Light

Words and music © 2025 by Tom Maynard Tom Maynard: Vocal, guitars, midi piano and percussion
Joe Clapp: Electric guitar

“A sacrament is the breaking through of the sacred into the profane; a ritual is the ceremonial acting out of the profane in order to show forth its sacredness.
A sacrament is God offering his holiness to us. A ritual is us raising up the holiness of our humanity to God.” – Frederick Buechner

Lyrics:
A light in the darkness
Helps me to see
The turning of the year
Turning in me

A source of warmth
In the bitter cold
When stories of faith
Most need to be told

The world is immense
And I feel so small
It helps to remember
The light in us all

If there is a soul
In the place that its found
There’s a bush burning
On hallowed ground

Each is alone
May each feel the call
To blow on the spark
That illumines us all

A light in the darkness
Sacred and profane
We are shining out
Something’s shining in

We are shining out
Something’s shining in