OPEN DOORS
1 When the doors are tightly shut,
can the peace of God be shared?
There the church may gather, but
how its witness is impaired!
2 With the doors flung open wide,
all its energy and strength
flow to those around, outside,
held no longer at arms’ length.
3 Welcome to this holy place!
Come with others or alone.
Savour here refreshing grace,
here where peace from God is known.
Verses 4-5 follow
7.7.7.7.
Suggested tunes: Lauds, Orientis Partibus
(Dedicated to North Lowestoft United Reformed Church, Suffolk, England, in celebration of its “Open Doors” policy)
First published in Tiribassi, Maren & Kathy Wonson Eddy: Gifts in Open Hands: More Resources for the Global Community (Cleveland, The Pilgrim Press, 2011)
Words: Copyright, ©, 2008‚ Norman J Goreham
For reprints, please use your CCLI licence, or contact the copyright holder for permission, norman.goreham@gmail.com.