Why “What’s Fair Is Fair” is a Dead-end Destination
We live in a world of what I sometimes describe as disproportionate parity, where the ancient version of justice (lex talionis) that’s still widely practiced today provides justification for an excessive retaliatory response.
For context to the comments to follow, it is suggested one read Matthew 13. Verses 1-8 are deemed to likely be attributable to the historical Jesus; while verses 18-23 are an interpretation and application by Matthew’s early church community.
Words: Jim Burklo Tune: Christ the Lord is Risen Today – Easter Hymn 7.7.7.7.
Sheet Music and Audio
It is meant to be shared around the table, in the car, or wherever your journeys take you! It's a celebration of God's love for all, echoing Jesus' words during the Last Supper and affirming our role in furthering God's Kingdom work as we love and serve one another.
Cosmic Mystery Series
Tunes: ENDURING LIFE 88.66.88 and TEMPLETON 88.66.88
Cosmic Mystery Series
Tune: RENDEZ á DIEU 98.98D Arr.Louis Burgeois 1510-1561
Cosmic Mystery Series
Come raise your voice with me now In Eucharistic feast, Come celebrate this art form
Cosmic Mystery Series
Come let us think like mountain rocks, Come breathe the song of scented breeze,
Cosmic Mystery Series
Come join with me to sing the song That dwells deep in our heart, Sometimes it’s hidden or suppressed
Cosmic Mystery Series
Come embrace the Christmas child, Child of every human birth, Birth in stable, home or ward,
Cosmic Mystery Series
Come embrace the child of Christmas, Child of every human birth, Birth in stable, ward or dwelling,
Cosmic Mystery Series
Claiming peace when peace is absent * Stirs the prophet’s angry call. Peace may seem as close as breathing War though seldom seems to stall.
Cosmic Mystery Series
Can the Bible warp our minds? Yes if only read in part. Bible truth evolves and grows To religion of the heart
Cosmic Mystery Series
Can an image relocate Or forever must it stay In the mind where it once lived
Cosmic Mystery Series
At this time of offering We recall Christ gave his life * To show love can overcome
Join us as we celebrate the Advent season with a Christmas Concert from our choir!
An old hymn of mine, recently rewritten slightly. Recorded here by the Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Choir.
This was written for an Evolution Sunday service and incorporates ideas from process theology.
Swing version of my stewardship hymn From Our Abundance We Give. Appropriate for inclusive Christian, Unitarian Universalist, and other congregations.
This upbeat sending-out song or closing hymn is based on words adapted from a famous John Wesley quote.
This upbeat sending-out song or closing hymn is based on words adapted from a famous John Wesley quote.
Cosmic Mystery Series
At the time of his arrest Jesus prayed for all his friends
Cosmic Mystery Series
OFFERING ALL WHO CLAIM TO FOLLOW JESUS Tune:SALZBURG (Hintz) 77.77D Jakob Hintze 1622-1702 Arranged: Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750 CULBACH 77.77
Amanda wrote this piece when churches were closing their doors early on in COVID as a reminder that church is more than a building.
A Pentecost social justice song. And a prayer for any day of the year for those dedicated to building Beloved Community. Winner of the 2021 United Church of Christ Musicians Association Hymn Writing Competition
A short closing or sending-out song appropriate for all forms of inclusive worship.
Hosted by John Spong on Texas Monthly Podcast
Dr. Brené Brown was at a low point in her life the first time she heard Willie Nelson’s cover of “Amazing Grace.” It was in the early 2000s, a period she has famously referred to as a “breakdown/spiritual awakening.
Cosmic Mystery Series
In this cosmic story’s thread Humans play a tiny part
Cosmic Mystery Series
At each day’s ending and at death We all can test our living,