Andrew Pratt
Time gentlemen please
Time gentlemen please
by Andrew Pratt
Dialogue/drama for two voices: Time gentlemen please Time gentlemen please. I remember the words. Mis-spent youth. The bar cleared. No hassle, just lads wobbling out onto a dark street and making for home. Empty your glasses. Drinking up time. That was allowed. Felt bad if you ha…
Great God your love has held our lives
Great God your love has held our lives
by Andrew Pratt
Great God your love has held our lives through all the years down to this day. Your constant presence held us fast: remain with us we plead and pray. We've sen the ruins left by war, the tumbled buildings, street by street; some heard the voices that they loved and cried for thos…
When the leaders of the nations
When the leaders of the nations
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: When the leaders of the nations Proper 26 Year A Micah 3:5-12 When the leaders of the nations feast while heaping wrong on wrong; we will lose all sense of vision, discord will pervade our song. Those who perpetrate injustice, making profit out of war... Tune: GOTT WILL’S M…
The Spirit of God is both humble and gentle
The Spirit of God is both humble and gentle
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: The Spirit of God is both humble and gentle Proper 26 Year A Matthew 23:1-12 The Spirit of God is both humble and gentle, devoid of hypocrisy, sharp as a sword. And when we are driven along by that Spirit we live with God’s courage, embody God’s Word. The ones who do all fo…
Perpetual fashion, flowery prayers
Perpetual fashion, flowery prayers
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Perpetual fashion, flowery prayers Proper 26 Year A Matthew 23:1-12 Perpetual fashion, flowery prayers, a show to make you blink, the Scribes and Pharisees sought praise, and that should make us think. Hypocrisy had been condemned, Christ saw another way, of humble service,…
Eternal fury fires the saints
Eternal fury fires the saints
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Eternal fury fires the saints Proper 26 Year A All Saints Eternal fury fires the saints, who shake and rattle, push and shove, who challenge every bland excuse, who seek for justice, work for love They make the world turn upside down, they are a catalyst in pain, they reach…
A day of anointing, miraculous passage
A day of anointing, miraculous passage
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: A day of anointing, miraculous passage Proper 26 Year A Joshua 3:7-17 A day of anointing, miraculous passage, the Jordan held back as they passed on dry land. The Ark at the centre, the focus of Godhead, the people marched forward to conquer and stand. That's how they recor…
We will love the God we worship
We will love the God we worship
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: We will love the God we worship Proper 25 year A Matthew 22: 41-46 We will love the God we worship with each mind and soul and heart, seek to heed the words of Jesus, sharing grace through every part. We will live the words we utter, loving neighbours that we meet... TUNE: …
Through all generations our God has walked with us
Through all generations our God has walked with us
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Through all generations our God has walked with us Proper 25 year A Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17 Through all generations our God has walked with us, has shared in our pain while we lived on this earth. Though mountains pre-date our existence and knowledge, this God who has formed us…
The view from the mountain, enticing, expectant