minister, author, teacher, chaplain
The new year brings fresh opportunities to follow Wisdom. My prayer for 2024 is for individuals, groups, and nations to follow Wisdom. How our wounded world needs Wisdom to bring peace, justice, and freedom for all. Wisdom cries out in the street; in the squares she raises her voice. (Proverbs 1:20). Her ways are ways […]
Sing and celebrate the good news that Wisdom comes to bring new life to birth! Recording artist Shannon Kincaid sings “Sound Forth the News That Wisdom Comes” to the tune of “Joy to the World” with images from a variety of visual artists. This Christmas carol video comes with the hope that Wisdom will guide […]
“O Holy Night” has always been one of my favorite Christmas carols. Several years ago a ministry partner in New Wineskins Community suggested that I write new lyrics to this tune. Come to our world, O Christ-Sophia, Wisdom; our hearts are longing for Your peaceful way. Lead us from fear and bondage into freedom; with […]
Christ-Sophia by Stacy Boorn Alison Kohler-Newvine recently interviewed me about my songwriting. Alison sings with Spiral Muse, a musical group “dedicated to Sacred Female Power, the Wisdom of Mother Earth and the Spirit of Fierce Compassion rising up during these tumultuous times.” Alison is a songwriter and the group’s webmaster, archivist, blogger, and recording engineer. Also, […]
The first hymn I wrote was “O Come, Christ-Sophia” to the tune of “O Come, All Ye Faithful.” It was in the Advent season of 1995. The multitude of masculine images in traditional Christmas carols pelted me like stones. I’d grown tired of singing “O come, let us adore him.” I wondered how different our […]
