tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70978147041690902202012-02-10T12:31:19.448-06:00'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free, 'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be... 'Twill be in the valley of love and delight. When true simplicity is gain'd, To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd, To turn, turn will be our delight. ~ A Shaker song by Joseph Brackett 1848Simple Mind Zenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06445584278684040056noreply@blogger.comBlogger871100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097814704169090220.post-37252300552545475692012-01-31T15:26:00.007-06:002012-02-02T10:42:12.713-06:00

There are disturbing reports coming persistently now from China about the conditions of many Chinese workers, indeed workers from throughout the industrializing world, who make the products Americans are using every day without a thought. There are reports of workers dying, unsafe conditions, conditions of near immobilization as workers are restricted to their dormitories by policy and heavy

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Something in the Way She Moveslyrics/music by James TaylorListen Here There's something in the way she moves,Or looks my way, or calls my name,That seems to leave this troubled world behind.And if I'm feeling down and blue,Or troubled by some foolish game,She always seems to make me change my mind. And I feel fine anytime she's around me now,She's around me nowJust about all the timeAnd if I'm

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"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. Love your neighbor as yourself; this I say is the greatest of Commandments." The Judeo-Christian Bible Not long ago the 14th Dalai Lama accepted an award recognizing his work for Witness: witness to peace, to compassionate living, for social justice. The holocaust survivor and author Elie Weisel, author of Night, wrote he said, because his

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Breath of Heavenby Chris Eaton, Amy GrantListen Here I have traveled many moonless night Cold and weary, with a babe inside And I wonder what I've done Holy Father, you have come And chosen me now To carry your son I am waiting in a silent prayer I am frightened by the load I bear In a world as cold as stone, Must I walk this path alone? Be with me now Be with me now Breath of heaven Hold me

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Kyrie Eleisonversion by Mr. MisterListen Here The Kyrie: "Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy; Lord, have mercy." We talk on the internet; talking-- we do so much. We blog; we write and then write some more. But through all this talk there are some important things for me-- I've been thinking about this, and it's plainly, 'talk to me like I'm someone you care for, talk to me like I'm someone you

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I Just Haven't Met You Yetby Michael BubleListen Here I'm not surprisedNot everything lasts I've broken my heart so many times I stopped keeping trackTalk myself in I talk myself out I get all worked up, then I let myself down I tried so very hard not to lose it I came up with a million excuses I thought I thought of every possibility And I know someday that it'll all turn out... I just haven't

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On Eagles Wingsby Dan SchutteListen Here You who dwell in the shelter of the Lordwho abide in His shadow for lifesay to the Lord"My refuge, my rock in whom I trust!" And He will raise you up on eagles' wingsbear you on the breath of dawnmake you to shine like the sunand hold you in the palm of His hand. The snare of the fowler will never capture youand famine will bring you no fearunder His

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Radical Grace Bent, banged, brokenradical graceentered upon me in my darknessmy violent grief A stone too large to carryrocky beginningstony endsradical grace entered upon me in my confusion Wretched, cold, wicked a race to the lowest heavy, despair radical grace entered upon me my fears releasedDivine All rights reserved 2011  Forgiveness and grace go hand in hand, it seems. When at first we

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They'll Know We Are Christians Lyrics by Carolyn Arends Listen Here We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord And we pray that all unity may one day be restored And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love They will know we are Christians by our love We will work with each other, we will work side by side We will work with

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"Love sails around me; I walk two steps on the ground and four steps in the air." --Thomas Merton Many without any other influence might come to think the world of a contemplative serious or even dry, but this and other thoughts by the late Thomas Merton shows another side to living a simple life-a life that is simply full. Read more of his thoughts: "It's love; it's consolation. I don't care

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The Policy of TruthBy Depeche ModeListen Here You had something to hide Should have hidden it, shouldn't you? Now you're not satisfied With what you're being put through It's just time to pay the price For not listening to advice And deciding in your youth On the policy of truth Things could be so different now It used to be so civilized You will always wonder how It could have been if you'd

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Only When I Lose Myselfby Depeche ModeListen Here It's Only When I Lose Myself in someone else Then I find myself I find myself It's Only When I Lose Myself in someone else Then I find myself I find myself Something beautiful is happening inside for me Something sensual, it's full of fire and mystery I feel hypnotized, I feel paralyzed I have found heaven There's a thousand reasons Why I

