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Tom Wuest - Love Crosses Every Divide

from Songs from the Parish Collective by Sunia Gibbs and Tom Wuest

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I wrote this song in response to our tendency, as a church, to give more regard to our particular doctrines and affirmations of faith than we do to Jesus’ call to love God and neighbor, the stranger and vulnerable, and even our enemies. In a time of great ideological divisiveness, this song calls us to remember that “Love crosses every divide, with heart to see through other eyes.” This song also seeks to reflect the rich theological depth of the Christian faith without making that theology a barrier for those who do not align themselves with the way of Jesus so that the gospel of the love of God can be accessible to those who, with good reason, struggle to see Christ in the faces of his disciples.

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LOVE CROSSES EVERY DIVIDE
Genesis, Jesus, the Apostles John and Paul, Indigenous brothers and sisters, Gerald Manley Hopkins, Liverpool FC

Love crosses every divide,
With heart to see through other eyes,
Bridges the distance wrought by fear,
Forges ways to draw us near

We will never walk alone
When we can see the wonders that we are
Held in the current of time and place
Breath in dust, alive in faces

We will never walk alone
When we can see the wonders that we are
Each one a gift, each color, each feature
The Spirit plays in all God’s creatures

Love beckons us to turn from hate
Love welcomes strangers at our gates
Love labors long, love cultivates
A boundless communion in God’s wide embrace

Listen to the voice, listen to the voice
Listen to the voice of Jesus
Walking in the way, walking in the way
Walking in the way of Jesus (repeat)
O God your love is deep and wide
Carry us across divides

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from Songs from the Parish Collective, released July 14, 2020
Yvonne Araujo-Schacht: drums, vocals
Danny Kim: violin
Hailey Mitsui: vocals
Ivan Penn: trumpet
September Penn: vocals
Derek Rice: piano, vocals
Peter Schrock: bass
Tom Wuest: guitar, vocals
Written by Tom Wuest (copyright February 2020)

Live recording and engineering by Erik Cederberg & Paul Gibbs in San Diego, California (Cultivate, February 2020). Mixing and mastering by Erik Cederberg in Portland, Oregon.

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During Parish Collective events, common songs of worship animate our collective imagination, give voice to our theological hopes, and help shape our actions as the church in our parishes.

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and rooted in place, these songs are a balm for our weary souls.

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