Ben Johnston-Urey

Love Reflecting Light
Music & Lyrics: Ben Johnston-Urey

Lyrics:
Your people, O God, are here to know and share Your love.
Knit together as one joy-filled community in You,
Awash in Your grace and sent, transformed and made anew:
God's working in our hearts and through our hands!

Our lives, our prayers, our neighbor's cares - we are called to share.
Each hug, each quilt or shelter built by our hands, in Your name,
Will build a brighter world and be Your Love Reflecting Light!

So, what does it mean to live and serve as Jesus taught
When the hurts of the world, O Lord, never seem to stop?
By You we are freed to see beyond each other's faults:
forgive always that you may also be!

Don't cling to bitterness or hurts from the past, let is pass.
No blame, no shame, just love and grace are the tools we will use
To build a brighter world and be Your Love Reflecting Light!

Let all that we do, each day, be a thank you note to You.
Lord, You're calling our names - we hear - creation's calling too.
Let ev'ry soul join hands and sing our joyful strain:
Our hearts and hands are instruments for You!

Our lives, our prayers, our neighbor's cares - we are called to share.
Your Kingdom come, Your Song be sung here on earth, as above.
Let's build a brighter world and be Your Love Reflecting Light!

Vocals: Kellie Pearson, Christopher Aaron Smith, Amanda Jones, Caitlin Johnston-Urey, Ben Johnston-Urey, Isabel Muraki, Amy Palmer, Sarah Lee, Sarah Lee's Mom, Mande Zierath, Jake Wiele
Piano: Ben Johnston-Urey
Drums: Rodrigo Villanueva
Guitar: Rob Tomaro
Bass: Clay Schaub
Trumpet: Jake Wiele


Recorded live at First Lutheran Church, Janesville Wisconsin. Mixed and mastered at Clutch Studios, Madison Wisconsin.