Dr. Weeks’ Comment: As a father of daughters, I loved these lyrics and visuals.
“You don’t have to Try”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GXoZLPSw8U8
This is an important reminder so we don’t allow ourselves to be commercialized beyond recognition.
Stars make-up free “unrecognizable”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GXoZLPSw8U8
Gandhi (pictured below without make-up) reminded us: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”
Be the beauty! listen here
AND
Be the mercy – listen here
Beyond Belief
When I said that I believe
He said, how can you follow me
Without a willingness to leave
Leave the gates and the passwords,
Known by just your kind
Walk beyond the divisions that religions always finds
And BE the mercy, my people need the peace
This fight over faith won’t bring them relief
I love them beyond belief
Jesus – called me a hypocrite,
When I said I’d spread the word
He said, how can you teach of love
Unless you live what you have heard
Hear the hearts of the people, crying out in pain
Pain caused by dominion, and fighting in my name – my
So, BE the mercy, my people need the peace
This fight over faith won’t bring them relief
I love them beyond belief
Jesus – called me a hypocrite,
When I said that I was saved
He said, how will your soul be judged
With all the judgments you have made
Faith can’t be your fortress, arrogant with pride
Come walk here beside me with the humble ones outside
And BE the mercy, all my people need the peace
This fight over faith won’t bring them relief
I love them beyond belief
Jesus called me to be the mercy
Credits:
David Wilcox
2009