This Song Should Be The American National Anthem (Hymns of Social Justice)

Last updated on: September 11, 2013 at 6:08 pm by Chris Henrichsen

This Song Should Be The American National Anthem (Hymns of Social Justice) 2013-09-11T18:08:55-07:00 Chris Henrichsen

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One of my favorite things to share as part of the Hymns of Social Justice series are covers of classic social justice anthems.

For Patriot Day, I want to share with you Christian rock artist David Crowder performing Woody Guthrie’s "This Land is Your Land."

http://youtu.be/nvCOY6eyJ5U

Woody Guthrie presents to us in this song an aspirational vision of hope and longing for a more democratic America. He wrote it as a response to Irving Berlin’s "God Bless America,"

Today, Crowder’s rendition made me very emotional. Maybe it is 9/11. Maybe it is the cello. The cello gets me every time.

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