Ministry of Congregational Singing

When someone who, surprised by grace,

and held in God’s divine embrace

decides to answer, “Lord, send me”,

what can we say but “Glory be!”

When someone seeks to be employed

in places most of us avoid

and models justice gracefully,

what can we say but “Glory be!”

When someone, driven to unite

the rivals who would rather fight,

insists on truth and honesty,

what can we say but “Glory be!”

When someone faces pain and death

yet praises God with every breath

it primes our hope; it sets us free

to sing our joyful “Glory be!”