LYRICS: One day she sees him walking She’s bled for far too long, so surely this won’t hurt. Everyone’s too busy talking. Nobody notices her brush against his shirt. When he turns, she hears their laughter. And she fears to see the anger in his eyes. But then she hears him call her daughter. And the crowd around her hushes in surprise. Some people think faith is believing But I’m here to set them straight: Shooting stars aren’t where faith’s living We touch God when we’re desperate. Desperate Thomas won’t believe their stories. Says that he must touch the hole upon his side. He's not one for wishful thinking, Telling stories of one living who has died. Jesus comes when least expected. And he says to Thomas, “Come and know the truth. All your doubts I have respected. You will know me when you know these open wounds.” Shooting stars do not grant wishes; Fairies can’t be rescued with our clapping hands. Christ is there when we are empty. From the cross he shows he truly understands. See the world and how they’re bleeding. Healing only comes from One who knows their pain. They will come to you for feeding. They will come and these dry bones will live again.

LYRICS: The uniting love that won’t let us part; when we’re far away we’re still one in heart. The spirit empowers us and tells us to go; and we’ll follow Jesus here below. We were made by love We were made in love We were made for love Nothing can stop God’s love We’ll walk in his way, and know him inside the power of one who was crucified. We all are one, so let us agree to share his truth in unity. We were made by love We were made in love We were made for love Nothing can stop God’s love No height or depth, no sword of hate, not even our death can separate. Blest be the dear uniting love that joins us with our God above.

LYRICS: Connected; We are connected. We all share one heart; Only hate tears us apart. Abiding in our soul, Only love makes us whole. Love makes us all connected. Many times, people aren’t aware. This whole world is here for us to share. If we open our eyes and our hearts We will see that we’re not far apart. Connected; We are connected. We all share one heart; Only hate tears us apart. Abiding in our soul, Only love makes us whole. Love makes us all connected. Thursday evening, Jesus told his friends, “Abide in me, and I’ll be with you through the end. Love each other as I have loved you And they’ll see that the Good News is true.” Connected; We are connected. We all share one heart; Only hate tears us apart. Abiding in our soul, Only love makes us whole. Love makes us all connected. It’s to easy to love those who love me. And it’s a challenge to love our enemies. The one who saves us sends sun upon us all And the rain falls on the great and the small.

LYRICS: There’s sinning in the needle and sinning in the glass There’s sin that sells us everything with sexy photographs There’s sinning in the bedroom And in the boardroom, too There’s sinning from the pulpit in what they’ll say to you But grace is greater than all our sin But grace will conquer all our sin. We sin in what we do And what we leave undone We worship praise and holidays, the dollar and the gun And in the name of Jesus we’ll tell you who we hate We’ll use our faith and politics, Lord, to discriminate But grace is greater than all our sin. But grace will conquer all our sin. I hear there is a kingdom It’s coming any day Where wounded folks find healing and their sins are washed away. Lord, in the arc of history bring justice to our land. And give us all the courage to love they way you can. ‘Cause grace is greater than all our sin Grace will conquer all our sin.

LYRICS: Poor Tamar got pregnant after having some fun, So Judah blew a gasket and took up his gun Went down to her house and he banged on her door Yelled out to all the neighbors she was playing the whore They dragged her to the gallows there to put her to death She said, “let me speak before I draw my last breath: The man who got me pregnant gave me this signet ring.” Judah took one look and felt his conscience sting. She’s more righteous than me She’s more righteous than me I pray that one day I’ll have the grace to see that the people who I judge may be the ones judging me And I hope that when they do they do it mercifully So that’s why I remember she’s more righteous than me One day a man was walking down to Jericho Through a neighborhood where nobody should go. Some muggers beat him bloody and they left him to die, And the preachers and the lawyers just passed him on by. The hero of the story, well I thought he would be, And ordinary citizen like you or like me. But Jesus says the person who finally gave him aid Was the person who I find it most easy to hate. He’s more righteous than me (O, Lordy) He’s more righteous than me I pray that one day I’ll have the grace to see that the people who I judge may be the ones judging me And the measure I give will be the measure I get So when you judge me, Jesus, please be lenient Our privilege and our prejudice are deep in our bones It’s easy to forget when we are gathering stones. We treat our fellow humans like they’re part of a game The mob will choose the ones who lose with public shame Our righteous indignation we can’t satisfy And in our anger any stranger we’ll crucify But Jesus is the one who bravely takes our place And this is what we sing when we look in his face They’re more righteous than me They’re more righteous than me I pray that one day I’ll have the grace to see that the people who I judge may be the ones judging me And the measure I give will be the measure I get So when you judge me, Jesus, please forgive and forget.