Participate with Alliance For Gun Responsibility & Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry of CA as we participate in a show of support for prevention of gun violence. June 3-5th, 2022
The Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry of California (UUJMCA) and the Alliance for Gun Responsibility (AGR) are participating in the “Wear Orange 2022” campaign from June 3-5 to speak out against gun violence and promote prevention and awareness. Join us! https://gunresponsibility.org/wearorange/
“On the evening of May 24th, after learning about the massacre that took place earlier that day at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, I sat down and wrote this song, ‘Watershed.’” – Matthew David Morris
How many kids must die under a blaze of fire before we change our mind about our sacred rights?
Another 3 or 4? Maybe a dozen more? Is someone keeping score? I can’t tell anymore.
How many thoughts and prayers will we pretend to share?
Is it enough, enough, enough, enough for a watershed? Is it enough, enough, enough, enough for a watershed?
How many teenage sons will steal their daddy’s guns and make a grocery run all in the name of fun?
How many talking heads will disregard the dead and sell their souls instead to make a little bread?
Who will be sacrificed to keep them satisfied?
Is it enough, enough, enough, enough for a watershed? Is it enough, enough, enough, enough for a watershed?
People on both sides create the perfect lines to shoot the other down. But in the meantime someone’s standing in line to buy us all the next round.
When is it enough, enough, enough, enough for a watershed? Is it enough, enough, enough, enough for a watershed?
Is it enough, enough for a watershed?
Matthew David Morris is a songwriter, artist, and priest whose music has been recorded by some of the world’s most renown artists. His 2018 podcast, Lectio Musica, blended together the rhythms of liturgy and a passion for songwriting. His online ministries have sought to create meaningful spaces for meaningful connection, vulnerability, and authenticity. He is an artist, a cultivator of good questions, and a lover of the human heart. His writing inspires questions, cultivates the imagination, and fosters a sense of community and belonging. That is what Heartsong is created to do. “As a songwriter, I’ve always sought to help others connect to their heart. As a priest, I’ve wanted to do the same thing, but also to help folks realize that beneath the trappings of institutional religion is something true and honest… something beautiful and artistic… something musical. A spiritual life is an imaginative life. My hope for Heartsong is to use this space to help others (and myself, if I’m honest) cultivate an imagination that sings forth from the heart. I hope you bring forth your imagination with me.” -Matthew David Morris
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