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The Only Way
04:41
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I saw a billboard the other day,
a bloody Christ nailed to a cross.
The billboard said Jesus is
your only way to God.
"I am the Way, the Truth, the Life.
No one comes to the Father except through me."
They like to quote that all the time,
but I'm not sure anyone knows what that means.
I heard a sermon the other day.
The preacher said that all were doomed
who were not saved by grace.
But if grace is grace, how can that be true?
"I am the Way, the Truth, the Life.
No one comes to the Father except through me."
They like to quote that all the time,
but I'm pretty sure they don't know what that means.
I ready some scripture the other day.
God made a promise with the Jews.
Do you think God breaks God's promises?
Does your loving God exclude?
and He made promises with the Muslims too.
How can you say there's just one way
when so many people are praying today?
Know them by their fruit
Look at their root
Notice their love and
affirm their pursuit.
I cannot condemn anyone.
What makes you think you have that power too?
If you claim to listen to the Son,
how do you explain the judging you do?
I felt a feeling the other day.
I suppose it's hard to describe.
I was in the courtyard of
the synagogue, Temple Sinai
I felt peace and I felt fear
melt away and make room
for my grief and all its lightness
and the brightness shone through the star like the moon
"I am the Way, the Truth, the Life.
No one comes to the Father except through me."
They like to quote that all the time,
but they have no clue what that means.
If there's only one way to God,
it's not to God but from God to us.
God is free.
God is love.
God is generous.
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All the Same
04:53
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You say they're all the same,
that they're all going to the same place.
You say no matter what name
that they call God
what they teach is the same.
But if it doesn't matter
what path you take
is it all endless chatter?
All you need is love, not hate.
But what about the difference?
What about those paradigms?
Do you feign indifference?
What's yours is yours.
What's mine is mine.
You say they're all alike
trying to teach folks to do right,
but they do not agree
on exactly what right means.
Do I hope for silence?
Do I hope for sound?
Can I pray for guidance?
Am I lost or found?
But what about the difference?
What about those varied aims?
So different in appearance,
how can you say they're all the same?
You say they could interchange,
that they are all searching for the same
type of salvation
I find it strange
you seem to ignore the varied range.
Some may want for nothing.
Some may want eternal life.
Some don't seek a something.
Some may testify.
Some don't testify.
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Many Rooms
04:35
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I'm not going up the only mountain.
It's more complicated than one absolute.
A better metaphor could be a fountain
overflowing with waters of truth.
Nothing I say is adequate.
No imagery can show
what's at the heart of all it.
I cannot fully know,
but I see the edges
the shadows and the glimmers.
There was night I felt surrounded by all of it.
It gave me shivers.
To me it felt like Christ.
To my neighbors it may have felt like something else,
simply God, a higher power, or the universe itself.
Creator
Sustainer
Redeemer
Spirit
Savior
Dreamer
Presence
Absence
Love
Around
Within
Below
Above
And when I die, I can't say I know
what's gonna happen or where I will go,
if I will be I or if all will be us
in an alternate sky
or just dust
Nothing I know is total
but I imagine
we may find what we seek
and more than we can fathom
God is too good to let you go.
God is too good to let this go on.
And while I do not know I know
I know God will bring me home.
I know God will bring you home.
Creator
Sustainer
Redeemer
Spirit
Savior
Dreamer
Presence
Absence
Love
Around
Within
Below
Above
I know God will bring me home.
I know God will bring you home.
I know God will bring all home
with many rooms in that home
Many rooms in our home
Many rooms, many rooms
Many rooms in our home.
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St. Augustine's Day New Haven, Connecticut
A native Texan, Will Parker (he/him) has been immersed in a wide range of musical influence over the years--as is apparent in his tendency to fuse genres. From lyrical rap to folk punk to kid’s music, he uses a variety of styles in his songs. Seen on guitar, ukulele and harmonica, his shows are engaging, high-energy and often involved audience participation. ... more
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