Yesterday was the fifth Sunday of Epiphany, and our songs were gathered with this in mind. Below, you’ll find the list of the songs and artists. Clicking the song titles will take you to the lyrics. Below the songs, you can find a brief example of one way you might think of these songs. If you want to talk about any of these, feel free to comment at the bottom of this page or email me at jamie@ubcwaco.org.
Songs:
All Creatures of Our God and King by David Crowder* Band
Wayward Ones by The Gladsome Light
Rise Up by BiFrost Arts
Family Band by Jameson McGregor
Wideness by ubcmusic (adapted from F. Faber)
How They Fit In:
There are many ways to think about the significance of songs and the way they fit together–-this is simply one way you can look at these songs in light of this week’s theme.
All Creatures of Our God and King: This song invites us to join our voices with the rest of creation in celebrating the Creator and Sustainer of all that is.
Wayward Ones: This is our communion hymn, and it contemplates Christ's self-giving love that is displayed and remembered in the eucharist.
Rise Up: This song is a petition for God to come to the aid and defense of people who are trampled by our systems of power.
Family Band: This song is a plea for God to draw our withered selves into God’s family.
Wideness: We sang this song to continue to remind ourselves on our Epiphany journey that our most grandiose views of God’s mercy and love are in fact minimizations.
Doxology: We close our time together each week with this proclamation that God is worthy of praise from every inch of the cosmos.
-JM