Hymn: Look: gnawed and bleached, dismembered bones
Hymn: Look: gnawed and bleached, dismembered bones
by Andrew Pratt
Look: gnawed and bleached, dismembered bones, a desert valley strewn with stones, a metaphor of hopelessness, for people worn with weariness. It took a poet's way with thought, an image that his mind had caught: imagine flesh and new found life, a counter to historic strife. Vers…
Creation sings beyond our range
Creation sings beyond our range
by Andrew Pratt
Creation sings beyond our range the source of awe and wonder, melodic symphony of praise, in silence and through thunder. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: DOMINUS REGIT ME; ST COLUMBA (Irish) Metre: 8.7.8.7 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 23/4/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, …
Mother us, father us, parent all nations
Mother us, father us, parent all nations
by Andrew Pratt
Mother us, father us, parent all nations, carefully, lovingly, listen we pray. Knowing our poverty, sharing humanity, sisters and brothers, we follow your way. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: STEWARDSHIP Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 23/4/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, ww…
PENTECOST HYMN - We are the people that you called to serve
PENTECOST HYMN - We are the people that you called to serve
by Andrew Pratt
A Pentecost hymn that challenges us to go outside the wall of the church and our prejudice to find God there. Tune: WOODLANDS Extract: We are the people that you called to serve, to work together in this time and place, a presence driven by your spirit wind, the ones you choose t…
This is God born in a stable