Jesus Birthday Carol [Tune: Infant Lowly]

 
On the birthday of the baby

we all celebrate a life

Given to the world as Human

in these days of war and strife.

May the music and the singing 

words of hope with goodwill bringing

Christ the Babe brings hope for you!

Christ the Babe brings hope for you!

Dogs are barking, utes are parking

as the sheep await the call

with the bleating, floods are sweeping

over plains as rainbombs fall

seek rejoicing, free from sorrow

praises voicing, now and morrow

Christ the Babe gives life to you!

Christ the Babe gives life to you!

- AKB, December 2022, Parramatta

A love song, based on Isaiah 62:6-12

Gentle, welcoming path, with delicate blooms to guide my steps,

the scent of memory and promise, 

beckoning the foreigner to the embrace of home.

Home - where heart may be healed and whole...

How I long for you, my love,

how I dream of the shared dance of praise, the experience of life,

the flowing caress of butterfly breath,

tickling delight and laughter, you and I sought after,

the hearts no longer deserted, or gated from one another,

as we drink together in the courts of the sanctuary.