Online Music and Videos

Please Note: It IS legal to download and copy any of these resources. On Earth Peace holds the copyrights to anything on this page. These resources are available for any non-cmmercial use.

"River's Gonna Rise Up" - Video Invitation to International Day of Prayer for Peace 2010

This video was created by Kay Guyer, a first year student at Manchester College, North Manchester, IN, with original music composed by composer-songwriter Shawn Kirchner, and sung by Shawn Kirchner and Ryan Harrison.

You can watch the video here, and/or download it to your own computer to copy to a DVD or CD.  

1. Copy this URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMbF18pQymM
2. Go to KeepVid.com.
3. Paste the URL into the KeepVid URL textbox.
4. Click the Download button and the download will begin. The video will be saved to your default Download directory.

The lyrics to "River's Gonna Rise Up":
It begins with a voice saying Listen
It begins with a voice crying Hear me out
But when no one cares, and patience comes to an end,
the whispers rise into a shout

Then the tide of tears
starts to turn
And the flames of fear
start to burn

Till the fires rage
Eye for eye from age to age
and the burning hands
write history's page...

We cry peace, peace, peace
But there is no peace;
Lord, forgive us,
We know not what we do.
Till the cries for justice have been answered
Peace will be an empty word.

Until the sun sets on our anger
Until the sun sets on our greed
Until the Empire's walls start to crumble
and we learn again to see our neighbor's need

We'll cry peace, peace, peace
until there is peace,
Lord, be with us,
for what else can we do?

Till the cries for justice have been answered,
and peace has had the final word.

So make it real,
make it something you can feel
look up higher
for something cool to quench the fire

Let the raindrops fall
in the form of prayer
Let the river rise
in the deeds we dare

River's gonna rise up,
Rain's gonna fall,
River's gonna rise up,
Rain's gonna fall

"Blessed to be a Winess"

Kay Guyer, a local IDOPP organizer in the 2008 campaign and On Earth Peace intern for 2010, put together a powerful 4-1/2 minute video called "Blessed to Be a Witness", which fit nicely the Shalom theme of the 2009 On Earth Peace campaign for the International Day of Prayer for Peace.

The lyrics and music are by Ben Harper.

You can watch the video here, and/or download it to your own computer to copy to a DVD or CD.  

1. Copy this URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hQiVbmjCfU
2. Go to KeepVid.com. 
3. Paste URL into the KeepVid URL textbox.
4. Click the Download button and the download will begin. The video will be saved to your default Download directory.

The Bumpersticker Song

Click on the link to listen to the file.  To download the file to your computer, right-click on the link and select "Save As..."  This is a new version of a song written by Linda Williams based upon the popular bumper sticker message "When Jesus said, 'Love your enemies,' I think he probably meant don't kill them."  The version was recorded at the 2010 Susquehanna Song and Story Fest at Camp Swatara.  (Notes and lyrics are here)

"The Bumpersticker Song - The Video"

You can watch it here with the lyrics and/or download it to your own computer to copy toa DVD or CD. 

1. Copy this URL:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uupgZR2A70
2. Go to KeepVid.com. 
3. Paste the URL into the KeepVid URL textbox.
4. Click the Download button and the download will begin.  The video will be saved to your default Download directory.