A simple worship song for Epiphany based on Isaiah 60. Purchase with sheet music at at http://www.worldmaking.net/yourlight-has-come

Lift your head / raise your eyes / look around
Your light has come / Your light has come

Light the world / heal the earth / bear the Christ
Your light has come / Your light has come

Licensed via CCLI, OneLicense.net and Worldmaking.net.

Your Light Has Come

Lyrics and chords below.

The refrain can stand alone as a chorus among petitions of intercessory prayer. As recorded here, the verses recite Psalm 141 in paraphrase.

Our Breath is Incense (Psalm 141)

REFRAIN:
D/F#                        G        D/F#                  C
        Our breath is incense,    sweet smell rising
D/F#                          G      D/F#                          C         D/F#
        Our hands are open,      lifted up in the evening.

VERSE 1:
Bm7             C                         G         D/F#
I call out to you Come and hear me
Bm7                   Am7                           C     D/F#
Give ear to my voice, my God, and quickly

VERSE 2:
Watch the door of my mouth for integrity
Guard my lips and keep my heart from turning

VERSE 3:
Let the elders guide and correct my way
Keep my words an actions true I pray

VERSE 4:
Watch the farmer's plow turn the blessed earth
Bones of death and signs of rising birth

VERSE 5:
You are the earth I am a seed
Hide me, grow me, love and never leave me

Words and music by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan
© 2014 Worldmaking.net (ASCAP)
www.PsalmImmersion.com

Our Breath is Incense (Psalm 141)

A simple, soft meditation for Psalm 4.

I Will Lie Down and Sleep in Peace (Psalm 4)

I will lie down and sleep in peace
I will lie down and sleep in peace
God's hears us when we call
I will lie down and sleep in peace

You have put gladness in my heart
You have put gladness in my heart
God's hears us when we call
You have put gladness in my heart

Now I will put my trust in God
Now I will put my trust in God
God's hears us when we call
Now I will put my trust in God

Words and music by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan
© 2006 Worldmaking.net (ASCAP) All rights reserved. Please use with permission. Licensing via CCLI, OneLicense.net and Worldmaking.net.

Lead sheet available, and piano score someday, too. :-)

I Will Lie Down And Sleep In Peace (Psalm 4)

I lay open my whole life to you,
trusting you, O Holy One.

Words and music by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan
© 2015 Worldmaking.net. Licensed via CCLI, OnelIcense.net and Worldmaking.net.

Sheet music available from Richard@worldmaking.net

I Lay Open (Psalm 25)

It's a celebration song in English and Swahili for World Communion Sunday. (Imani Moja means "one faith.")

Sheet music available at http://www.worldmaking.net/imani-moja

Imani Moja

Refrain:
Imani moja
Imani moja Hey!
Imani moja
One faith keeps us all! (repeat)
​
Verse 1:
Wen-zet-u hu-kaa n-g'am-bo ya ba-ha-ri 
We have friends across the sea.
​
Verse 2:
Twa-tun-za dun-ia kwa up-en-do, kwa up-en-do 
We hold all the world in love. 
​
Verse 3:
U-mo-ja we-tu ni Kristo, ni Kristo. 
We are one, are one in Christ. 
​
Words and music by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan
trans. Elineema Mndeme
​
© 2017 Worldmaking.net (ASCAP) 
All rights reserved. use only with permission, please
Licensed via OneLicense.net, CCLI and Worldmaking.net.

Imani Moja

God, make me a channel of your peace flowing from your river 

Where there is hate, we plant love 
Where there is hurt, forgiveness 
Where there is doubt, we plant faith 
And where despair, hopefulness 

God, make us a channel of your peace flowing from your river

God, Make Me a Channel

God, Make Me A Channel

Singing Holy Communion in solidarity with all creation.

Verse 1: 
Bread from the ripe fields of the land 
Juice from the grapes of the vine 
Taste of our common story of struggle 
Taste of communion and new life 

Refrain: 
Meal of creation 
Sing all together the song of the earth 
Meal of creation 
Belonging to any who hunger and thirst 

Verse 2: 
Share in the lush life of the earth 
Take from our planet its gift 
Feel the embrace in the midst of our changes 
Touch of communion and God's kiss    Refrain 

Verse 3: 
Dance with our dear kin of the air, 
those of the land and the sea 
Sing with all species now living and dying 
Sound of communion, the world's feast     Refrain

Meal of Creation

Meal Of Creation

The happiest dang psalm song I've ever made. You know, for the kids. 

Psalm 150 culminates the psalter in an explosion of celebration and praise. This song attempts to do that mood justice. Sheet music available at PsalmImmersion.com

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah! (Psalm 150)

An upbeat gathering song resonant with Rev. Eric Elnes' Phoenix Affirmation point 4 at ThisWeAffirm.com.

This Creative Love

Text: Based on St. Augustine and Song of Songs.
Tune: Hyfrydol

O Great Lover who pursues us, come delight to stir our hearts
Call us back with full devotion  Kindle now your fire in us
Let us scent you, taste your sweetness  Carry us away to thrive
Let us love you ever deeper  Let us hasten to your side

Bounding o’er the hills you beckon, “Rise, my love and come away”.
Winter’s past and Spring is blooming Now has come the time to sing
Wake the winds upon this garden  Waft the fragrance all around
We with joy to you belonging dance within your perfect love

Who is like our great Beloved now appearing as the dawn?
All of heav’n in grand procession praise Love’s beauty bright as the sun
Set us as a seal upon you  Troubled hearts will find their rest
Yours is love to stand harsh waters, love that lives as strong as death

O Great Lover Who Pursues Us

Real Justice

Real Justice (Psalm 82)

Your strength is in me, your strength is in me 
My heart is a highway, my heart is a highway 
Your strength is in me, your strength is in me 
My heart is a highway, my heart is a highway 

Your joy is in me, your joy is in me 
My heart is a highway, my heart is a highway 
Your joy is in me, your joy is in me 
My heart is a highway, my heart is a highway 

Your faith is in me, your faith is in me 
My heart is a highway, my heart is a highway 
Your faith is in me, your faith is in me 
My heart is a highway, my heart is a highway

My Heart is a Highway

My Heart Is A Highway (Psalm 84.5)

A shorter song of forgiveness and turning. Great for Lent. From Psalm 86.

You Are Slow (Psalm 86)

A community song for war and our beloveds who serve. 

This song is neither anti-war or pro-war, but honoring our collectively complicated feelings about one of the most polarizing topics of any era. 

Can we sing about it?

Can we sing about it in church?

Raise Your Heads (Psalm 110)

Publisher of community song, mostly for Christian context, emphasis on the Psalms. Wide range of musical styles from pop band arrangements to a cappella chants and cantor-congregational responses. Be welcome at Worldmaking.net for free listening.

Worldmaking Psalmist

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