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All people, nations, lives on earth
All people, nations, lives on earth
by Michael Docker
All peoples, nations, lives on earth, All cities, places, great and small, Hear this good news, this shining truth: Christ lives who died for one and all. All faith, all thought, all science, all art, All cultures, ways of life, all mind, Take this good news, this joy, to heart, …
Gather at the feet of Jesus
Gather at the feet of Jesus
by Michael Docker
Gather at the feet of Jesus, Let his spirit call to you, Let his wisdom, born from ages, Light the road life's brought you to. Thank God for His sacrifice, Live like salt and pay the price. Build your life on firm foundations, Rock and stone not shifting sand, Sound advice and as…
Father God whose face in Jesus
Father God whose face in Jesus
by Michael Docker
Father God whose face in Jesus Shows a love that saves and sees us, Holds and keeps and calls and frees us, For a crying world we pray When a man dies in a moment, When a world ends in the ferment Of dis-ease, despair and torment, For a hurting world we pray. When a family, churc…
God above us, God beyond us
God above us, God beyond us
by Michael Docker
God above us, God beyond us, God as close as our next breath, God in Jesus living, dying, Overcoming pain and death. Jesus rising, Jesus rising Jesus lifting all we are From the depths of hate and violence To God’s realm so near, so far. Broken hearts, bewildered spirits; Earthly…
God has plans for the world, told in stories
God has plans for the world, told in stories
by Michael Docker
God has plans for the world, told in stories Handed down from a people of old; Plans that start with a Word and a garden, And that end in a city, with gold. At the heart is the story of Jesus From his birth through his life to his cross, Prophecied by the ancients and angels, Ful…
God of the rising, shining sun.
God of the rising, shining sun.
by Michael Docker
God of the rising, shining sun, Whose course is founded by your will, The source of life in everyone, In every era shining still. Here in the morning you have given, We praise and like the sun would move Along the lanes and laws of heaven, Our lives made full and free by love. Go…
Come to this work, this task, this joy
Come to this work, this task, this joy
by Michael Docker
Come to this work, this task, this joy, This worship, thanks and praise, Come join the mystery, share, enjoy God's work in Christ; God's ways. Hold in your mind the ancient truths Proclaimed in worship real; God's work in Christ, the love God breathes To hold, to help, to heal. B…
For all who believe that there's more to this life
For all who believe that there's more to this life
by Michael Docker
For all who believe that there's more to this life Than this world of sadness and sickness and strife What's needed are stories of symbol and sign Like Cana where Jesus turned water to wine For all who believe that the world of today Is rich in potential but poor in its ways What…
God's word to us in Christ
God's word to us in Christ
by Michael Docker
God's word to us in Christ burns like a fire, Flaming through lies and all our will to power, Turn to His Word and trust in what you hear - Glory to God in Christ. God's word to World in Christ brings no easy peace; Hating our weasel words, our compromise, Turn to His Word and tr…
Fools for the world, Christ makes us fools
Fools for the world, Christ makes us fools
by Michael Docker
Fools for the world, Christ makes us fools; God's foolishness our call. The world looks on and pours its scorn - God's wisdom shall not fall. Fools in a world where greed is good; Christ serves the humble poor, That all who hunger shall receive From His abundant store. Fools in a…
God is working his purpose out
God is working his purpose out
by Michael Docker
'God is working his purpose out as year succeeds to year' This is the cry of faith of all who believe that God's Day draws near. As violence rampages around they sing that the Day shall be When the earth shall be filled with the glory of God as the waters cover the sea. Still in …
I sing a song of the saints of God
I sing a song of the saints of God
by Michael Docker
I sing a song of the saints of God, Patient and brave and true, Who lived and loved and served and died For the Lord whose love they knew; And one was a doctor and one was a nurse And one built the buildings and one kept the purse And one sang the songs and down all the years God…
In the dark a light is rising
In the dark a light is rising
by Michael Docker
In the dark a light is rising, Powers of dark and dread surprising, Worlds of fear and pain unbinding, This we see through Christ the Lord In the dawn a light is shining; Shades of grey to gold are turning, Lives once lost new purpose finding; This we see in Christ the Lord. In t…
Jesus Christ the sure Foundation
Jesus Christ the sure Foundation
by Michael Docker
Jesus Christ the sure foundation, Christ the head, the corner-stone, Christ the first-born, Christ in whom all Things are reconciled to God: This the Church’s proclamation; This its hope-forged lightning-rod. In the mystery of belonging, Loved, forgiven, held and free; In the joy…
The human face of God in Christ
The human face of God in Christ
by Michael Docker
Tune: St Columba 8787 Iambic BPW394(ii) Michael Docker Our human faces mark the way Earth’s hate and fear is taking, The human face of God in Christ Reveals the love God’s making. Our world is shackled to the way Of beauty shown in faces, The human face of God in Christ …
Seeking we come in faith
Seeking we come in faith
by Michael Docker
Seeking, we come in faith, Trusting a greater truth Than anything the world can bring. Minds turned away from fear, Ready to pray and hear; We'll praise and worship, stay and sing. Asking, we come in hope, Needing a clearer scope Than anything the world can show. Hearts opened to…
When Jesus walked in Galilee