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A New Passion

Incredible (2009)

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God is love

He gives light

Eternal life for us

We were lost

Dead as night

Alive now in Jesus

It's just incredible how He loves

Despite the wickedness in my heart

It's unbelievable how He knows

My words before they are even thought

It's like a miracle when He shines

His truth inside of my broken soul

Illuminating my darkened mind

What once was shattered is now made whole

He's just a comfort that never fades

Despite the doubt that invades my flesh

There's no comparing to how He saves

I'm just exceedingly over-blessed

His truth shines

Through the darkness all around

The true God is ours

We are His

He's our solid rock

Worldly lies

And godless myths

It's all just idle talk

It's just incredible how His word

Submerges all of the other sound

Replacing everything I have heard

With truth that's built on His solid ground

And when He came as the blessed Son

To live out all of the Father's will

The gruesome purpose for why He'd come

To bear His cross up that holy hill

His heart forgiving until the end

Not bitter ever that they could see

It's just amazing the Lord would send

His Son to die for a wretch like me

On that cross

Death was banished evermore

He gave life

To sinners such as us

And one day

He will gather all His own

To that place

For all who overcome

Our great God is love

He gives light

Eternal life for us

We were lost

Dead as night

Alive now in Jesus 

Goin' up to Zion (2010)

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It's been a long, cold, lonesome road

And the wind tears at my coat

There's a lump that's in my throat

Over You

Over You


Should have known it from the start

That this pain would stab my heart

Every day that we're apart

I cry for You

I cry for You


In a doomed and broken world

With the flag of sin unfurled

And the words of hate are hurled

All at You

All at You


Yet You strove on just the same

In Your Father's Holy Name

As He poured our guilt and shame

All on You

All on You


But we're goin' up to Zion

Where there'll be no more cryin'

When the Lamb lies with the Lion

There with You

There with You

There with You 

My Life is a Mess (2010)

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Oh my Lord, I confess

That my life is a mess

That my mind is beset

By the pangs of regret

Only in You does it make any sense

You saved my life when You made recompense

For me

And my sin


In my drive for success

Lord, please help me suppress

These dark thoughts in my head

From a past that is dead

Only in You can I rise up above

All of this lust and replace it with love

For You

And Your truth


Help me never forget

How it felt when we met

You brought life out of death

With the touch of Your breath

Only in You am I truly alive

You give me strength that I need to survive

This world

And its sin


Our dear Lord, we confess

That our lives are a mess

That our minds are beset

By the pangs of regret

Only in You does it make any sense

You saved our lives when You made recompense

For us

On the cross 

Use Us, We Pray (2010)

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Well, there's a million reasons I'm unfit to serve

I'm reminded every day

But if broken vessels are what You prefer

Then I'm Yours in every way

Oh Lord, hear me

Use me, I pray

Oh Lord, hear us

Use us, we pray


Now, in a fishing village on a distant shore

You began to call Your own

Just a bunch of guys who wanted nothing more

Then to find their way back home

Oh Lord, hear me

Use me, I pray

Oh Lord, hear us

Use us, we pray


And if You need someone who never makes mistakes

Then I'm afraid I wouldn't do

But if You'd take someone whose heart has known some aches

Then I'm the perfect one for You

Oh Lord, hear me

Use me, I pray

Oh Lord, hear us

Use us, we pray


Well, there's a million reasons we're unfit to serve

We're reminded every day

But if broken vessels are what You prefer

Then we're Yours in every way

Oh Lord, hear me

Use me, I pray

Oh Lord, hear us

Use us, we pray

Oh Lord, hear me

Use me, I pray

Oh Lord, hear us

Use us, we pray 

Trust in Thee (2010)

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I will trust in Thee

Lord, for everything

Thou hast set me free

To Thy grace I cling

Though the fields should flame

The foundations fall

I will call Thy name

And be saved from all


Thou hast brought to mind

What I truly need

Thee I long to find

For Thy mercies plead

Though all worldly wealth

Should depart from me

I will die to self

And live life in Thee


Some trust in silver

Others in gold

They trust in only

What they can hold

Thou art my hope, Lord

Thou art my strength

This is Thy kingdom

Come may Thou reign!


