Hope is a potent spiritual practice with the power to pull us through hard times. It lends a forward thrust to bold projects and dreams begun with great commitment, ardor, and idealism. No wonder the preacher and social activist William Sloane Coffin said, "Hope arouses as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible." Adds Jim Wallis, founding editor of Sojourner's, a Christian magazine writes: "Between impossibility and possibility, there is a door, the door of hope." We all want to walk through that door into a new world of love, kindness, and freedom.

"I believe in a new world. I do, yes I do," goes the hymn written by Protestant minister Al Carmines. It continues: "And I live in this trust: that although everything I see may turn to dust, we are moving inexorably, inexorably, inexorably, toward a new world." That's a feeling that can be expressed in words but really catches on when conveyed through music.

So for this month, when spring reminds us of the annual return of hope in green trees and grasses, we are collecting songs about hope. Watch the top of the homepage every day for a new YouTube video and visit this page regularly to see the collection build.

Related Content

• Read about hope as a spiritual practice: Wear Hope Like a Skin
• Visit our practice homepage for hope.

Videos of Songs about Hope

• Jimmy Cliff: You Can Get It If You Really Want
• Chicago: Feelin' Stronger Every Day
• Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas: Yes We Can
• Bruce Springsteen: Badlands
• Boston: Don't Look Back
• Santana: Everything's Coming Our Way
• Bob Dylan and Joan Baez: Blowin' In the Wind
• Pete Seeger: We Shall Overcome
• Alicia Keys: Someday We'll All Be Free
• The Guess Who: Share the Land
• Jefferson Starship: Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
• Guided By Voices: Hold On Hope
• West Side Story: Somewhere
• Mandy Moore: Only Hope
• Ziggy Marley: People Get Ready
• Wilson Phillips: Hold On
• Abba: I Have A Dream
• Yes: The More We Live (Let Go)
• Castille and Sully: Better Things
• Johnny Nash: I Can See Clearly


Hope Songs
• Watch/Hear a Playlist of songs about hope.