1 Living Christ,
bring us love,
love for every stranger;
Living Christ,
bring us love,
love from cross and manger.
2 Living Christ,
bring us joy,
joy of earth and heaven;
Living Christ,
bring us joy,
joy of sin forgiven.
3 Living Christ,
bring us peace,
peace with God and neighbour;
Living Christ,
bring us peace,
peace in all our labour.
4 Living Christ,
bring us love,
love shared at your table;
Living Christ,
bring us love,
love from cross and stable.
5 Living Christ,
lead us out,
out to tell the story;
living Christ,
lead us out,
out to show your glory.
Daniel Charles Damon (b. 1955) is an internationally published writer of hymn texts and tunes and is Associate Editor of Hymnody for Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, Illinois. Damon is also a jazz pianist and has played in many hotels and clubs in the San Francisco Bay area. He holds degrees from Greenville College, Greenville, Illinois (BME, 1977) and Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California (MDiv, 1987). He is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church in the San Francisco Bay area and a life member of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.
Several single-author collections of Damon's hymns have been published: Faith Will Sing (Carol Stream, 1993), The Sound of Welcome (Carol Stream, 1998), To the Thirsty… Go to person page >
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