Praise song many gifts one spirit6/23/2023 ![]() To use our gifts wisely, we need to know what they are, how we can develop them, and how to recognize Satan’s imitations of them. They will guide us back to our Heavenly Father. “All these gifts come from God, for the benefit of the children of God” ( D&C 46:26).They help us know and teach the truths of the gospel. These gifts are given to those who are faithful to Christ. Through Him, each of us can be blessed with certain spiritual powers called gifts of the Spirit. If we are faithful, we can have His influence continually with us. What spiritual gifts does the Lord give us?įollowing baptism, each of us had hands laid on our heads to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. ![]() “ History of Hymns: Many Gifts, One Spirit” by C.Finding and friendshipping The Gifts of the Spirit Emboldened by Carmine’s lyrics, we praise the “God of many colors,” who welcomes the singing of joyful, healing hymns. In Carmine’s 1973 hymn “MANY GIFTS, ONE SPIRIT” (#114 in the United Methodist Hymnal), we are called to overcome our fear of change, embrace inclusivity, celebrate the Giver and the gifts, and, in whatever voice we know, praise the “one great heart” who created the human family, a living rainbow. Trusting that people can change, we must help them relinquish their fear and invite them to join us as we tear down old walls, open closed circles, build bridges, wave rainbow flags, shout “Welcome!” Some among us hold fiercely to perceived differences of “the Other” reinforce separation with legislation, rhetoric, and violence resent and resist change. ![]() His Sunday services had something of a “salon atmosphere,” filled with music, dance, “Happenings,” and dramatic readings. He wrote the music and lyrics to dozens of Off-Off Broadway songs and rock operas. If you want to know how your life is in its deepest roots, go to the theater.”Ĭarmines founded the Judson Poets’ Theater, which became a seedbed for experimental and avant-garde performances. He said, “If you want to know how to live, go to church. By the end of his life, he’d won a number of “Obies” and other drama awards for his theatrical productions. He had one foot in the church sanctuary, the other on the stage. Carmines was uniquely positioned to do this. Later, he founded the Rauschenbusch Memorial United Church of Christ.Īt Judson, he was asked to reach out to people who didn’t like church. A MAN OF THE CLOTH AND THE THEATER CURTAINĪl Carmines (1936-2005), the openly-gay assistant minister of Judson Memorial Church (American Baptist and UCC) in New York’s Greenwich Village in the 1960s and 70s, earned his degrees from Union Theological Seminary. One who found both change and diversity blessings to be celebrated was Rev. As we sing, we pray for courage to continue the hard work of dismantling old prejudices, and we cling to the words of Martin Luther King who said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” Our nation is reeling, steeped in mourning.įortunately, the songs of our faith help us express all that is in our hearts. This year, Pride celebrations come on the heels of the massacre in South Carolina. On the other hand, there’s nothing new under the sun (as it says in Ecclesiastes) when it comes to the chaos and suffering inflicted by those who are hate-filled and frightened, tethered to bigotry. ~ Another said it, retelling a joke she’d heard from her witty Muslim co-worker. will no longer sell Confederate flag merchandise. ~ Another said it, pointing to a “ Black Lives Matter” banner and sharing the news that the largest retailer in the U.S. ~ Another said it, removing a bill from her wallet, predicting a day when it would bear a woman’s image. ~ One gleeful friend said this, waving her invitation to a lesbian wedding.
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