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The days of Christmas ring and play
The days of Christmas ring and play
by Andrew Pratt
Epiphany Year A Matthew 2: 1-12 Hymn: The days of Christmas ring and play 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?’... Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, …
Sometimes our grasp of life is frail
Sometimes our grasp of life is frail
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Sometimes our grasp of life is frail Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Psalm 119: 105-112 Sometimes our grasp of life is frail, yet through it all love will prevail. We feel that every step is cursed, believing things can not get worse. In spite of all, we keep our faith, hel…
Stoned Stephen: martyr for the cross
Stoned Stephen: martyr for the cross
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Stoned Stephen: martyr for the cross Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A Acts 7: 55 – 60 Stoned Stephen: martyr for the cross, a witness to the grace of Christ; the love of God, the Spirit’s power; at one in Christian sacrifice. He spoke of love, and lived the life of one who cha…
The days of Christmas ring and play
The days of Christmas ring and play
by Andrew Pratt
A new Epiphany hymn by Andrew Pratt Tune: GONFALON ROYAL Lyrics only - Click Here Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. Please include any reproduction for local church and school use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and…
God shakes and rattles hopes and dreams
God shakes and rattles hopes and dreams
by Andrew Pratt
God shakes and rattles hopes and dreams Fifth Sunday in Lent Ezekiel 37: 1-14 God shakes and rattles hopes and dreams, confounds our plans, destroys our schemes; the bones of faith seem dry and bare, and is God found? And is God there? The desert scene is hot and still, our deser…
Hymn: The narrative of Godly love
Hymn: The narrative of Godly love
by Andrew Pratt
The narrative of Godly loveresists attempts to test or prove and yet exceeds our wildest dreams, while we put trust in human schemes. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: GONFANLON ROYAL Metre: LM Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 8/10/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co…
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…
Speak in the stillness, God we pray
Speak in the stillness, God we pray
by Gareth Hill Publishing/Song Solutions CopyCare
Hymn – Speak in the stillness, God we pray Speak in the stillness, God we pray, come to our hearts and meet us here. Bring us your peace for each new day - the gift of grace to earth from heaven. We speak as though we have not heard and live as if we do not know... (c) Gareth Hil…
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…
How could this man from Nazareth
How could this man from Nazareth
by Andrew Pratt
How could this man from Nazareth speak with such power and heal the sick, he spoke with great authority, the healing might have been a trick? But those who came were healed, made well, and what he said was common sense, yet spoken in a way well honed, the word of God, the present…
We strain to hear the voice of God
We strain to hear the voice of God
by Andrew Pratt
We strain to hear the voice of God, this God who knows us inside out, a whispered voice of gentleness that never seeks to force or shout. Christ's voice was heard in Galilee by those who had the ears to hear, he challenged hypocrites with truth while sinners, sensing love, drew n…
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