In Your Song I Hear My Voice

In Your Song I Hear My Voice

In the Summer Peacebuilding Institute course titled “The Moral Imagination,” participants proposed translating Herm Weaver’s song “Dream the Light” into their spoken languages. In the end, 21 translations were made and recorded by those participating that formed the CD “In Your Song I Hear My Voice.”

The Tower and The Flute

A story about the power of music to connect with people across barriers of language and division.

A Dream of the Light (translations)

A version of the song ‘A Dream of the Light,’ sung in twenty different languages.

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