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STLT#56, Bells in the High Tower
I feel like I am supposed to be reverent about the Hungarian tune, because we have a connection to Hungary. I feel like I am supposed to be reverent about the lyrics, because it’s brimming with meaning. But the truth is, the entire thing leaves me cold and not very reverent at all. I’m having… Continue reading
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STLT#51, Lady of the Season’s Laughter
Finally – a hymn about the feminine divine. I’m not surprised these lyrics are by the Rev. Dr. Kendyl Gibbons – I love her writing and have used her words often in services, including her wonderful piece on the “love is patient, love is kind” passage from I Corinthians 13, which I use in my… Continue reading
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STLT#38, Morning Has Broken
The Universe has a sense of humor. Morning has broken like the first morning, blackbird has spoken like the first bird. Praise for the singing! Praise for the morning! Praise for them, springing fresh from the Word! Sweet the rain’s new fall sunlit from heaven, like the first dewfall on the first grass. Praise for… Continue reading
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STLT#35, Unto Thy Temple, Lord, We Come
In case you forgot our Christian roots… Unto thy temple, Lord, we come with thankful hearts to worship thee; and pray that this may be our home until we touch eternity: The common home of rich and poor, of bond and free, and great and small; large as thy love forever more, and warm and… Continue reading
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STLT#31, Name Unnamed
So…. (Chorus) Name unnamed, hidden and shown, knowing and known. Gloria! Beautifully moving, ceaselessly forming, growing, emerging with awesome delight, Maker of Rainbows, glowing with color, arching in wonder, energy flowing in darkness and light: (Chorus) Spinner of Chaos, pulling and twisting, freeing the fibers of pattern and form, Weaver of Stories, famed or unspoken,… Continue reading
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STLT#28, View the Starry Realm
Titles are deceiving… View the starry realm of heaven, shining distant empires sing. Skysong of celestial children turns each winter into spring, turns each winter into spring. Great you are, beyond conception, God of gods and God of stars. My soul soars with your perception, I escape from prison bars, I escape from prison bars.… Continue reading
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STLT#23, Bring Many Names
Bring many names, beautiful and good; celebrate in parable and story, holiness in glory, living, loving God: hail and hosanna, bring many names. Strong mother God, working night and day, planning all the wonders of creation, setting each equation, genius at play: hail and hosanna, strong mother God! Warm father God, hugging ev’ry child, feeling… Continue reading
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STLT#22, Dear Weaver of Our Lives’ Design
Dear weaver of our lives’ design whose patterns all obey, with skillful fingers gently guide the sturdy threads that will survive the tangle of our days. Take up the fabric of our lives with hands that gently hold; bind in the ragged edge that care would sunder and that pain would tear, and mend our… Continue reading
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STLT#21, For the Beauty of the Earth
For the beauty of the earth, for the splendor of the skies, for the love which from our birth over and around us lies: Source of all, to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise. For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind’s delight, for the mystic harmony linking… Continue reading
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STLT#19, The Sun That Shines
The sun that shines across the sea, the wind that whispers in the tree, the lark that carols in the sky, the fleecy clouds a-sailing by, O, I’m as rich as rich can be, for all these things belong to me! The raindrops which refresh the earth, the springtime mantle of rebirth, the summer days… Continue reading
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