Faith will not grow from words alone,
from proofs provided, scripture known:
our faith must feel its way about,
and live with question-marks and doubt.

The pattern Jesus showed, we share:
life comes through death, hope through despair.
God is made known in brokenness,
and faith feeds on God's emptiness.

The church still tells how Jesus came
through death to glorious life again -
the strangest story!  Yet, maybe,
our faith will thrive on mystery.

Faith takes the little that we know,
and calls for hope, and tells us: Go!
Love and take courage, come what may:
Christ will be with us on the way.

Words Elizabeth J. Smith
Tune: "Dunedin" Vernon Griffiths 1894-1985
Together in Song No. 691
Used with permission, CCLI 110047

Thank God for feisty souls
who let no weight of history deter them!
Who liberate the faith
who let the Easter air revive and stir them!
What crucifixion failed to kill, is well alive this Day:
non-violent, this Way,
a charter for compassion,
the power of compassion,
as Jesus lived compassion.

Thank God for fresh-baked bread,
the loaf we share, the yeasty fragrance rising,
the bubbling up of hope,
the wine outpoured in joy of God’s devising!
What crucifixion failed to kill, is well alive this Day:
the Gospel-driven Way;
the human spirit’s freedom,
the risen life’s freedom,
as Jesus lived this freedom.

Tune: "Vruechten" (With One Voice No. 302)