Gathering Around Love

We brought our stories to the table,
spoke the names we carry still.
Somebody laughed through their tears—
and the room began to heal.

Can a whole world feel that feeling?

Come closer.
Let’s find out!

Gathering around Love!
Gathering around Love!

Bring your story, bring your hunger,
there is room for all of us.

Pass the bread and lift your voices,
let the stars hear what we’re made of—
many hands around one table,
gathering around Love!

How can we love a sister,
yet turn a stranger away?

Who held us when we trembled?
Who taught us we were safe?

The ones who knew our names.

Then where can we begin?

Learn the name beyond the doorway,
and invite the stranger in.

But what if fear comes with them?

Give fear a place to speak.
Keep a watchful eye on the doorway,
save a place for them to eat.

Gathering around Love!
Gathering around Love!
Bring your story, bring your hunger,
there is room for all of us.
Pass the bread and lift your voices,
let the stars hear what we’re made of—
many hands around one table,
gathering around Love!

Must every voice sing like us
before the song can grow?

What harmony could find us
if we sang one note alone?

Then let the many answer,
let the music lead us home.

Some breathe beneath the oceans,
some bloom in shades of blue.
Some soar on crystal wings,
some carry others through.
Some speak in rings of thunder,
some shine their stories through.

What can we share between us?

A place where every heart can grow.
We hear each other’s sorrow—
and love becomes a love we know.

Pull another chair up!
Gathering around Love!

Learn another greeting!
Gathering around Love!

Let a different voice lead!
Gathering around Love!

Hear the whole room singing!
Gathering around Love!

If sharing makes us stronger,
why do we build so many walls?

Who has seen a promise broken?
Who fears they’ll lose it all?

Can we agree there is enough?

Who’s still waiting for a plate?

Then let us feed each other.

Who decides how much we take?

Let the hungry have a say.

And when the rivers fail?

We’ll share the work upstream,
bring the water down the trail.

And when the danger passes?

We’ll keep showing up again,
till the hands that helped us through it
are the hands we hold as friends.

Gathering around Love!
Gathering around Love!

Bring your tools and bring your troubles,
there is work for all of us.

Pass the bread and lift your voices,
let the stars hear what we’re made of—
many hands around one table,
gathering around Love!

What if someone breaks the circle?

Protect the ones they hurt.

Can the broken bond be mended?

Who will do the patient work?

Those who caused the hurt must answer,
and the wounded need their say.

Can a song alone restore it?

What will we change today?

We will listen.
We will answer.
We will mend what we can mend.
We will keep our promise daily,
put our love to work again.

How wide can the circle open?

Wider than we’ve ever known!

How far can the table stretch?

Past the borders of our home!

Who will make the next connection?

Let us be the ones who start!

What will we take across the heavens?

An open hand, a listening heart!

And if we don’t yet understand them?

We’ve got questions!
We’ve got time!

Let their story change us,
let their rhythm meet with mine!

Gathering around Love!
Gathering around Love!
Every moon and every morning,
let us keep on showing up.
Pass the bread and lift your voices,
let the stars hear what we’re made of—
whole worlds learning, working, singing,
gathering around Love!

Gathering around Love!
Gathering around Love!
From a kitchen to a planet,
to the countless stars above.
Tell the stories, share the struggle,
there is joy for all of us—
pull a chair up to the future,
gathering around Love!

How will we know it’s growing?

When someone we haven’t met yet
knows we’ve saved a place for them.

Gathering around Love…
Gathering around Love…

Can I sit beside you?

Come on in.

Come closer, dear.
The love is here.

Gathering around Love.