The Music in This Collection

Music is my response to life. It is my spiritual discipline, my prayer, my quest for meaning and my vehicle for sharing what I’ve found. Music is a mystery. I don’t know what power sings through me or reaches for guitar or piano when I’m in despair, frustration, anger or ecstasy. These songs are responses to personal and societal challenges. Many are about self-discovery and recovery: the pain of letting go of the familiar, self-destructive ways of relating; the dance of hope and fear, going into the unknown alone and with one another. They are tender shoots announcing that wholeness is our essence, that we can recover if we reach out to God, to one another, while reaching bravely past the limits of who we thought we were, as we open to our own deeper truths. These songs are theological statements. They are woven with feminist vision of an ever-renewing creation that is always whole yet never static, in which everyone is interconnected, part of everyone  and everything in some ineffable way. Many of these songs arose within the context of women’s spirituality circles, as we struggled to give voice to ourselves and each other. All are songs which sang themselves through me and I hope will sing through you.

How to Use This Collection

The songs may be used for personal or group affirmation or healing or just for fun and the joy of singing. They have been used in Sunday morning worship services in many different faith traditions, in interfaith services, chapel services, house blessings, weddings, memorial services, baby dedications, conferences, concerts, women’s groups and with children.

Please use this book as a resource for your congregation or spiritual practice group or singing ensemble

Copyright Information

Please get to know and share these songs! They are copyright protected. As the owner of this book, you have my permission to make copies for your personal use. For use in performance or copying for congregational use, you need additional permission, obtained through me - a license to copy or to perform. (Click here: Licensing).

Music Services

For more information about the music, or to request musical services (e.g., transposing, alternate arrangements or settings), please phone or email me or visit my web-site: 919-452-4194; mary@marygrigolia.com.

Originally published, 6/90; revised 3/02; third edition, 4/2008