Many of the greatest hymns and songs of the church are on the subject of the cross.

While it is true that through the cross we have been given unbelievable promises for the future, its implications for how we live our lives here and now are equally radical.

One such implication is how we live together as community. We are not saved for ourselves. Disassociating ourselves from the rest of the body (irregardless of how difficult they can be) is simply not an option.

Our church studied the book of James over the past two months and we were looking for a hymn on the context of the body of Christ and how we relate to each other. Kristyn and I wrote this hymn based on the title of Elizabeth Clephane's old classic hymn 'Beneath the cross of Jesus'.