"Soul Carpentry" was the first music project developed by the Chaplaincy. It was recorded in 1997, and the songs that it contains have become mainstays in the Chaplaincy repertoire.

From the insert:

This is a gift from giving people who are often faces in the dark, yet who somehow find ways to walk in the light. Sleeping in doorways among million dollar homes or in tents just across from churches is a way of life for so many who simply seek hope, or as we say, H.ome O.n P.lanet E.arth- HOPE. As a part of this search, artists are looking for liberation and expression of the human spirit along lonely paths through the urban forest. Each contributor to this album is a soul carpenter in their own right. Every song tells the story and sings a song of real people who live each day on the margins or edges of America. They are a new kind of pioneer in the urban wilderness building their lives within the journey of community, a communion of belonging made in the surprising image of the Creative Spirit.

"Soul Carpentry" is available (cassette or CD) for any generous donation to the Chaplaincy.

Click on the links to the left
to hear the Creative Spirit at work.

Kurt Brahm, "Peer Chaplain" and balladeer, has amassed a vast and diverse collection of songs. Included in his portfolio are a number of arrangements of Anna Ione's poems.

Kurt's musical craftmanship adds a new dynamic to Anna's verse. His guitar and vocal abilities merge to bring the poetry into new life.

Kurt Sings Anna

Company

Homefilled Wanderer

Click on the links above to listen.