Our names carry many layers of meaning. Sometimes we need a new name—literal or symbolic—to remember or share who we really are. This text is for the many moments when we may feel the need to be renamed or reclaimed: at baptism, after a gender transition, following divorce, or beyond. Whoever we are, and whatever has changed, we are always God’s beloved children.

I wrote this new text to be used with the tune WOODWORTH which for many has the association of the text “Just as I am.”

Find a preview of the text and music for this hymn here. This piece can be reproduced for worship using One License.