A hymn in anticipation of Advent - The crash of constellations
1 The crash of constellations, where prejudice divides, where love is torn and broken, where hatred still resides, is where we meet as equals and share what God has given, diversity in concord, a foretaste of God's heaven.
2 This is the time for praying, yet prayer is not the end, for reconciliation needs grace that God will send. And in that grace our vision, our eyes are opened wide, to see Christ in the other, and then we must decide:
3 Is love of God yet greater than human words and creeds? Is love of neighbour furnished by human loving deeds? And can we live together or must we be apart, because of human diff'rence though we are one in heart?
4 God give us grace to fathom the riches of your care, and then the strength to shoulder the ministry we bear; that working with each other acknowledging the worth of love we share together we'll spread your peace on earth.
When evil gathers in the wings - A hymn for Remembrance at a time of international tension
1 When evil gathers in the wings the time of crisis offers choice: to rise with courage and resist or keep our silence, still each voice. What shall we do when chaos reigns, act out God’s love? Submit to chains?
2 As history echoes from the past, while memories can tend to fade, ‘lest we forget’ let us recast the hard decisions others made: to live the love that Christ had shown, self-sacrificial, Spirit blown.
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