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Music has great power to spread the good news of peace, justice, liberation, and abundant life for all people. This new song collection proclaims this good news with lyrics inclusive in gender and race and with themes of social justice and peacemaking. The title of this collection, Inclusive Songs from the Heart of Gospel, comes from our choice of gospel music tunes for most of our texts. This title is likewise appropriate for our songs set to other familiar hymn tunes because we draw from the meaning of the Greek New Testament word for gospel, euangelion, also translated as good news. We reclaim these gospel tunes and other tunes we love with inclusive lyrics to sound the good news that transforms our world. The songs in this collection bring good news for all races and all genders, celebrating the sacredness of all people and all creation. They name Deity as female, male, nonbinary, and more to support the foundational biblical truth that all people are created equally in the divine image. This collection includes all new songs for use in worship services, small groups, retreats, music camps, activist gatherings, and individual meditation. Many of the songs are appropriate for multifaith and multigenerational settings.

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Jann Aldredge-Clanton, PhD, is an ordained minister, author, teacher, and chaplain. She is an award-winning hymn text writer and author of books on inclusive theology and worship. Larry E. Schultz is the minister of music for Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, Raleigh, North Carolina. Larry is an award-winner composer and writer of hymns, anthems, and instrumental music. Jann and Larry have collaborated on four hymnbooks, a children's musical, a children's songbook, and choral anthems. cKenzie Brown is a lyricist and composer, who grew up singing hymns in her United Methodist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. Currently working as a paralegal, McKenzie has a deep love for congregational song and feminist theology and philosophy.

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