Queer Sacred Music

Lyrics

Love had a dream. Love had a vision. Love breathed the dream into life.
Love spoke a word and the world came into being.
Evening and morning: all of creation was good.

Love walked the earth in the life of a prophet. Love set a table for all.
Love spoke a word full of hope and invitation:
Jesus our brother, kindling the vision again.

See how love’s dream broke forth in his life.
In the healing of pain, in the multitudes fed,
In the radical welcome of wine and of bread,
Love was still speaking. Love was still speaking in him.

Then power rose up against love and murdered the prophet.
His followers scattered. It seemed that the dream would be lost
In the death of a man who had followed love’s vision no matter the cost.
Then something incredible happened as love found a new word to say.
The friends of the prophet found courage to follow love’s way.

See how love’s dream broke forth in their lives.
In the risks that they took, in the meals that they shared,
In community gathered in kindness and care,
Love was still speaking. Love was still speaking in them.

Love has a dream. Love has a vision. We bring love’s vision to life.
Love speaks today as the world comes into being,
If we but choose it, we’ll see creation renewed.

Love walks the earth as we trust the Beloved. We set a table for all.
We live our lives full of hope and invitation.
Jesus, remembered, kindles the vision again.

See how love’s dream breaks forth in our lives:
In the work that we do, in the justice we bring,
In the peace that flows down, in the healing of pain,
Love is still speaking. Love is still speaking in us.

Love had a dream. Love had a vision.
Love is still speaking. Love is still speaking in us.