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Before the Bread
Words: English folk blessing / Music: Elizabeth Alexander
Performance by Lumina Women's Ensemble
Calm the Tempests of My Heart
Words by Soren Kierkegaard / Music by Elizabeth Alexander
Performance by Lumina Women's Ensemble
Do Not Leave Your Cares at the Door
Words by Rev. Norman V. Naylor / Music by Elizabeth Alexander
Performance by Mounds Park Academy Chamber Choir
Faith is the Bird that Feels the Light (August 2020)
Words by Rabindranath Tagore / Music by Elizabeth Alexander
Performance by First Readings Project, J. David Moore conductor
Freedom and Justice
Words and Music by Elizabeth Alexander
Performance by Gary Rue
Holy One, Source of Radiance and Reason
Words by Rob Eller-Isaacs / Music by Elizabeth Alexander
Performance by Lumina Women's Ensemble
Immortal Love
Words by John Greenleaf Whittier / Music by Elizabeth Alexander
Performance by Concordia University St Paul Christus Chorus
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Words by Edith M. Reid (Vs. 1 & 2 ) and by Elizabeth Alexander (vs. 3)
Polish folk carol, arranged by Elizabeth Alexander
Performance by Lumina Women's Ensemble
Art by Joan Bohlig
No Ordinary Song
Words and Music by Elizabeth Alexander
Performance by Laura Betinis Healy and Anthony Healy
The Gate is Open
Poem by Sister Peronne Marie Thibert / Music by Elizabeth Alexander
Performance by South Bend Chamber Singers, Nancy Menk conductor
The Gospel Isn't Written in the Bible Alone
Words and Music by Elizabeth Alexander
Performance by Libby Turner and Elizabeth Alexander
This is What Democracy Looks Like
Words and Music by Elizabeth Alexander
Performance by Twin Cities Justice Choir
When the Song of the Angels is Stilled
Words by Rev. Howard Thurman - Music by Elizabeth Alexander
Performance by Concordia University St Paul Christus Chorus
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