This is God born in a stable
This is God born in a stable
by Andrew Pratt
Philippians 2: 1 – 13 Hymn: This is God born in a stable This is God born in a stable. This is God hung on a cross. This is Christ, our God incarnate, knowing gain and sharing loss. This is God yet fully human, walking down a street in time. This is God yet faulted language makes…
This is love, love un-extinguished
This is love, love un-extinguished
by Andrew Pratt
This is love, love un-extinguished, love out lasting time and place, love surviving crucifixion, sign of hope and source of grace. This was God who bled and died there, very God they scourged and hung, it was God the child of Mary, from whom human life was wrung. Verses 2-3 follo…
Hymn: When Jesus came to Bethlehem there was no worse a day
Hymn: When Jesus came to Bethlehem there was no worse a day
by Andrew Pratt
When Jesus came to Bethlehem there was no worse a day, they say a census had been called, there was no place to stay; this baby who would shake the world, would first lay down his head, not in a royal house or hall, but in a manger bed. When Jesus went to Nazareth his father had …
The Hymnbook
The Hymnbook
by Colleen Muriel
About The Music The music of The Hymn Book was written betweeen 1995 and 2013. Most of the music however was written between 1999 and 2001 when I was the Music Director at Trinity Lutheran Church, in Delta, B.C., Canada. The story goes (and it is a true story) that one Sunday aft…
TRINITY HYMN The void that rippled with your breath
TRINITY HYMN The void that rippled with your breath
by Andrew Pratt
A majestic hymn that moves from through incarnation, cross and resurrection to Pentecost and beyond. Tune: ELLACOMBE Extract: The void that rippled with your breath was ordered to your will; then life evolved, as love informed your purpose and your skill. That love, the ground of…
Just a Baby
Just a Baby
by Michael Docker
Just a baby born in a story, Only a sign to point to glory; We will tell the ancient mystery - Look and wonder and worship and praise. Like the shepherds called by an angel, Coming in fear and fascination, We will tell this humble history - Live by faith and by world-changing way…
The days of Christmas ring and play
The days of Christmas ring and play
by Andrew Pratt
A NEW EPIPHANY HYMN Tune: Gonfalon Way Extract: The days of Christmas ring and play, yet in another time and day wise students of the midnight sky, observed a change and questioned 'why?' These scholars, seekers after truth, brought skill of age, and sight of youth: a supernova g…
The desolate Messiah dies
The desolate Messiah dies
by Gareth Hill Publishing/Song Solutions CopyCare
Hymn – The desolate Messiah dies The desolate Messiah dies spreadeagled on the cross: unwanted by the earth he made, Death’s trophy to the world displayed and, as the final scene is played, all hope is lost. The disregarded Christ hangs high as nations turn away. How can a king b…
At midnight in a garden