Come, yet again come.

You may know that that #188 in Singing the Living Tradition is from a poem by Rumi:

Come, come, whoever you are,

wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving,

ours is no caravan of despair,

come, yet again come.

 

But did you know that the melody was written by Rev. Lynn Unger, Minister in CLF (Church of the Larger Fellowship)? I met her recently, she's a friend of a friend, but didn't know at that time that she was the composer of one of my favorite hymns. Something sort of magical happens (a spark of the divine perhaps?) when you sing this song in rounds with a congregation. Thanks, Rev. Unger.