On Sunday morning, during Faith Formation, we discussed the meaning of hope, and how we as Christians, if we choose to listen, can hear messages of hope just like the heroes of our faith did.
We discussed how hope and expectation of freedom, of better days ahead, was often expressed in song. This was especially true in the slavery and Jim Crow eras in our country.
For those who were oppressed, even if freedom in the immediate, physical sense, seemed far away, there was freedom in Christ and the hope of the life everlasting.
We listened to the words of “Oh Freedom,” an African-American Spiritual, written in the aftermath of the Emancipation. This song was also sung during the civil rights era in the U.S., offering hope to millions in the struggle for equality.
Click the link above to listen to this incredible song, and follow along with the words:
Oh, freedom, oh, freedom,
Oh Freedom, an african-American Spiritual
oh, freedom over me.
And before I’d be a slave
I’ll be buried in my grave,
and go home to my Lord and be free.
No more moaning, no more moaning,
no more moaning over me.
And before I’d be a slave
I’ll be buried in my grave,
and go home to my Lord and be free.
There’ll be singing, there’ll be singing,
there’ll be singing over me.
And before I’d be a slave
I’ll be buried in my grave,
and go home to my Lord and be free.
If we listen, we can hear hope through music. We can be reminded of the hope that we have in Christ.
See you Wednesday night!
The Pipe 