Rockin’ the Church Calendar
Session 3: Christmas
Mikhala Jene: The Annunciation
Verse 1
When I was 14
God gave me a dream
An angel came and told me
I was created to sing
And the gift that I would carry
And all the joy it could bring
But honestly it scared me
But I said yes and believed
And I knew I needed to leave
'Cuz I was a big fish in a small pond who needed the sea
So many nights I suffocated 'cuz I couldn’t breathe
No it ain’t easy being pregnant
With a purpose so much bigger than me
Hook
Wade in the water
I’m waitin' for my water to break
Waves in the water
God’s gonna show up and shake
Wade in the water
Don’t know how much more I can take
Waves under water
God’s gotta show up and shake
Verse 2
Trynna turn doubters into believers
Removing the blinders so they can see ya
It’s all a part of the plan sometimes they won’t understand ya
May have to walk on your own
Just know you’re never alone
Every dreamer has been slept on
Sometimes you need them to prove them wrong
'Cuz pain in delivery gives birth to a destiny
Hook
So wade in the water
Wait for my water to break
Waves in the water
God’s gonna show up and shake
Wade in the water
Don’t know how much more I can take
Waves under water
God’s gotta show up and shake
Trynna turn doubters into believers
Removing the blinders so they can see ya
It’s all a part of the plan sometimes they won’t understand ya
May have to walk on your own
Just know you’re never alone
Every dreamer has been slept on
Sometimes you need them to prove them wrong
'Cuz pain in delivery gives birth to a destiny
Indigo Girls - Peace Child
In the sleep of the night
In the dark before light
You come
In the silence of stars
In the violence of wars--
Savior, your name
Peace Child
To the road and the storm
To the gun and the bomb
You come
Through the hate and the hurt
Through the hunger and dirt--
Bearing a dream
Peace Child
To our dark and our sleep
To the conflict we reap
Now come--
Be your dream born alive
Held in hope, wrapped in love:
God's true shalom
Bruce Cockburn – Cry of a Tiny Babe
[Verse 1]
Mary grows a child without the help of a man
Joseph gets upset because he doesn't understand
Angel comes to Joseph in a powerful dream
Says "God did this, and you're part of his scheme"
Joseph comes to Mary with his hat in his hand
Says, "Forgive me, I thought you'd been with some other man"
She say, "What if I had been? But I wasn't anyway
And guess what? I felt the baby kick today"
[Chorus]
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
[Verse 2]
The child is born in the fullness of time
Three wise astrologers take note of the signs
Come to pay their respects to the fragile little king
Get pretty close to wrecking everything
'Cause the governing body of the Holy Land
Is that of Herod, a paranoid man
Who when he hears there's a baby born King of the Jews
Sends death squads to kill all male children under two
But that same bright angel warns the parents in a dream
And they head out for the border and get away clean
[Chorus]
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
[Verse 3]
And there are others who know about this miracle birth
The humblest of people catch a glimpse of their worth
For it isn't to the palace that the Christ child comes
But to shepherds and street people, hookers and bums
And the message is clear if you have ears to hear
That forgiveness is given for your guilt and your fears
It's a Christmas gift that you don't have to buy
There's a future shining in a baby's eye
[Chorus]
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
Jackson Browne: The Rebel Jesus
[Verse 1]
Ah the streets are filled with laughter and light
And the music of the season
And the merchants' windows are all bright
With the faces of the children
And the families hurrying to their homes
As the sky darkens and freezes
Will be gathering around their hearths and tales
Giving thanks for God's graces
And the birth of the rebel Jesus
[Verse 2]
Ah they call him by the "Prince of Peace"
And they call him by "The Saviour"
And they pray to him upon the seas
And in every bold endeavor
And they fill his churches with their pride and gold
As their faith in him increases
But they've turned the nature that I worshipped in
From a temple to a robber's den
In the words of the rebel Jesus
[Verse 3]
We guard our world with locks and guns
And we guard our fine possessions
And once a year when Christmas comes
We give to our relations
And perhaps we give a little to the poor
If the generosity should seize us
But if any one of us should interfere
In the business of why there are poor
They get the same as the rebel Jesus
[Verse 4]
But pardon me if I have seemed
To take the tone of judgment
For I've no wish to come between
This day and your enjoyment
In a life of hardship and of earthly toil
There's a need for anything that frees us
So I bid you pleasure
And I bid you cheer
From a heathen and a pagan
On the side of the rebel Jesus