Singer-songwriter Peter Mayer writes many lovely songs that speak to many Unitarian Universalists. His “Blue Boat Home,” set to the familiar hymn tune “Hyfrydol,” is a new favorite in the supplemental hymnal, Singing the Journey.

But this piece, “Holy Now,” is one that speaks to a very Unitarian Universalist point of view — how to see the whole world as a holy place, every part of it, rather than just what we might learn from a traditional view of church and religion.

Holy Now

Lyrics by singer-songwriter Peter Mayer

When I was a boy, each week
On Sunday, we would go to church
And pay attention to the priest
He would read the holy word
And consecrate the holy bread
And everyone would kneel and bow
Today the only difference is
Everything is holy now
Everything, everything
Everything is holy now

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