Morning Has Broken

When I went to the once-monthly Country Gospel service at the Lutheran Church near me the other evening, I noticed that one of my favourite songs was in the Song Book. It will always be a great song and an inspiring song of joy and appreciation. That is why someone put it in there. It is by Cat Stevens who now goes by a different name I believe, having converted to the Muslim faith many years ago. I wonder if they know that song was written by a person of that faith. With all the concepts of God and the divisions into right and wrong sides that often follows, something as simple as a song about the morning and the glory of creation and the appreciation of creation could get lost in the idea of who has the right to proclaim that understanding. Both sides get it wrong a lot of the time.