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Follow You, Follow Me by Collins, Banks, Rutherford, GenesisListen Here Stay with me,My love I hope you'll always beRight here by my side if ever I need youOh my loveIn your arms,I feel so safe and so secureEveryday is such a perfect day to spendAlone with you I will follow you will you follow meAll the days and nights that we know will beI will stay with you will you stay with meJust

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Walking In My Shoesby Depeche ModeListen Here I would tell you about the thingsThey put me through.The pain I've been subjected toBut the Lord himself would blush.The countless feasts laid at my feet.Forbidden fruits for me to eat.But I think your pulse would start to rush. Now I'm not looking for absolutionforgiveness for the things I do.But before you come to any conclusionsTry walking in my

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no confessions I loved you before I knew your name The first time I saw you What be your name Earnestly I wished to know your voice like music speaking first shyly and then, later slyly softly humming a tune bright Eyes, liquid darkness passing over me like the sun, your smile shines kisses on my face Sweetly, the moon regards the sun brilliant lights obscure lights illumine a

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My Joyby Depeche ModeListen Here My joy, the air that I breatheMy joy, in God I believeYou move me My joy, the blood in my veinsMy joy, flows in your nameYou move me I'm not a mountain, noYou move me My joy, heavenly blissMy joy, the pleasure I missYou move me I'm not a mountain, noYou move me To your Joy (Depeche Mode), I am Rapture (Anita Baker); to your queen (Alicia Keys), you, love, are

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 "The issue today isn't about 'farm factories,'  it's about factors versus access to land for the production of food." --Simple Mind Zen  While many today disdain, consider farmers factories, as in 'a factory farm," fewer consider them as the factors that they are by necessity. The word  factory is an interesting one. It comes from the verb, to factor, meaning to actively contribute to the

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"Art is love." Somerset Maugham Waiting on the World to Changeby John MayerListen Here me and all my friends, we're all misunderstood they say we stand for nothing and there's no way we ever could. now we see everything that's going wrong with the world and those who lead it. we just feel like we don't have the means to rise above and beat it so we keep waiting, waiting on the world to

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The light come down upon me.  Some times in life we are surprised by the most magnificent gifts of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit is mysterious in gift giving. Once some years ago, I went to learn how to cook. Not long after arriving in that place for the first time, I saw someone who made me intensely curious. I could hardly keep from staring. Earnestly I wished to speak, to know their name. They

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Silly Love Songsby Paul McCartney and WingsListen Here You'd thinkthat people would have had enough of silly love songsI look around me and see it isn't sosome people want to fill the world with silly love songs so what's wrong with that?I need to know b'causehere I go againI love youI love you... Many of us hear the word religion and all kinds of thoughts and reactions arise. We tend to make

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Big Logby Robert PlantListen Here My love is in league with the freeway Its passion will rise as the cities fly by And the tail lights dissolve in the coming of night And the questions and thousands take flight My love is miles in awaiting The eyes that just stare and the glance at the clock In the secret that burns and the pain that won't stop And it's fueled with the years Leading me on

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Moon DanceBy VanMorrisonListen Here Well it's a marvelous night for a moondance With the stars up above in your eyes A fantabulous night to make romance 'Neath the cover of October skies And all the leaves on the trees are falling To the sound of the breezes that blow And I'm trying to please to the calling Of your heart-strings that play soft and low You know the night's magic Seems to whisper

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With me in them and you in me, may they be so perfected in unity that the world will recognise that it was you who sent me and that you have loved them as you have loved me.  John 17:23 Because You Loved Me by Celine Dion Listen Here You were my strength when I was weak You were my voice when I couldn't speak you were my eyes when I couldn't see you saw that the best there was in me You

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Wonderby Natalie MerchantListen Here Doctors have come from distant cities just to see me stand over my bed disbelieving what they're seeing they say I must be one of the wonders of God's own creation and as far as they can see they can offer no explanation newspapers ask intimate questions want confessions reach into my head to steal the glory of my story they say I must be one of the wonders

