Humble Stumble: Hymns for Imperfect Saints: "A Light in the Window"

I have a started a new project in conjunction with my "The Humble Stumble: Lessons on Simplicity, Stillness, Fashion and Faith from a Bad Quaker" book. It's on Spotify -- "Humble Stumble: Hymns for Imperfect Saints."

I'll add a "hymn" a day.

These are not "hymns" in the traditional sense. Rather they're songs that have spoken to my soul in a spiritual sense -- even if they are not "spiritual songs" per se. Though my bias is that that our hearts hunger for beauty and meaning and when artists create something that sings deep in our souls, well, they've created a "hymn," even if it was unintentional.

Suggestions of songs that have spoken deeply to you are welcome!

I'll also post lyrics and video here.

Up today is  Carrie Newcomer – A Light in the Window

A Light in the Window 

There is always a light shining in the darkness. 

Looking out at the night 

Beyond the driver’s wheel,

Curving hips made of snow 

In the winter fields.

There’s a house set way back 

Where a lamplight glows,

Like star out in the cold,

Filled with people I'll never know,

Who left a light, 

Left a light in the window.

What would I change if 

The choice were mine? 

I was doing the best 

I knew at the time.

And every door that opened 

And door that closed,

All the things that made me grow,

Sent me off down another road,

Off to search for a light, 

For a light in the window

.

Now what's old has already passed away 

But the new is too new 

to be born today.

So I'm throwing out seeds 

On the winter snow,

As a sharp wind begins to blow,

Standing here on a new threshold,

I can see a light, 

There's a light in the window..

The world is made of stone,

And the world is made of glass.

The world is made of light,

And its moving very fast.

We pass from mystery to mystery 

So I won't lie 

I don't what happens 

When people die.

But I hope I see you walking slow,

Smiling wide as sunrise grows,

I drop my map with a 

thousand folds,

In the distance I see it 

glow,

I can see a light, 

There’s a light in the 

window.

Words and Music By Carrie Newcomer

Carrie Newcomer's website is at http://www.carrienewcomer.com/