community.
She will lead to peaceful pathways,
and forever with us stay.
Holy Wisdom, Holy Mystery
lives within community.
She will lead to peaceful pathways,
She will lead to peaceful pathways,
and forever with us stay.
When we offer loving care, spreading kindness everywhere,
we will be blessed forever.
When we follow peaceful ways, building bridges every day,
we will be blessed forever.
When we take a justice stand, rising up in every land,
we will be blessed forever.
When we raise prophetic voice, all together we rejoice;
we will be blessed forever.
Words © 2019 Jann Aldredge-Clanton Music © 2019 Katie Ketchum
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, ”Christ-Sophia,” and “Angel Song” paintings
Stacy Boorn: 2 “Christ-Sophia” paintings
Alice Heimsoth: 2 photos in Ebenezer/herchurch Lutheran, San Francisco
Elaine Chan-Scherer: “Kwan Yin” and “Tonantzin” paintings
David Clanton: “Tree of Life” artwork
photo of Rev. Dr. Gina Stewart
Mirta Toledo: “Christ-Sophia” painting