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Contemplating lofty aims
Contemplating lofty aims
by Michaela Youngson
Poem: Contemplating lofty aims I want to mount up on wings like eagles, only I need to get to the supermarket. This is the problem with the sublime: Life tends to be more about the mundane, and I find I increasingly have little time, to spend contemplating such aims...
Monologue: Not me!
Monologue: Not me!
by Andrew Pratt
Monologue: Not me! What's that you say? You saw me just the other night? You can't be right! And Freda saw me too? She was with you? Oh no... you are mistaken. I turned to walk away, but something, nagging, made we want to stay. A wasp was buzzing in my head and later, resting in…
Hidden, yet hurting, while needing the comfort
Hidden, yet hurting, while needing the comfort
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn for World Aids Day Hidden, yet hurting, while needing the comfort, needing the love of our family and friends. Dare we admit to this random infection, living with fear that it seems never ends? Here in the church is there safety and welcome, room to be honest and never conde…
Now is the time to reassess
Now is the time to reassess
by Andrew Pratt
Now is the time to reassess our place within God's grace, a time for calm, reflective prayer, to meet God face to face. Now is the time for honesty for God is by our side; each action seen and understood, no way that we can hide. Verses 3-4 follow Metre: CM Tune: FINGAL Andrew …
Poem: The Psalmist reckoned fools were unbelieving
Poem: The Psalmist reckoned fools were unbelieving
by Andrew Pratt
Poem: The Psalmist reckoned fools were unbelieving The Psalmist reckoned fools were unbelieving, but faith, like fashion, leaves to sink or swim. No God indeed? perhaps as others paint 'him'. No goddess either? Faith is just a whim? We look at life and context moulds our seeing, …
You are responsible, I am responsible
You are responsible, I am responsible
by Andrew Pratt
Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32 Hymn: You are responsible, I am responsible You are responsible, I am responsible, each for our actions and words that we say. Gone are the days of our blaming each other, gone are the days of our turning away. Each generation must look to its laurels, don’t…
Drama - Audience with the Boss
Drama - Audience with the Boss
by Kit Walkham
Modern setting of the parable of the pharisee and the tax collector (Luike 18v9-14). Nervous Rita, about confess to fraud, and thrusting executive Hugh, full of his new plans, take advantage of the boss's open door policy. Cast 2F, 2M - could vary with minor amendments. This item…
Long ago Christ spoke of friendship
Long ago Christ spoke of friendship
by Avis Palmer
Long ago Christ spoke of friendship, Just before the darkness fell Praying deeply to the Father That in him all would be well. Unified in thought and action, Listening to the living Word, Friendship claimed the rich communion Where the voice of Love is heard. Verses 2-5 follow © …
Hymn: Hoist by his own petard
Hymn: Hoist by his own petard
by Andrew Pratt
Hoist by his own petard, while Mordecai went free, a vengeful justice had been met for all around to see. An ancient parable? A message for us all? That often sin will find us out, we're heading for a fall. Verses 3-4 follow Tune: ALLINGTON; CARLISLE Metre: SM Andrew Pratt (bor…
Hymn: Pray and praise or keep in healing
Hymn: Pray and praise or keep in healing
by Andrew Pratt
Pray and praise or keep in healing, all the people we hold dear; share in honest hope and feeling all our faith that God is here. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: SHIPSTON Metre: 8.7.8.7 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 21/8/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. …
Jesus preached, the people pondered words
Jesus preached, the people pondered words
by Andrew Pratt
Jesus preached, the people pondered words to challenge and convict; they would rather hold to power, these were facts to contradict. Faced with truth we need to grasp the honesty of what is said, all too often we resist the things we hear or what is read. Continues... Tune: ALL F…
Forgetting the faith that has brought us salvation
Forgetting the faith that has brought us salvation
by Andrew Pratt
Forgetting the faith that has brought us salvation, we lose track of honesty, twist what is true; we grasp at each fortune that fate will present us, calling corruption constructive and new. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: ST CATHERINE’S COURT Metre: 12.11.12.11 Andrew Pratt (born 1948…
Hymn: Evil intention, skilful deception
Hymn: Evil intention, skilful deception
by Andrew Pratt
Evil intention, skilful deception, devious plotting, bent on revenge; heart fired by hatred, nothing now sacred, John's words of judgment she would avenge. Then came the moment, see her opponent, vulnerable prisoner, she'd seal his fate. Dancing for Herod opened the scabbard, off…
Poem: Evil intention, skilful deception
Poem: Evil intention, skilful deception
by Andrew Pratt
Poem: Evil intention, skilful deception Evil intention, skilful deception, Herodias plotting, bent on revenge; heart fired by hatred, nothing now sacred, John's words of judgment she'd need to avenge… Continues Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 30/6/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, Lond…
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