Common Hymnal
A virtual hymnbook stocked with forward-facing content from the spiritual underground, channeling an eclectic art movement in which praise and protest live side by side.
Featured Release
This new African interpretation of The Kingdom Is Yours imagines the Beatitudes not as words imported into another culture, but as words returning to a world that still recognizes them.
Most Recent Songs
Added a new African Reimagining of The Kingdom Is Yours, bringing the Beatitudes closer to where Jesus first spoke them.
A remix-collab between Common People, Miriam Makeba and Nina Simone.
"History has shown us that courage can be contagious.” (Michelle Obama)
In the same way that “The Kingdom Is Yours” massaged out the ideas in the Beatitudes, so this song explores Ecclesiastes 3.
Written with Sandra Van Opstal from Chasing Justice.
In this season of difficult circumstances, unjust situations, and overwhelming disappointments our hope is summed up in this song: God Will Prevail.
Written with Sandra Van Opstal from Chasing Justice.
Resistance is not just struggle—it is also song. It is dancing in the ruins, laughing in the face of despair, and choosing joy as an act of defiance.
Written with Natasha L Robinson and Saint-Elien from Leadership LINKS.
Most Recent Blog Posts
Miriam and Nina remind us why movements need cultural memory.
Dreams are wonderful motivators. They are terrible homes.
It was for Joseph. Moses, too. Maybe a timely perspective for your current challenges?
Social justice is trending in Christianity. Sometimes it becomes fashion. Often, it begins as conviction — people trying to make sense of faith in a wounded world.
“Jesus was not results driven. He was always focused on the process and never the outward performance. It is inconceivable to think of him reveling in big outcomes for the sake of influence.” (Malcolm du Plessis)
Christians For Social Action created this mini-doc story on us ...
Why songs, stories, and stages belong inside the work of justice.
”There is no resurrection until you walk by the pain of Calvary, and catch a glimpse, in the sunlight, of the lynching tree.” (Otis Moss III)
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