Responsive Readings : “Hey Ain't That Good News!”
We believe there is a place at God’s table for each and every child of earth
Hey, ain’t that good news!
We believe the giver of life has been given many names and loves the givers of all of them
Hey, ain’t that good news!
We are more interested in getting heaven into people now than getting people into heaven later
Hey, ain’t that good news!
We believe religious scriptures are open doors rather than sealed vaults
Hey, ain’t that good news!
We believe there is still some holy writ yet to be written
Hey, ain’t that good news!
We believe true evangelism is more preaching practiced than practiced preaching
Hey, ain’t that good news!
We believe peace and justice are not just words we form with our lips but realities we shape with our lives
Hey, ain’t that good news!
We believe in one race—the human race
Hey, ain’t that good news!
We believe we are one with stars and trees and tigers and rivers and all the stuff of life
Hey, ain’t that good news!
We believe our lives are all about growing hearts that love, minds that seek, and hands that serve
Hey, ain’t that good news!
Amen!
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Last updated on Tuesday, February 19, 2013.
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