From the Queer Sacred Music Collection
of Amanda Udis-Kessler

Amanda writes: I wrote this hymn text for an Advent sermon (Advent 2) in peace in a time of violence. Initially, I intended just to use the traditional words but I was bothered by the idea that the sacred song exists somehow apart from the pains and challenges of the world, and I found myself reworking the text to relocate our yearning for and expectation of peace to exist within the chaos, cruelty, and violence around us – perhaps especially this year (2024).

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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.