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Rose of All the World by poet D.H. Lawrence I am here myself; as though this heave of effort At starting other life, fulfilled my own; Rose-leaves that whirl in colour round a core Of seed-specks kindled lately and softly blown By all the blood of the rose-bush into being - Strange, that the urgent will in me, to set My mouth on hers in kisses, and so softly To bring together two

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The truth needs no defense. It stands on its own. So let the horses run free.     Moment Of Surrender by U2 Listen Here I tied myself with wire To let the horses run free Playing with the fire Until the fire played with me The stone was semi-precious We were barely conscious Two souls too cool to be In the realm of certainty Even on our wedding day We set ourselves on fire Oh God, do not

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I hope he's not like me. I hope he understands. That he can take this life And hold it by the hand. And he can greet the world with arms wide open..." -- Lyrics for Arms Wide Open by Creed Arms Wide Open By Creed Listen HereBefore we were the occupants of today, of this moment, who were we? Where did we come from? How were we brought into today? If there is principally the day, to-day in our

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We Are One in the Spirit lyrics by Jason Upton Listen Here We are one in the Spirit We are one in the LordWe are one in the SpiritWe are one in the Lord two of several verses: We will walk with each other We will walk hand in handWe will walk with each otherWe will walk hand in handAnd together we’ll spread the news That God is in our land We will work with each otherWe will work side

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Treat Her Like a Ladyby Cornelius Brothers and Sister RoseListen Here All my friends had to ask me Somethin' they didn't understand How I get all the women In the palms of my hand, now And I told them, to treat her like a lady Um-hum all the best you can do You got to treat her like a lady, she give into you Ah-hum now who can see, you know what I mean? I know you heard That a woman Will soon

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“We make ourselves real by telling the truth.” Thomas Merton Duran DuranCome UndoneListen Here  Mine, immaculate dream made breath and skinI've been waiting for youSigned, with a home tattoo,Happy birthday to you was created for you... Oh, it'll take a little time,Might take a little crimeTo come undone now We'll try to stay blindTo the hope and fear outsideHey child, stay wilder than the windAnd

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Ordinary Day by Duran Duran Listen Here Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue thought I heard you talking softly I turned on the lights, the TV and the radio still I can't escape the ghost of you What has happened to it all? Crazy, some would say Where is the life that I recognize? gone away But I won't cry for yesterday, there's an ordinary world Somehow I have to find And as I try to

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"Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return." Dust In the Windby KansasListen Here I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see Dust in the wind, All we are

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The Prayer of Saint FrancisSung by Sarah McLaughlinListen Here Lord, make me an instrument of your peace, Where there is hatred, let me sow love where there is injury, pardon where there is doubt, faith where there is despair, hope where there is darkness, light where there is sadness, joy O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console to be

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Unchained Melody  sung by Sarah Mclachlan, lyrics/music by Hy Zaret and Alex NorthListen Here Oh,  my love My darling I hunger for your touch Long and lonely tonight And time goes by so slowly And time can do so much Are you still mine? I need our love I need our love Godspeed our love Oh, into me Lonely river flow to the sea, to the sea Lonely river flow to the sea Lonely riverside

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The Servant Song composed by Richard Gillard Listen Here Brother, sister let me serve you. Let me be as Christ to you. Pray that I might have the grace To let you be my servant, too.We are pilgrims on a journey. We are brothers on the road. We are here to help each other Walk the mile and bear the load.I will hold the Christ-light for you In the night time of your fear. I will hold my hand out

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True Colors by Cyndi Lauper Listen Here You with the sad eyes Don't be discouraged Oh I realize It's hard to take courage In a world full of people You can lose sight of it all And the darkness inside you Can make you feel so small But I see your true colors Shining through I see your true colors And that's why I love you So don't be afraid to let them show Your true colors True colors are

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In the Arms of the Angel By Sarah MclachlanListen HereSpend all your time waiting for that second chanceFor the break that will make it okThere's always some reason to feel not good enoughAnd it's hard at the end of the dayI need some distraction oh beautiful releaseMemories seep from my veins They may be empty and weightless and maybeI'll find some peace tonightIn the arms of an Angel fly away

