“Make Room" Original Hymn (Growth, Change, Spirit)

“Make Room" Original Hymn (Growth, Change, Spirit)

$3.00

DIGITAL SHEET MUSIC DOWNLOAD

This hymn, originally written for the Wandering Heart bundle for Lent 2024, is created for use in congregational worship and other ministry contexts. We’ve set fresh words of faith to a well-loved public domain hymn tune for maximum singability.

License for congregational use is included in the purchase—no reporting to CCLI or other licensing agencies is required. To inquire about other uses, such as recording or publishing, please contact us.

Make Room”
Inspired by Luke 2:1-20
Tune: ST. LOUIS (“O Little Town of Bethlehem”)
Text: Anna Strickland, 2023
Music: Lewis H. Redner (1868)

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  • PDF sheet music with four-part harmony

  • PNG image of the lyrics and melody for use in bulletins

  • Lyrics to copy and paste for bulletins and screens

Lyrics:

 Make Room
Tune: ST. LOUIS (“O Little Town of Bethlehem”) 
Text: Anna Strickland, 2023
Music: Lewis H. Redner (1868) 

Alone within our siloed hearts
The walls are closing in
A cozy home where all is known
Familiar as a friend
But through the cracks and windows
The starlight finds a way
To break into our grief and gloom
And fill it bright as day 

In cluttered minds we hoard our thoughts 
Though anxious or untrue 
Our past mistakes, our recent aches 
Are framed and left in view 
The Spirit’s winds are raging 
To blow it all away 
To make more space for love and grace 
We’ll find with each new day 

When fear and anger lead to walls 
Around our calloused souls 
Where wounds and scars have made us hard 
And pressed us for control 
Expansive Christ, expand us 
To ever make more room 
Crack souls apart and sprout our hearts 
So hardened seeds can bloom 

credit info:

Hymn text by Rev. Anna Strickland | A Sanctified Art, LLC | sanctifiedart.org

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