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Maybe All is Not Lost

by Paul Demer

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1.
Query 01:33
How goeth it with thy soul?
2.
We pile up like dry bones, like orphans gathering. In burden, we’re broken, our defenses fracturing. So break our hearts again. Stretch us ‘til we bend. Breathe new life on these tired bones and make us new again. Our mountains are crumbling like sand into the sea. Our rivers run drier than the rocks beneath our feet. We lay our armor down.
3.
Yours 06:04
We try on the trappings of wealth. We flirt with companions of comfort. In all of our ordering of lusts we’ve jilted your love. We are yours, only yours, no one else’s, only yours. We hold to the old way of war, addicted to self independence. We rend and we kill with our tongues in vain and in need. If iniquities are sand along the costal shore love is the ocean tide that bathes, baptizes, makes them whole. If unfaithfulness is found inside the driest heart then great is faithfulness that douses all the arid parts. If our faults still leave us desperate for a place to hide, come to the waters and we’ll find a shelter, you and I. If my blame were tossed into the vast and brilliant sea maybe then my inmost parts could finally realize just what it means to be yours, only yours, no one else’s, only yours. I am yours, (You’re a mother; you beckon me home.) only yours, (You’re a lover and I am your own.) no one else’s, (You’re a judge, still my shame you rescind.) only yours. (You’re a sovereign who calls me a friend.)
4.
Our father in heaven, holy & true, your name. Your kingdom come soon, your will be done here, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us our daily bread. Forgive us all these debts as we forgive those who sin against us. Don’t lead us to the trial but save us from ourselves, as we forgive. For yours is the glory. For yours is the dream. For yours is the kingdom. Lead us into your hope.
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Pursuit 04:48
We're on the trail of a messiah; leaving our boats for pastures new. We're on the cusp of our resistance; forgoing our fears for something true. We run up the hills and through the valleys. We sprint to the sea and to the shore. Sit down on the mountaintop and listen; still struggling to name what we're looking for. Worship is pursuit. Worship is trailing. Worship is pursuit. Worship is following where you lead. We look in the pages of our bibles. We wade in the waters of rebirth. We drink of the blood and taste the body, still probing the sacraments for worth. But sometimes in water, word, and welcome I hear the patter of footsteps just behind. Those moments I turn to see my savior I find he's been chasing the whole time. Worship is pursued. Worship is fleeing. Worship is pursued. Worship is finding that I'm found out. I find you When I've already been found out. Worship is finding that I’m found out, in love.
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The tides roll in, tearing down what we built up. The sun is going down; the day is done. And nothing is in place, nothing in its truest form. We stumble in the dark looking for light. You are turning this world around one day at a time. You are giving us eyes to see so we can find you. I tremble at the thought that all this could be falling down, but when my strength is gone that’s where you come. Help me find you in my darkest days when all seems to be lost. Help me hear you when you call. You are turning my life around one day at a time. You are spinning me upside down so I can find you.
7.
Walls 04:19
Father, forgive us for we know not what we do. We criticize too quickly; still it’s hard to let them abuse you. We judge too soon; though it pains us to see them use you to justify their hate and prejudice and fear. We tear down walls only to build up new ones, undermine false laws just to write up new ones. In hopes of writing true ones we box you in again. Lord knows we’re trying to live like we’re at peace, but inside we’re dying to prove that we’re not like them. And God knows it’s hard to love the ones who damn your friends, so we justify our judgment with a book of love. Set us free and lay it all down. Set me free. Won’t you lay it all down? Father, forgive me for I know not what I do; I judge your children quickly.
8.
We remember that on the night Jesus was betrayed, he took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, he took the cup also, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as we eat this bread and drink the cup, we proclaim our Lord’s death until he comes. All are welcome at the table of our Lord.
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Most holy Son of God, incarnate for us, you set a table in our midst for the one who loved, the one who sold you out, the one who lied and ran away. Without one or the other it would not be complete. You invite us to this table, one and the same. Most holy Son of Man, you’ve broken for us your bread and body, wine and blood for the ones who seek, the ones who sought your end, the ones who mourned the dying day. Without criminals and robbers, hanging justly accused, we might miss your forgiveness of one and the same. Most holy Prince of Peace, stooped down on a knee to wash the feet of your friends; the ones who knew not yet what you would do to prove the depth of your love. If not for blinded disciples we may not know the tale. Scales fall down as our eyes open, one and the same. Additional Verse: Most holy Spirit, still enlivening this space, you set our sights to you again. When bodies break to see your kingdom born heaven and earth bleed to one. Without mourners and malcontents we might lose sight the day when pining hearts are surprised by joy, one and the same.
10.
New Light 05:19
I hear a pitch in the breeze as the sun falls into the horizon. The soft light floods my eyes; I’m dreaming of a place I've never known. I've got a handful of regrets and a handful of memories I can't forget, and, while the past still calls me back, I know more lies beyond this setting sun. So where you call me I'll go if you lead me there and let me know that this is pain that we'll outgrow when the new light starts to show. Sometimes the pain gets in the way, and we start to let things lose their spark. Though in darkness we can't see, we still feel the warmth of the early morning sun. And where you call us we'll go if you lead us there and let us know that this is pain that we'll outgrow when the new light starts to show. Where are we to go when the darkest shade is cast? Can you give me some direction? ‘Cause I know there's truth behind the veil that we see, and I feel it beginning to be new light. We gotta move to know we're alive when living becomes a mere survival. We soak it in and open our eyes; still hoping for a hope that never dies.
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Benediction 01:05
Go out as people of God forgiven, blessed, and filled. Share all you have. Return no evil for evil. Be the hands and feet of Jesus in a world that needs what we’ve got. To the glory of God, amen.

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Maybe All is Not Lost (2016) is a collaboration between singer-songwriter Paul Demer and Galileo Church in Mansfield, TX. Intended for both corporate worship and personal devotion, these songs and spoken word pieces weave together like the quietly hopeful liturgies that inspired them.

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released January 1, 2016

Paul Demer – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, mandolin, percussion
Logan Bowers – drums, percussion
Nathan Berry – cello, piano, keyboards
Eliora Tesfaye – harmony vocals
Melanie Demer – violin
Tom Demer – violin, viola
Graham Jones – keyboards, piano
Katie Hays – spoken word on “Query”
Aaralyn Jones, Kaytee Bates, Lochlan Jones, Lydia Pape, Lance Pape, Katie Hays, Suzanne and Ray Benites - spoken word on “Words of Institution”

Produced and mixed by Paul Demer at the house on S. Center St.
Mastered by David Castell (davidcastellmastering.com).
“New Light” string arrangement by Nathan Berry and Paul Demer.
All other string arrangements by Tom Demer and Nathan Berry.
Artwork and wallet layout by Paul Soupiset (paulsoupiset.com).
Booklet layout by Brooke Qualman (brookequalman.com).

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