Après church

thinking more about Marji’s brilliant post, I keep finding myself singing that song by James “Sit down”.  Here are the lyrics - I’m always very moved by the last verse and it sums up for me a lot of how Jesus always sided with marginalised, the hurting, the misunderstood.  It speaks to the heart of working through doubt to get to truth, to pain to reach healing, of acceptance and fellowship.  I love that it doesn’t try to offer trite solutions to life’s problems.  It makes me cry and I hope apres church can be like this - that we can be there to help each other along.  What else is church for but to share in the joy and the pain?

I’ll sing myself to sleep
A song from the darkest hour
Secrets i can’t keep
Inside of the day
Swing from high to deep
Extremes of sweet and sour
Hope that god exists
I hope i pray

Drawn by the undertow
My life is out of control
I believe this wave will bear my weight
So let it flow

Oh sit down
Sit down next to me
Sit down, down, down, down, down
In sympathy

Now i’m relieved to hear
That you’ve been to some far out places
It’s hard to carry on
When you feel all alone
Now i’ve swung back down again
It’s worse than it was before
If i hadn’t seen such riches
I could live with being poor
Oh sit down
Sit down next to me
Sit down, down, down, down, down
In sympathy

Those who feel the breath of sadness
Sit down next to me
Those who find they’re touched by madness
Sit down next to me
Those who find themselves ridiculous
Sit down next to me
In Love, in fear, in hate, in tears

Down
Down

Oh sit down
Sit down next to me
Sit down, down, down, down, down
In sympathy

Oh sit down
Sit down next to me
Sit down, down, down, down, down
In sympathy

Down