From the Boundless Life collection
Leader: Creator God to you we pray; - All: Help us hear your children's cry. Leader: Most joyful God to you we pray; ‑ All: Help us share your children's joy.
From the Boundless Life collection
In silence now we join to pray Listening to the God within. May rich discernment shape our prayers As we learn from cosmic laws.
From the Boundless Life collection
Within the shadows of our thinking Dwell glimpses of an ancient past; Dark tales of vengeance and of terror Beyond what gentle hearts can grasp.
From the Boundless Life collection
What can we learn from war? Gazing at ancient graves; Name upon name preserved, Marking the battle’s phase; The lives of those who gave their all That we should not be tyrants’ slaves.
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We thank you God for history’s tales But which version should we tell? The story of the powerful rich Or the poor’s oppressive hell?
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Who maims life today? We maim life today When we see the wood and not the tree, When we fail to dream of what could be, We maim life today.
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Spirit’s golden fire, God’s life-force in our depth, * Fan within our hearts Your just and caring warmth.
From the Boundless Life collection
Deep in the human heart The fires of justice burn; With visions of a world renewed Through radical concern.
Wisdom from 13 Traditions on 9 Universal Themes: Justice, Gratitude, Peace, Service, Compassion, Forgiveness, Healing, Nature, Prayer
From the Boundless Life collection
The dough is rising, The frond unfurling, The people’s hope is growing For justice everywhere.
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Most noble of creatures on Earth are we Yet gifted with power to both hurt and kill. Are money and things our most sought for goal? Or Earth and its life what transforms our will?
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Holy Spirit as you speak To both challenge and console Every church and all the world To empower and to make whole
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“The meek shall inherit the Earth” said Christ But what could this mean for the people today? While corp’rates and rich folk gain more and more land The poor live in slums where they’re still forced to stay.
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Repaying force with counter-force, Can this deliver peace? Revenge for death, revenge for loss Is this how wars will cease?
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When the picture haunts my mind Of a starving child who dies, When my silence is disturbed By the mother’s plaintive cries How dear God shall I respond To the tears that flood my eyes?
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Aid will never save the world Without changes in our lives. Systems which embrace us all Foster wealth’s destructive drives.
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My desire for you, my friend, Is the same as for myself To be freed from gross desire For more things or for more wealth Through embracing sharing ways That can nurture inner health.
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Our hands, O God, are stained with blood Which comes from family trees Or flows from nations and the gods They seek with fire to please.
: From the ‘Sing Young, Sing Joyfully’ collection
I don’t want your pity, just help change my world, change my world.
From the ‘Sing Young, Sing Joyfully’ collection
Dream, dream and never give up, Hope, hope of a world to be, Work, work for justice and dreams, Put others first and set people free.
From the ‘Sing Young, Sing Joyfully’ collection
How can the time of peace come to Earth? When will all bombs be banned? How can true justice blossom in mirth? When will the violence end?
Inspired by the Occupy movement and the Arab Spring, it is an echo of these and a call for something larger. Come on- brothers and sisters West to East Don't let these corporate suit and ties disrespect the streets Lets be more than outsiders with an angry speech It's time to occupy, speak your peace, let's go!