Thursday, March 29, 2012

Receive the Holy Spirit

Receive the Holy Spirit when I breathe on you.
Receive the Holy Spirit when I give you my peace.
As the Father has sent me, so I send you too.
Now receive the Holy Spirit when I breathe on you.

I receive the Holy Spirit when you breathe on me, Lord.
I receive the Holy Spirit when you give me your peace.
As the Father has sent you, so you send me too.
And I receive the Holy Spirit when you breathe on me.

Breathe on me, Lord, breathe on me.



This song is based on the lectionary gospel reading from John 20 for the second Sunday of Easter. Sheet music available if you wish to use it.

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Brokenhearted heal the world

Brokenhearted heal the world
From your place of placelessness
Through your pain and emptiness
Brokenhearted heal the world



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O Lord, who may abide in your tent?

O Lord, who may abide in your tent?
Who may dwell on your holy hill?
But those who are just and do what is right,
And speak the truth from their heart.



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Friday, March 9, 2012

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God the Almighty

Revelation 4:8 And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and inside. Day and night without ceasing they sing, "Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God the Almighty, who was and is and is to come."

Monday, March 5, 2012

Down a way that is lonely

Come walk with me down a way that is lonely.
Each step we take is a pathway of peace.
I will show you all the beauty around us.
You can rest with me awhile.

Open your heart to embrace all the journey.
Each breath we take is a portal of peace.
Close your eyes, see the starlight and sunshine.
Stretch your palms and feel the rain.

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Trice Holy




Holy God, Holy and mighty, Holy and deathless, have mercy on us.

Pour out your hearts in prayer and contemplation.
Sing for the One who dies to set us free.
He is the prince of every consolation.
He rends from the sky the holy heart of God.

Holy God, Holy and mighty, Holy and deathless, have mercy on us.

Into the grave he seeks the lost and lonely,
Speaking the word that shakes the prison bars.
Death cannot hold the power of life within him.
He wrests from the earth all those who once were dead.

Holy God, Holy and mighty, Holy and deathless, have mercy on us.

He comes again alight in ardent splendor.
Crushed is the grave beneath his gentle gaze.
Wait by the cross and see this holy wonder.
Enraptured in him is every pain erased.

Holy God, Holy and mighty, Holy and deathless, have mercy on us.


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Friday, March 2, 2012

Rest in Me

Come to me, all of you, who are weak and heavy laden,
and you will find rest for your soul. O come to me.

Learn from me, all of you, for I am meek and tenderhearted,
and you will find my yoke is easy and burden light.

Bring to me, all of you, do not withhold from your beloved,
then you will find your rest in me, O bring to me.

Rest in me, rest in me, all of you will rest in me.
O set aside your heavy burden and rest in me.





Paraphrase of Matt. 11:28-30 and music by James Hilden-Minton

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Song for Lent

This is brand new. If you like it, please share a link with your friends. http://soundcloud.com/james-hilden-minton/wait-for-the-day

This temple is not made of stone

This temple is not made of stone, but is living.
This temple is not made by hand, but is holy.
And my flesh will sing of God's glory.
Now my flesh will rest in God's goodness.

The Lord is in his holy temple

The Lord is in his holy temple.
Hush! All the earth keep silence before him.
Habakkuk 2:20