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Because You Loved Meby Celine DionListen Here For all those times you stood by me For all the truth that you made me see For all the joy you brought to my life For all the wrong that you made right For every dream you made come true For all the love I found in you I'll be forever thankful baby You're the one who held me up Never let me fall You're the one who saw me through through it all  You

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She Talks To Angelsby the Black CrowesListen Here Oh, yeah, she talks to angels After you meet her family She paints her eyes as black as night now Pulls those shades down tight Yeah, she gives a smile when the pain comes The pain gonna make everything alright Refrain: She says she talks to angels Says they call her out by her name Oh, yeah, she talks to angels Says they call her out by her

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Song of Saint Nicholasby J.M RosenthalListen here to this and other St. Nicholas songs Children everywhere agreeEach December now to beReady, eager, all to greetThe great saint we wait to meet. Bearing gifts, he first recallsIf we have been good at all,In our work, at home or playAll before St Nicholas day. With his helpers at his side,Celebrating far and wide,He's the real Santa Claus,Hail our

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My Joyby Depeche ModeListen Here My joy, the air that I breatheMy joy, in God I believeYou move me My joy, the blood in my veinsMy joy, flows in your nameYou move me I'm not a mountain, noYou move me My joy, heavenly blissMy joy, the pleasure I missYou move me I'm not a mountain, noYou move me The bible instructs and gives many clues as to the nature of joy and love. We are at all times to be 

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Walking In My Shoesby Depeche ModeListen Here I would tell you about the thingsThey put me through.The pain I've been subjected toBut the Lord himself would blush.The countless feasts laid at my feet.Forbidden fruits for me to eat.But I think your pulse would start to rush. Now I'm not looking for absolutionforgiveness for the things I do.But before you come to any conclusionsTry walking in my

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Secretby SealListen Here You must know me, one of your secretsYou must know me, I’m one of your secretsI belong to you.I belong to you.And you belong to me. You must know me, one of your secretsooh, whoa, oohFrom what I see, you’re trying too hard to keep it oh,yes you are. Well, I belong to you.I belong to you.I belong to you.And you belong to me. Look at me, I’m your heart’s keeper.Met for 3:21

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Love Stronger Than Prideby Sade Adu, 1988Listen Here I still really love youLove is stronger than prideI still really love you`Sitting here wasting my timewould be likewaiting for the sun to riseIt's all too clearthings come and goSitting here waiting for youwould be like waiting for winterIt's gonna be coldThere may evenbe snow   I still really love youLove is stronger than pride... For those

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Listen Heremusic and lyricsby Hoobastank If we want to be true peacemakers, the most vital and intimate peacemaking begins with each of us as individuals within the human family. We cannot support anti-war movements and turn around to attack our neighbor who happens to support another political candidate, for example. We forgive our selves first and most importantly for our own failings, I'm not 

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If I Had A Hammer by Peter, Paul and MaryListen Here I'd hammer in the morningI'd hammer in the eveningAll over this land I'd hammer out danger I'd hammer out a warning I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land  If I had a bell I'd ring it in the morning I'd ring it in the evening All over this land I'd ring out danger I'd ring out a warning I'd ring out love

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A Song for Youby Karen CarpenterListen Here I’ve been so many places in my life and time I’ve sung a lot of songs I’ve made some bad rhyme I’ve acted out my love in stages With ten thousand people watching But we’re alone now and I’m singing this song for you I know your image of me is what I hope to be I’ve treated you unkindly but darlin’ can’t you see There’s no one more important to me

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"Out of shadows and images into the truth" --Cardinal John Newman Abba Fatherby Landry and TalbotListen Here Abba, Abba, Father.You are the potter; we are the clay,the work of your hands. Mold us, mold us and fashion usinto the image of Jesus, your Son,of Jesus, your Son. Father, may we be One in you.May we be One in you as he is in you,and you are in him. Glory, glory and praise to you.Glory

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You're My Best Friend Lyrics sung by Mercury, Queen Listen Here Ooh you make me live Whatever this world can give to me It's you you're all I see Ooo you make me live now honey Ooo you make me live Ooh you're the best friend that I ever had I've been with you such a long time You're my sunshine and I want you to know That my feelings are true I really love you Oh you're my best friend Ooo you

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Stairway to Heavenby Led ZeppelinListen Here  There's a lady whose sure all that glitters is gold And she's buying a stairway to heaven. When she gets there, she knows if the stores are all closed With a word she can get what she came for. Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to heaven. There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure 'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.

