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Trust in the one whose word moves mountains Is fed by the hand of the one who loves us Heading for home in the kingdom we’re building Love without limits, forgiveness aboundingĪnswer his call with your feet on his pathway Up on the mount you can hear him announcing Hear now the words of his kind invitation Leave behind selfishness, fear, isolation Walking his pathway toward joy and compassion Thompson, 1880 New lyrics: Jim Burklo, 2019 Join in the spirit of giving and sharing his light. Offer him room in your heart and soul tonight Honor him now as you welcome the stranger We have no rooms but we’ve got a place to stayīack in our manger we’ll make you a bed in the hay. Welcome, dear travelers, wand’ring so far Maybe you’ll find one that still has some space.Īt the final destination, the innkeeper sings: Go down the highway and seek a cheaper place You are too poor for our high nightly rate We have no rooms and the hour is too late Mary must rest, for the baby is now on its way!Īt each of the four stops the innkeepers answer:

Help us, dear innkeeper, find a place to stay

Help us, dear innkeeper, we’re seeking shelter

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Here I offer my own words for the tune:Īt each stop (4 inns plus the final destination), everyone sings: A link to the tune of the song: Pidiendo Posada. Actors depicting Mary and Joseph wander from 'inn' to 'inn' asking for a room, with a singing candlelight procession following them through the town. 'Las Posadas' is an old Mexican tradition enacting the effort by Mary and Joseph to find a place to stay on Christmas Eve. Join the cosmic chorus in praise of Love divine, Holy, holy, holy, raise your voice in singing, Love that endures should nothing else remain. Makes a place for every soul in God’s eternal reign In all our struggles, God will lead us throughĪnd give us strength to do what we must doĮarly in the morning our song shall rise to youĬhrist, Love’s revealer, sets our spirits free. Or when the prophet's thund'ring voice is heardįor tears and laughter that our church has stirred The face of Christ among us now will showįor all the people that our church holds dearįor those we serve in love, both far and nearįor times when silence is the truest word But it has perhaps branded me as an old man before my time.Tune: 'For All the Saints' Sine Nomine 10.10.10.A words by Jim BurkloĪs we share stories, moments high and low Now I’m finding it gets used all over the world, by all sorts of churches it seems to be as accessible to a traditional church as it is to a house church, and I’m excited by that. It just makes his sacrifice all the more personal, all the more amazing, and all the more humbling.Īs I was thinking through this, I just began to sing the melody, and it flowed in the sort of way that makes you think you’ve pinched it from somewhere! So the melody was pretty instant, but the words took quite a bit of time, reworking things, trying to make every line as strong as I could. And what was my part in it? Not only was it my sin that put him there, but if I’d lived at that time, it would probably have been me in that crowd, shouting with everyone else ‘crucify him’. Nevertheless, I’d been meditating on the cross, and in particular what it cost the Father to give up his beloved Son to a torturous death on a cross. But I don’t go home at the end of a busy day and put on a hymns album! So I don’t think of hymns as where I’m at musically at all! But I distinctly remember getting this feeling one day that I was going to write a hymn! Now, like most people, I am familiar with hymns – they form part of my church background, and I love the truth contained in many of them. I’d already written quite a few songs for worship, but all in a more contemporary worship style, drawing from my own musical background. Writing this song was an unusual experience for me.

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