I will trust in Thee

And not store by ploy

Trifling vanities

Which rust doth destroy

All is under curse

And will cease from view

But this universe

Thou wilt soon renew


What a fool am I

To forget Thy creeds

And Thy truth deny

By my thoughts and deeds

Though the world would mock

Such a love as Thine

On Thy path I'll walk

Past the end of time


No mind can conjure

What Thou hast made

There in Thy glory

Rainbow-arrayed

For us Thy children

Whom Thou shalt raise

Sing Hallelujah!

Sing to Thy praise!


I will trust in Thee

As this world's consumed

Its insanity

E're to be entombed

Running round and round

In a spinning cage

Till Thy roaring sound

Comes to end this age


Let my final breath

Speak Thy Holy Word

And in life or death

May my prayer be heard

Though all earthly hope

From my heart should flee

I will rest and only

Trust in Thee 

Юлия O [YuIeAo] (2006, 2012, 2024)

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Hey,  Юлия  A

What d’ya say?

How ‘bout today?

My  Юлия

He,  Юлия  E

Never could see

All you could be

My  Юлия  

Straddling this precipice

And waitin’ for the right time

Struggling with avarice

And prayin’ for divine signs


I,  Юлия  I

Just gotta sigh

When you go by

My  Юлия  

Oh,  Юлия  O

Time passes slow

Till we can go

My  Юлия  

Fumbling for words to say

To help convey this feeling

Soaring like a bird of prey

Who’s trapped beneath the ceiling


You,  Юлия  U

Know what to do

When I am blue

My  Юлия  

Why,  Юлия  Y?

Couldn’t we try?

To reach for the sky?

My  Юлия 

Loved with everlasting grace

He’s workin’ on my wish list

Sprintin’ at a faster pace

As we approach the finish


Oh,  Юлия  O

Time passes slow

Till we can go

My  Юлия  

Commentary

The picture here is of my brother and I enjoy a good sing together as little kids growing up in Walla Walla WA. All of these songs reflect a renewed passion for the things of God, and especially for the opportunity to serve, as in Use Us, We Pray. The main way that this passion worked out in my personal life is that I set about the task of addressing the relational brokenness of the St. Louis region, especially its extreme segregation and continuing racism. A series of conversations with local leaders about these issues ultimately resulted in a new non-profit that I founded, the St. Louis Reconciliation Network (STLRN), whose mission is to “heal the broken race relations of the St. Louis region by harnessing the potential collective power of its diverse faith communities.” The last song in this grouping has an interesting history that has resulted in three recorded versions, the first of which was created in 2006 and is available as an MP3 below. A second version was recorded in 2012 and is also available as an MP3. The most recent version (2024)  is currently available only as a YouTube demo. The song explores a lyrical experiment that began in my childhood with songs like "HOPE" (1975), where I used letters of the alphabet as words. In this case, the song uses all six vowels as successive last name initials for the first name of a woman, now rendered as  Юлия  ("Yulia" - the Russian version of Julia). The way-too-clever trick is that a transliteration of  Юлия  into all capital English letters can be rendered as YUIEA, which looks like 5 of the 6 vowels. All of this re-writing and trickery has been intended to respect the privacy of two real women who served as inspiration for past versions of the song. Whew ....

Downloads

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Goin'-up-to-Zion (mp3)Download
Goin'-up-to-Zion (pdf)Download
Incredible (mp3)Download
Incredible (pdf)Download
My-Life-is-a-Mess (mp3)Download
My-Life-is-a-Mess (pdf)Download
Trust-In-Thee (mp3)Download
Trust-in-Thee (pdf)Download
Use-Us-We-Pray (mp3)Download
Use-Us-We-Pray (pdf)Download
Юлия O [YuIeAo] (2012) (mp3)Download
Юлия O [YuIeAo] (2006) (mp3)Download
Юлия O [YuIeAo] (pdf)Download

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