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Timeby Hooty and the Blowfish Listen Here Time, why you punish me?Like a wave crashing into the shoreYou wash away my dreamsTime, why you walk away? Like a friend with somewhere to goYou left me crying And you'll teach me 'about tomorrowAnd all the pain and sorrow running free?Cause tomorrow's just another dayAnd I don't believe in time... Time, Can you teach me 'about tomorrowWith all the pain

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Moving in Stereoby The CarsListen Here life's the same I'm moving in stereo life's the same except for my shoes life's the same you're shakin' like tremolo life's the same it's all inside you it's so easy to blow up your problems it's so easy to play up your breakdown it's so easy to fly through a window it's so easy to fool with the sound it's so tough to get up it's so

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On Eagles Wingsby Dan SchutteListen Here You who dwell in the shelter of the Lordwho abide in His shadow for lifesay to the Lord"My refuge, my rock in whom I trust!" And He will raise you up on eagles' wingsbear you on the breath of dawnmake you to shine like the sunand hold you in the palm of His hand. The snare of the fowler will never capture youand famine will bring you no fearunder His

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Lovesong by The CureListen Here Whenever I'm alone with you You make me feel like I am home again Whenever I'm alone with you You make me feel like I am whole again Whenever I'm alone with you You make me feel like I am young again Whenever I'm alone with you You make me feel like I am fun again  However far away I will always love you However long I stay I will always love you Whatever words

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Annie's SongBy John DenverListen HereYou fill up my senseslike a night in the forestlike the mountains in springtime,like a walk in the rainlike a storm in the desert,like a sleepy blue oceanyou fill up my senses,come fill me again. Come let me love you,let me give my life to youlet me drown in your laughter,let me die in your armslet me lay down beside you,let me always be with youcome let me

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Seasons ChangeExposeListen Here Some dreams, are in the night time  And some seem like yesterday  But leaves turn brown and fade  Ships sail away  You long to say a thousand words but Seasons Change. It feels, like it's forever No reason for emptiness But time just runs away No more day by day, You dream and yearn and see the day when Seasons Change I want you I want to feel you by my side I need

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Sadeness part 1by Enigma Listen Here Let us go forth in peace In the name of Christ, So be it We shall find the faithful in the company of angels and children Lift up your heads and your glorious gates, and be lifted up your everlasting doors, and the king of glory shall come in. Who is the king of glory? Sade, dis-moi, (Sade tell me) Sade, donne-moi (Sade give me) We proceed in peace In the

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Into the Fire by Bruce Springsteen, the E Street BandListen Here The sky was falling and streaked with blood I heard you calling me then you disappeared into the dust Up the stairs, into the fire Up the stairs, into the fire I need your kiss, but love and duty called you someplace higher Somewhere up the stairs into the fire Refrain:May your strength give us strength May your faith give us faith

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How Deep It GoesLyrics sung by HeartListen HereIn the quiet afternoon you left and went down into townAnd I just watched the empty road behind youWhere the fog lies kissing the mountainsideYou want to be sleeping, deep insideBelieving that the hungry world won't find you Well, that's just fine, that's just fine You've got to believe and I don't know, I don't knowWhat I believe anymoreOr whether

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Beautifulby Christina AguileraListen Here  Everyday is so wonderful, then suddenly, its hard to breathNow and then I get insecure, from all the pain I'm so ashamed I am beautiful no matter what they sayWords can't bring me downI am beautiful in every single wayYes words can't bring me down So don't you bring me down today  To all your friends you're deliriousSo consumed in all your doom.... 

