From the Queer Sacred Music Collection
of Amanda Udis-Kessler

This hymn text revisits Matthew 15:21-28 in light of its larger message that all of us, even Jesus, are tempted to offer too restrictive a welcome to Love’s Domain (or what Jesus called the Kingdom of Heaven). The text uses Jesus as a model for our own opportunities to learn, grow, rethink, and change direction (repent) to become more open-hearted, generous, and hospitable – especially to those we think do not belong. It is set to the traditional music of Beach Spring.

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Amanda Udis-Kessler is a songwriter and published composer of sacred music (everysoulmusic.com; queersacredmusic.com), a writer (sermons, other worship materials, adult faith formation curricula, a sociology monograph, and other writings), and community educator on matters of religion, social inequality, and social justice. She has a sociology doctorate from Boston College and a certificate from the Iliff School of Theology. She is the Director of Assessment and Program Review at The Colorado College. Contact her at amanda@amandaudiskessler.com.