KUMBAYA

This weekend I attended a concert by Holly Near and towards the end of the concert we all sang “Kumbaya” – with a significant small change.  She does not have the phrase “O Lord” in the song.  The song is sung;  Someone’s sing – ing, kumbaya,  someone’s sing-ing, kumbaya, someone’s sing-ing Kumbaya – oh - oh Kumbaya.  It was very powerful, of course.  And I so liked the opening up of the song – It means “come by here” – come by here whatever god or goddess or mystery or cosmos or natural world is listening…

She also went on to say that the phrase “Kumbaya” has come to have a pejorative, negative implication in our society.  Like “Oh that was a kumbaya moment”.  Meaning it was superficial and simplistic and emotional.  Her response is “why wouldn’t we want as many Kumbaya moments as we can get”!!  Indeed.  I wish for you to have the sense of some presence larger than yourself coming to you when you are laughing, crying, scared, hopeless, happy, singing, praying…. 

And if by some chance, you do not know the singer,songwriter Holly Near. Click HERE to learn more! She has many, many amazing political songs.