Into the River by Starling Arrow and Chloe Smith is a joyous homage to laying one’s tired body down in the water, and for rain finding the rivers, voices finding one another for this sweet collaboration and merging into one. (https://youtu.be/mLViKfcBlZI?si=txFxotn-d88iLX67)

Claflin and Grace have a song that fits perfectly with this month’s Soul Matters theme of interdependence: I’m Gonna Walk It with You. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8boCrXOp9M)

The members of Trousdale want you to know that even when you’re barely hanging on, there is a light at the end of this tunnel. If you’re hurting, it means you’re here. If You’re Hurting by Trousdale (https://youtu.be/52hh0p9Rjkw)

If you hear something long enough, you start to believe it. When you get broken-hearted enough, it’s so hard to heal it. Start to see yourself in a new light, watch the shadows fall behind you. New Light by Mega (https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=L74Cx_PjFfE)

Trvstfall knows that things are going to get better. It’s just a matter of time. Come what may, the sun is gonna shine after the rain. You can hear this promise for the future in “Sun Song.” (https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=7tmIyX5h0_4)

The Five Stairsteps had a hit over fifty years ago, a song of promise and hope, where someday we’ll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun. This is Beth Orton’s cover of Ooh Child. (https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_1yC5J50Ao)

Troy Ramey would like to think God’s looking down and laughing at our ways, so maybe it’s time to let the old ways die. Give a listen to “Maybe It’s Time“ by Troy Ramey. (https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=PpedVQTLURE&si=lb4Cn9bp8qlXfRsO)

Jon Batiste wants everybody to jump up and dance, so move your body ‘cause it’s your Freedom! (https://youtu.be/3YHVC1DcHmo?si=AilW2hWvvP9P3u_k)

“Without the light the darkness comes. Hold through the night, the shadows will run.” So begins Avi Kaplan’s song of justice and hope, Change on the Rise. (https://youtu.be/382BTxLNrow)