Hymn: We do not know, we cannot tell
Hymn: We do not know, we cannot tell
by Andrew Pratt
We do not know, we cannot tell, the reason or the season, the time of things that are to come, the time of God's completion. At last the spirit will reform, will counter alteration, will clear the way for Love to rule, God's final consummation. The image of a cloud would shape a …
Hymn: Trust that God who lit the cosmos
Hymn: Trust that God who lit the cosmos
by Andrew Pratt
Trust that God, who lit the cosmos, source and ground of all we are, demonstrated love’s dimension, dying like the evening star, softened, shaded, so diminished, then extinguished, gone from sight, yet the third day rose in glory, bringing hope and shedding light. Verses 2-3 foll…
Hymn: We are the ones! The mirror gives the proof
Hymn: We are the ones! The mirror gives the proof
by Andrew Pratt
We are the ones! The mirror gives the proof, each one of us has need to face the truth. To say we do not sin obscures the fact, and now in honest prayer we need to act. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: QUEDLINBURG; TRISAGION Metre: 10.10.10.10 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 11/7/2012 …
Hymn: Visions of paradise: heaven disclosing
Hymn: Visions of paradise: heaven disclosing
by Andrew Pratt
Visions of paradise: heaven disclosingsomething of beauty, of joy and delight; colours cascading that shimmer before us, tempting from darkness to temples of light. But we are grounded, the earth pulls, constrains us, keeping us close to the things that we know. Ours is the commo…
Hymn: Upon this groaning, quaking earth
Hymn: Upon this groaning, quaking earth
by Andrew Pratt
Upon this groaning, quaking earth we find the evidence of grace, for here, our God, you nurtured love, brought faith and hope within this place. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: ABENDS Metre: LM Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 5/5/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.c…
Hymn: Vulnerable presence of God in creation
Hymn: Vulnerable presence of God in creation
by Andrew Pratt
Vulnerable presence of God in creation, fragile, yes broken, in order to be; cracking the egg of existence in birthing, mothering God who is setting us free. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: STEWARDSHIP Metre: 11.10.11.10 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 16/7/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, Lo…
Hymn: Total life! Too much to swallow?
Hymn: Total life! Too much to swallow?
by Andrew Pratt
Total life! Too much to swallow? We should all be one with Christ, share the living and the dying: is this challenge over-priced? But if we have grasped the message, life is more than human gain, then perhaps the risk is worth it - never be the same again? Verses 3-4 follow Tune:…
Hymn: Tossed and blown, events can floor us
Hymn: Tossed and blown, events can floor us
by Andrew Pratt
Tossed and blown, events can floor us, spin the world, we lose our grip; circumstances undermine us, yet again we turn and trip. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: WRAYSBURY Metre: 8.7.8.7 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 17/7/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. …
Hymn: When storms and thunder rage around
Hymn: When storms and thunder rage around
by Andrew Pratt
When storms and thunder rage around, disturbing superficial calm, we share unique companionship as love inspires a silent psalm. In table fellowship with God, while foes conspire to break our peace, in breaking bread and drinking wine, our fears diminish, fade, then cease. Verses…
Hymn: Who rules the world just like a king
Hymn: Who rules the world just like a king
by Andrew Pratt
Who rules the world just like a king within our present time and space? Who has the power of life and death, of healing or withholding grace. As politicians seek our votes, exposing or obscuring truth, sometimes their language loses rhyme, while arguments become obtuse. Just what…
Hymn: When sense is damaged, limiting perception
Hymn: When sense is damaged, limiting perception
by Andrew Pratt
When sense is damaged, limiting perception, God's love will not diminish or betray, for we are held in grace and loving kindness, in pain, through grief and hardship, come what may. The love of God defies our understanding, God reaches to the depths of our despair absorbing hate,…
Hymn: When we are living, yet lost and forsaken
Hymn: When we are living, yet lost and forsaken
by Andrew Pratt
When we are living, yet lost and forsaken, held in the balance, both tested and tried, God hear the voice of your people in anguish, drawn from the well of our grief as we cried. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: STREEETS OF LAREDO Metre: 11.10.11.10 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 12/9…
Hymn: Where James and John had asked to stand
Hymn: Where James and John had asked to stand
by Andrew Pratt
Where James and John had asked to stand two criminals would hang, one on the left, one on the right, while passing crowds harangue. They did not know the consequence of what they asked that day, that those who sided with this man might die the self-same way. Verses 3-4 follow Tun…
Hymn: When people are afflicted
Hymn: When people are afflicted
by Andrew Pratt
When people are afflicted, the poor are trodden down, God stands within the midst of them, with neither robes nor crown. Come hear the call of Jesus, in every one we greet; and see the Christ in every face, in every one we meet. The poorest of our neighbours, in spirit or in debt…
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 …
Hymn: Only with God will the building, the loving
Hymn: Only with God will the building, the loving
by Andrew Pratt
Only with God will the building, the loving, praying and praising bear fruit, or make sense. When we align with divine revelation heaven draws near and love has no pretence. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: STEWARDSHIP Metre: 11.10.11.10 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 19/10/2012 Stain…
Hymn: O Song of Songs, delight in love and beauty
Hymn: O Song of Songs, delight in love and beauty
by Andrew Pratt
O Song of Songs delights in love and beauty, tells of God’s love and we for love were made: no sweeter joy, more depth than human passion, the love of God that will not wane or fade. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: O PERFECT LOVE Metre: 11.10.11.10 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 6/8/…
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