From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Ceremonies are points of cohesion beyond the boundaries of reason, a journey into the shadowy mystical world of the human spirit ...
One: May God the World Maker bless you; Many: Let us delight in sunlight and starlight and surprises of the turning earth.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Wholeness is a process rather than a static state: it is not an end to the journey but the journey itself.
Oh, Source of All Gratitude, help us to be Thankful when we are tested to our limits, stretched beyond belief or relentlessly challenged; for troubled confrontation combined with honest exploration is a gateway to harmonious wisdom.
Orion Pitts, Director of Music & Administrator, First United Lutheran Church, San Francisco
Over the years, I have become much more discerning about the music and the texts that we use. There are many—MANY—hymns that I have dearly loved since childhood, that I just will not use any more, because the theology in them does not reflect an experience of the Divine that I wish to perpetuate.
John Becker has written a simple chant called “Litany of the Saints,” which in its original form is literally a list of saints of the Catholic Church. But it is easy to write your own lyrics!