Biblical Sources

This page shows available worship music by any Biblical passages referenced in the piece, or that inspired the piece. This page may be helpful in selecting pieces based on the lectionary. All scores are available in alphabetical order on the “All Scores” page; more information, including available recordings and videos, may be found on subpages. Subpage information is available on the “Start Here” page, where materials are also listed in alphabetical order. Marcan materials that also appear in Matthew and/or Luke may be listed only under Mark.

Genesis 9:8-17: The Light Comes as a Rainbow
Genesis 1L27: God, the Soaring Eagle
Exodus 19:4: God, the Soaring Eagle
Exodus 20:13: You Cannot Serve God and Guns
Deuteronomy 4:24: God, the Soaring Eagle
Deuteronomy 16:20: Justice Round
Deuteronomy 32:4: God, the Soaring Eagle
Deuteronomy 32:10-11: God, the Soaring Eagle
Leviticus 19:33-34: Love the Stranger
Leviticus 25: Proclaim the Acceptable Year of the Lord
Esther 4: Just Such a Time as This
Psalm 1: Rooted and Grounded in Love
Psalm 10:16: God, the Soaring Eagle
Psalm 19:1: God, the Soaring Eagle
Psalm 22:9: God, the Soaring Eagle
Psalm 23: God, the Soaring Eagle; Oh, My Shepherd
Psalm 24:1: All the Earth Belongs to God
Psalm 31:20: God, the Soaring Eagle
Psalm 32: In Our Self-Protection
Psalm 42:7: Transforming Love that Makes Us New
Psalm 47:7: God, the Soaring Eagle
Psalm 84:11: God, the Soaring Eagle
Psalm 118:24: The Day We Are Given
Psalm 139:14: Fearfully, Wonderfully Made
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8: All Things in Their Season
Isaiah 42:14: God, the Soaring Eagle
Isaiah 43:18-19: History and Mystery
Isaiah 49:15: God, the Soaring Eagle
Isaiah 55:12: Go Out in Joy!
Isaiah 58:6-8: The Fast that Love Has Chosen; When We Do Justice; With What Shall We Approach You?
Isaiah 61: Brave Spirit, Make Us Brave
Isaiah 64:8: God, the Soaring Eagle
Isaiah 66:13: God, the Soaring Eagle
Jeremiah 17:13: God, the Soaring Eagle
Jeremiah 29:11-14: I Know the Plans I Have for You
Jeremiah 31:15: Weep Like Rachel
Hosea 13:8: God, the Soaring Eagle
Amos 5:21-24: Justice Round; With What Shall We Approach You?
Micah 6:6-8: Brave Spirit, Make Us Brave; Church is More than Just a Building; Go Out in Joy!; Justice Round; Now, As You Leave This Assembly of Lovers; Seek Justice; Love Kindness: A Sending-Out Hymn; When We Do Justice; With What Shall We Approach You?
Malachi 3:2-3: Purify Our Hearts
Matthew 1:18: Oh, Jesus Had Two Fathers
Matthew 1:21: Oh, Jesus Had Two Fathers
Matthew 2:1-12: The Manger is Stranger
Matthew 2:11: Oh, Jesus Had Two Fathers
Matthew 5:1-12: Blest Are You, the Poor in Spirit
Matthew 5:44: Love the Stranger
Matthew 6:9-13: Maker of All; A Prayer (after Jesus)
Matthew 6:10: All the Earth Belongs to God
Matthew 6:24: You Cannot Serve God and Guns
Matthew 7:1-5: Today, We Come with Heavy Hearts
Matthew 7:7-11: We Asked for Fish
Matthew 7:12: Now, As You Leave This Assembly of Lovers
Matthew 8:22: History and Mystery
Matthew 10:14: Shake the Dust off Your Sandals
Matthew 11:19: God, the Soaring Eagle
Matthew 13:33: The Kin-Dom of God is the Queerest of Nations
Matthew 14:13-21: Within God's Great Economy
Matthew 15:21-28: At the Table of the Holy
Matthew 18:15-22: When We Come to Disagree
Matthew 19:14: The Kin-Dom of God is the Queerest of Nations
Matthew 19:16-22: Once Jesus Loved a Rich Man
Matthew 20:37-40: Today, We Come with Heavy Hearts
Matthew 23:37: God, the Soaring Eagle
Matthew 24:42: History and Mystery
Matthew 25:31-46: Brave Spirit, Make Us Brave; Church is More than Just a Building
Mark 1:1-3: Prepare a Way for Love
Mark 6:35-44: At the Feeding of the Many [see also parallels in Matthew and Luke]
Mark 9:35: The Kin-Dom of God is the Queerest of Nations
Mark 12:28-34: Love the Stranger; Love Your Neighbor - No Exceptions; What Are We Called to Do; You Cannot Serve God and Guns
Luke 1:32: Oh, Jesus Had Two Fathers
Luke 2:1-20: The Manger is Stranger
Luke 2:52: Oh, Jesus Had Two Fathers
Luke 3:21-23: Oh, Jesus Had Two Fathers
Luke 4:1-13: When We Find We're Tested
Luke 4:16-21: Church is More than Just a Building
Luke 10:11: Shake the Dust off Your Sandals
Luke 10:25-37: Who Is My Neighbor?
Luke 11:2-4: Maker of All; A Prayer (after Jesus)
Luke 13:30: The Kin-Dom of God is the Queerest of Nations
Luke 16:19-31: The Kin-Dom of God is the Queerest of Nations
Luke 17:20-21: The Kin-Dom of God is the Queerest of Nations
Luke 18:9-14: The Kin-Dom of God is the Queerest of Nations
Luke 24:13-35: In the Breaking of the Bread
John 3:8: History and Mystery
John 11: Jesus Called Lazarus
John 14:2: God Abundant, God of Wonder
John 21:15-17: Transforming Love that Makes Us New
Acts 4:32-37: Within God's Great Economy
Acts 10:34-35: God Abundant, God of Wonder
Romans 12:1-2: Transforming Love that Makes Us New
First Corinthians 12:4-27: We Come with Gifts; We Come in Need
First Corinthians 13:11: God of Being and Becoming
Second Corinthians 3:4-6: History and Mystery
Second Corinthians 4:7: Grant Us Grace, Oh, Tender Spirit
Galatians 5:1 and 13-14: For Freedom We Have Been Set Free
Galatians 5:1 and 5:16-26: The Fruit of the Spirit is Wondrous to Know
Ephesians 3:17: Rooted and Grounded in Love
Ephesians 4:29: May We Speak the Truth
Philippians 3:11-14: Persistent Love, Enduring Hope
Philippians 4:8-9: Now, As You Leave This Assembly of Lovers
Hebrews 11:12: So Great a Cloud of Witnesses
First Letter of Peter 3:15: Teacher Jesus, Source of Knowledge
First Letter of John 4:18: Love the Stranger; Queerly Beloved