To the Hawaiians, Aloha means “God in us.”

The courage we borrow, the courage we bring Shall bind us in strength to the healing we sing The courage to face any wound that we fear Shall bind us in beauty and bless every tear

Can we get inside this story, Try to think as lepers thought? Totally despised, rejected; Life for them was worse than naught.

All of us have experienced mental or physical suffering at the hands of other people. But each of us has also brought suffering to others.

Music has great power to touch the heart and change the world. Words we sing in worship shape our beliefs and actions. The inclusive songs in this collection will contribute to social justice, peace, equality, and expansive spiritual experience.

I heard a contemporary hymn on Sunday morning during the Eucharist and fell in love with the melody. It was the “Untitled Hymn

Moving further into the Inspired by Hollywood series, we went to see the movie Selma. What a powerful film and so timely. That black men are still twenty-one times more likely to be killed by police than white men* in America is staggering and the media’s attention, drawn to this truth by the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, has drawn our attention, too. Watching Selma brought home the shameful truth that in far too many places, racism still rules the streets.

Love is the source of comfort and delight; Love shines in darkness, bringing us the light; When we despair and purpose seems at an end We long for love on which we can depend.