Cabeza de Vaca's Playlist: http://www.playlist.com/playlist/22702704139

The first song on Cabeza de Vaca's playlist would be Live Like We're Dying by the Script.  When Cabeza de Vaca was living with the Indians he says in his journal, "These people loved their childre more and treated them better than any other people on earth" (Cabeza de Vaca 40). He was obviously moved by the love that the indians had for their children.  Cabeza de Vaca would have listened to this song by the Script because it reflects the Indians he lived with day in and day out.  These Indian treated their children like they were only going to be together with them for a short period of time.  Just like the lyric in the song, they "lived like they were dying."  Also, this is the first time he sees the Indians act humanely.  Darlene Williams says in her discussion posting, "He felt they were savages until he saw how they treated their children, ' loved children more and treated them better' then anyone else."  The song says, "how come we don't say I love you till it's too late?"  Cabeza de Vaca, after seeing this love showed to the children, also saw that, in the jungle, Indians could die any time because of the harsh conditions.  This is why he would listen to the song Live Like We're Dying by the Script.

The second song on Cabeza de Vaca's list would have been The Word is Alive by Casting Crowns.  Later in his journal, he tells of how Indians came to him and his companion, Castillo, to be healed of their ailments.  Cabeza de Vaca discribes Castillo making the sign of the cross and praying over them, asking God to heal them of their sickness.  He goes on to explain , "God was so merciful that the following morning they all awakened well and healthy" (Cabeza de vaca 60).  He would have praised God and sung this song, repeating over and over again "The Word is Alive, and it cuts like a sword through the darkness."  The song also says, the word "brings a message of life to the hopeless and afraid."  Cabeza de Vaca also saw this in its true form.  He saw God and the Word of God give physical life to the Indians around him.  We see this as Indian after Indian is healed.  Also, family members do not have to be afraid of loosing their sick loved ones anymore.  Therefore, we see a message of life being brought to them, the afraid, through the healings that God does through Cabeza de Vaca.  

The last song on Cabeza de Vaca's playlist would be What Faith Can Do by the Christian band Kutless.  In the beginning of the song, we see a lyric that says "Got to find the strength to rise from the ashes and make a new beginning."  This lyric speaks loads of what Cabeza de Vaca went through.  We see him get captured and brought away from his settlement and into the unknown territories of America.  With this happening, you could say that he took a dive into the "ashes."  However, he does rise and make a new beginning.  He and his companion, Castillo, start healing people with the power of God.  In a short while, they are seen as great healers and many Indians come their way to be healed.  He makes a new beginning as a healer within the Indian culture.  Given, he does not stay there the rest of his life, but it is still a new beginning.  Later in the song, we hear " I've seen miracles just happen, silent prayers get answered, broken hearts become brand new.  That's what faith can do."  Cabeza de Vaca definatly saw all of these things happen with his healing ministry.  He sees God work miracles every time he healed someone.  Also, he sees the silent prayers of loved ones get answered when an Indian was healed.  He would have loved the line "that's what faith can do."  Therefore, we see why Cabeza de Vaca would have had this song on his Ipod playlist.

Woolman Playlist:  http://www.playlist.com/playlist/22702992395

The first song on John Woolman's Playlist would have been While You Were Sleeping by Casting Crowns.  Woolman thinks that most of the American Society had fallen out of the right mindset when they get into and take on slavery.  Slavery was a big trade back then and brought many people much money.  Having a slave was helpful in the sense that the owner did not have to do all that much work aronud the house and could leave that to the slaves.  Some masters even used slaves as business assets, working in the fields gathering crops and all that.  John Woolman wants to speak out against all of this.  The reason he would have listened to the song While Your Were Sleeping is because he would have wanted to tell people that they were sleeping and not fully atuned to what God's will was.  We can see this when he quotes Genesis 3 in his book Some Considerations on the Keeping of Negros, "'All nations are of one blood'" (Woolman 619).  He wants to tell his fellow countrymen that every man, whether he has white skin or black, is of the same blood and, therefore, are equal.  Here is why Woolman would have While Your Were Sleeping on his playlist.

The second song that John Woolman would have on his playlist would be Colored People by the Christian band DC Talk.  One line in the song that Woolman would have liked would be "We've got to come together and thank the maker who made us all."  Woolman would have liked this line because he agrees with DC Talk when they say this line.  He thinks that every many, white and black, was created by God and that we should thank God for making us all.  Later in the song, a line is sung saying, "We are colored people and they call us the human race."  This is exactly what Woolman is arguing for.  He knows that, since God made everyone and everyone is of one blood, that blacks are just as human as whites are.   In Woolman's book, he says "For God's love is universal."  He is arguing that God's love extends out to every race on earth, even the black race.  Erin Wester confirms this in his discussion posting when he says, "he tries to prove that God's love is universal and everyone is entitled to embrace his love."  

The last song on Woolman's playlist would be The Cave by Mumford and Sons.  Woolman wanted to show his countrymen their faults, but at the same time, he did not want to criticize and leave the situation unhealed.  He wanted to work with his countrymen and come to a point where improvement could be made and they could come to see their faults.  This is reflected well in the lyric "I will hold on hope and I won't let you choke on the noose around your neck."  He was not going to let his countrymen go through life without having the chance to change their ways.  He wanted to give everyone a chance towards salvation.  Another lyric in the song says, "Come out of your cave walking on your hands and see the world hanging upside down."  Woolman would have liked these lines, for that is exactly what he wanted for his countrymen.  Thus, he wanted his fellow countrymen to come out of the way that they were thinking and see reality; to see the world hanging upside down.  

Both Woolman and Cabeza de Vaca had this one fundamental characteristic in common.  They wanted the best thing for all of their peers.  For Woolman, that looked like helping them to see the truth reguarding slavery and the keeping of negros.  For Cabeza de Vaca, that consisted of healing Indians who were sick and dying.  They both wanted the best thing for their peers.  Also, thy both trusted in God.  We see that Cabeza de Vaca had extreme faith.  His faith enabled him to let God heal Indians through him.  Also, Woolman, as we see in his book Some Considerations on the Keeping of Negros, uses scripture many times.  It is evident through the passages that he does use that he fears God and has faith in him.

Lastly,  We see a theme through all of Woolman's songs on his playlist.  This theme is the fact that Woolman's countrymen are not awake, or that they are not looking at spiritual reality when they look at slavery as being a ok thing.