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Be Not Afraid by John Michael Talbot Listen Here  You shall cross the barren desert, but you shall not die of thirst. You shall wander far in safety though you do not know the way. You shall speak your words in foreign lands and all will understand. You shall see the face of God and live.  Refrain Be not afraid. I go before you always. Come follow me, and I will give you rest. If you pass through

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Follow You, Follow Meby Collins, Banks, Rutherford, GenesisListen Here Stay with me,My love I hope you'll always beRight here by my side if ever I need youOh my love In your arms,I feel so safe and so secureEveryday is such a perfect day to spendAlone with you I will follow you will you follow meAll the days and nights that we know will beI will stay with you will you stay with meJust one single

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One Bread, One Bodyby John FoleyListen Here  Refrain: One bread, one body, one Lord of all One cup of blessing which we bless And we though many, throughout the earth We are one body in this one Lord.  Verses: Gentile or Jew, servant or free Woman or man no more. Many the gifts, many the works One in the Lord of all.  Grain for the fields, scattered and grown Gathered to one, for all. For some

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Kind and Generous by Nathalie Merchant Listen Here You've been so kind and generous I don't know if I can give it for your kindness, I'm in debt to you for your selflessness, my admiration for everything you've done, you know I'm bound I'm bound to thank you for it... You've been so kind and generous I don't know if I can keep on giving for your kindness I'm in debt to you and I never could

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Another day in Paradiseby Phil Collins, GenesisListen HereShe calls out to the man on the street "Sir, can you help me? It's cold and I've nowhere to sleep, Is there somewhere you can tell me?" He walks on, doesn't look back He pretends he can't hear her Starts to whistle as he crosses the street Seems embarrassed to be there Oh think twice, it's another day for You and me in paradise Oh think

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Beautiful Dayby U2 The heart is a bloomShoots up through the stony groundThere's no roomNo space to rent in this town You're out of luckAnd the reason that you had to careThe traffic is stuckAnd you're not moving anywhere You thought you'd found a friendTo take you out of this placeSomeone you could lend a handIn return for grace... It's a beautiful dayDon't let it get awayYou're on the

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Lord, you're beautifulby Rebecca St. James Lord, you're beautifulYour face is all that I seekFor when your eyes are on this childYour grace abounds to me... Lord please light the lampthat once burned bright and clearReplace the lamp of my first loveThat burns with holy fear... I can see your face nowI can feel your grace nowIt's all I seek. A life devoted to clearer seeing and compassionate

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Love Stronger Than Prideby Sade Adu, 1988Listen Here I still really love youLove is stronger than prideI still really love you `Sitting here wasting my timewould be likewaiting for the sun to riseIt's all too clearthings come and goSitting here waiting for youwould be like waiting for winterIt's gonna be coldThere may evenbe snow   I still really love youLove is stronger than pride... Nothing Can

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The Simple Mind is away from the computerThe Prayer of Saint Richard   O Lord, three things I pray;To see thee more clearly,To love thee more dearly,To follow thee more nearly,Day by day.listen here All of us are simply unable to predict what will occur from day to day; we are most often in the position to acknowledge and to accept, day by day. Those of us who learn and develop our spiritual

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The Simple Mind is away from the computer. Please enjoy one artist's concept of time. Listen here. The land and its eternal relationship to time, the seasons have ordered our lives for longer than any society can recollect. As we make way for spring time, many joyously make yet another season in time.  Image from the blog: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://

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So go the words of the old American Shaker tune, Simple Gifts, written in 1848 by Shaker elder, Joseph Brackett: 'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free, 'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, And when we find ourselves in the place just right, 'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.When true simplicity is gain'd, To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd, To turn,

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 Signature Of Divine Lyrics by Needtobreathe Lyrics  Cathedrals have tried in vainTo show the image of your faceBut we are, by your designThe signature of divineWe’ll always sing your name Forever and todayYahweh, YahwehGreat is your glory when you go before meOh, we singHoly, HolyYour ways are lovely. So high above me.Yahweh The fortunes of kings and queensAre wasted chasing what we’ve

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PSALM 86* Turn your ear, O Lord, and give answer for I am poor and needy. Preserve my life, for I am faithful; save the servant who trusts in you.You are my God, have mercy on me, Lord, for I cry to you all the day long. Give joy to your servant, O Lord, for to you I lift up my soul.O Lord, you are good and forgiving, full of love to all who call. Give heed, O Lord, to my prayer and

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People Asking Why   by Seal Why, am I changing? Why do people, get complacent with the things they're told? World disasters they come and go. I'd give anything just to be back home. Cause there are people, asking why. There are people, who believe in... In life, gets confusing but I don't know why. But I've made my plans already. Had this trouble with it all my life. Well world disasters, they

