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Hymn: This is God, a human baby
Hymn: This is God, a human baby
by Andrew Pratt
This is God, a human baby, offered into human hands, hands to comfort, feed and nurture, hands that follow hate's commands. Then disciples, stunned and puzzled, couldn't make sense of his word, theologians down the ages, seek to juggle the absurd. Man, Messiah, Lord and Master, h…
Beneath the wings of eagles
Beneath the wings of eagles
by Andrew Pratt
Beneath the wings of eagles we shelter in God's grace; within the midst of trouble we see a kindly face. The storms may roar about us with trouble close at hand, but God will hold and shield us, within God's love we stand. Verse 3 follows Tune: CHERRY TREE CAROL Metre: 7.6.7.6 …
Hope is built in present moments
Hope is built in present moments
by Andrew Pratt
Hope is built in present moments, times of visions, times of dreams, times when love transcends the present, long outlasting human schemes. Hope will open gates of promise, herald dawns of glorious light, help us live within this moment, lead us onward from the night. Verses 3-4 …
Hymn - Filled with fear and apprehension
Hymn - Filled with fear and apprehension
by Andrew Pratt
Filled with fear and apprehension, self doubt lurking in his mind. Jesus weighed what lay before him, what resistance would he find? Friends and family could not help him, these were things to face alone. New uncertainties assailed him, things he hoped he'd never own. Verses 2-3 …
Hymn - Strange how perfume marked this moment
Hymn - Strange how perfume marked this moment
by Andrew Pratt
Strange how perfume marked this moment, days away from fear and pain, here a woman disregarded, sharing in this time of strain came anointing, unexpected, wouldn’t pass this way again. Verse 2-3 follow Tune: GRAFTON 8.7.8.7.8.7 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 21/2/2012 Stainer…
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,…
Not in some future span of time
Not in some future span of time
by Andrew Pratt
Not in some future span of time, but every moment that we live, is when to trust the grace of God, to offer love and to forgive. Now is the hour to realise the height and depth, the breadth and length of love in which our lives are held, God's everlasting grace and strength. Vers…
Mark for Everyone - Jairus’s Daughter and the Woman with Chronic Bleeding
Mark for Everyone - Jairus’s Daughter and the Woman with Chronic Bleeding
by SPCK - N T Wright
Mark For Everyone MARK 5.21–34 Jairus’s Daughter and the Woman with Chronic Bleeding... ...We really should take this passage with the next one, since in Mark’s mind they are all part of the same story. But both are so full of interest that it’s worth holding them apart for the m…
Revelation bible study guide - The Golden Censer and the First Plagues
Revelation bible study guide - The Golden Censer and the First Plagues
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Golden Censer and the First Plagues Revelation 8 Bernard Levin was one of the greatest London journalists of the last generation. One of his many great loves was music. Levin relished the great moments of classical music, the operas of Mozart and Wagner in particular. He was …
Revelation bible study guide - The Seven Plagues
Revelation bible study guide - The Seven Plagues
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Seven Plagues Revelation 16 The lunch had been substantial, the meeting was tedious, the room was warm and the speakers droned on and on. The chairman noticed that one of his colleagues was finally subsiding into slumber. With cruel timing, he waited until the poor man’s head…
Persistent God, your gracious understanding
Persistent God, your gracious understanding
by Andrew Pratt
Persistent God, your gracious understanding returns the love that often we with-hold. When met with our resistance and denial you greet with peace and draw us from the cold. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: HIGHWOOD; INTERCESSOR Metre: 11.10.11.10 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 27/3/2…
The dawn of a mystery, the presence of riches
The dawn of a mystery, the presence of riches
by Andrew Pratt
The dawn of a mystery, the presence of riches, for Christ is among us and love ends our fear, the good news of grace is now ours for the asking, a new day is rising, salvation is near! In past generations the promise was hidden, but now we can read it and see with our eyes divine…
When all is lost, there seems no turning back
When all is lost, there seems no turning back
by Andrew Pratt
When all is lost, there seems no turning back; when friends are gone, while gain has turned to lack; when life has left us in a crumpled heap, we slip and slide, we agonise and weep. Sometimes our lives are spun, flipped upside down, the royal are poor, the beggar wears a crown. …
With daring we enter the future that beckons
With daring we enter the future that beckons
by Andrew Pratt
With daring we enter the future that beckons, our feelings in tension - excitement and fear. Wherever we're walking we know God walks with us, before and behind, God's protection is near. *Alone in the desert God's people felt empty, the land that was promised of honey and milk s…
Rhythms of remembering - Christmas - Thursday Evening Prayer
Rhythms of remembering - Christmas - Thursday Evening Prayer
by SPCK - Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild
CHRISTMAS - Thursday Evening Prayer Arise, shine, for your light is come! God all-bounteous, all-creative, whom no ills from good dissuade, is incarnate, and a native of the very world he made. Christopher Smart...
Rhythms of remembering - Thursday Midday Prayer
Rhythms of remembering - Thursday Midday Prayer
by SPCK - Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild
Midday and Night Prayer for all seasons Tuesday Midday Prayer Our God lives! Blessed be my rock, and praised be the God of my salvation. Blessed are you, O Lord our God, for you have come to your people and set them free...
Four Gospels, One Jesus - Talons bared for conflict