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Live Like We're DyingArtist: Kris Allen  Lyrics by Allen and othersSometimes we fall down, can't get back upWe're hiding behind skin that's too toughHow come we don't say I love you enough?'til it's too late Our hearts are hungry for a food that won't comeAnd we could make a feast from these crumbsAnd we're all staring down the barrel of a gunSo if your life flashed before you, what would you

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Simpleby K.D. LaingFlawless light in a darkening air Alone...and shining there Love will not elude you  Love is simple I worship this tenacity And the beautiful struggle we're in Love will not elude us Love is simple Be sure to know that All in love Is ours And love, as a philosophy Is simple I am calm in oblivion Calm, as I ever have been Love will not elude me Love is simple Be sure to know

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Moon Shadowmusic & lyrics by Cat StevensYes, I'm being followedBy a moon shadow Moon shadow moon shadow Leaping and hopping On a moon shadow Moon shadow moon shadow And if I ever lose my hands Lose my plow, lose my land Oh, if I ever lose my hands Oh, if... I won't have to work no more And if I ever lose my eyes If my colors all run dry Yes, if I ever lose my eyes Oh, if... I won't have to cry

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Gather Us InLyrics by Marty Haugen Here in this place new light is streaming, Now is the darkness vanished away, See in this space our fears and our dreamings Brought here to You in the light of this day. refrain Gather us in the lost and forsaken, Gather us in the blind and the lame; Call to us now and we shall awaken, We shall arise at the sound of our name. verses1-4 with refrain: We are the

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They'll Know We Are Christians Lyrics by Carolyn Arends We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord And we pray that all unity may one day be restored And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love They will know we are Christians by our love We will work with each other, we will work side by side We will work with each other,

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The Prayer of Saint Francis Lyrics by Sarah Mclachlan and  various others, especially Saint Francis of Assisi   Lord make me an instrument of your peace Where there is hatred let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. And where there is sadness, joy. O divine master grant that I may not so much seek to

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Come to the Water lyrics by Unknown Oh let all who thirst, let them come to the water. And let all who have nothing, let them come to the Lord. Without money, without price Why should you pay the price, except for the Lord. And let all who seek, let them come to the water. And let all who have nothing, let them come to the Lord. Without money, without strife Why should you spend your life,

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My Father's Eyes lyrics by Eric Clapton         Sailing down behind the sun,Waiting for my prince to come. Praying for the healing       rain  To restore my soul again. Just a toerag on the run. How did I get here? What have I done? When will all my hopes arise? How will I know him? Refrain: When I look in my father's eyes.           My father's eyes.          When I look in my father's eyes.

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We Are One in the Spirit lyrics by Jason Upton We are one in the Spirit We are one in the Lord We are one in the Spirit We are one in the Lord two of several verses: We will walk with each other We will walk hand in hand We will walk with each other We will walk hand in hand And together we’ll spread the news That God is in our land We will work with each other We will work side by side

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The quest of the Magi: " who having heard the king, went their way. And behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, until it came and stood over where the child was. And seeing the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy." --Mathew 2:9-10 We Three Kings of Orient Are We three kings of Orient are Bearing gifts we traverse afar Field and fountain, moor and mountain

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Eat this Breadby the Taize Community, France CHANTED: "Eat this bread, drink this cup, come to him and never be hungry;Eat this bread, drink this cup, trust in him and you will never thirst." This song, a very simple chant to be sung iduring meditation calls our mind to a basic human need and desire, to be fed.Yet it isn't always so simple. We presume because we have enough others must too, and

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"Dance, dance wherever you may be, I am the Lord of the Dance said he..." Lyrics by Sydney Carter, Traditional Celtic arrangement Refrain: Dance then, wherever you may be I am the Lord of the Dance, said He!And I'll lead you all, wherever you may beAnd I'll lead you all in the Dance, said He!and lead you all in the Dance, said He! two of several verses: I danced in the morning when the world

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So go the words of the old American Shaker tune, Simple Gifts, written in 1848 by Shaker elder, Joseph Brackett: 'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free, 'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, And when we find ourselves in the place just right, 'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.When true simplicity is gain'd, To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd, To

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