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Jacob tricked his brother Esau
Jacob tricked his brother Esau
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn/song/poem: Jacob tricked his brother Esau Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 25: 18-34 Jacob tricked his brother Esau, strange how God deals with this act; Jacob seems to go unpunished, discord sown by this one fact. Tasty stew had bought a birthright, hunger had the up…
Jesus' open love would lead him
Jesus' open love would lead him
by Andrew Pratt
Jesus' open love would lead him into conflict with the law. People then, and now, believing, they know wrong, of this they're sure. Such aggressive condemnation: not the way we should behave, we have rules and regulations plotting how our God can save. Verses 3-5 follow Tune: SAI…
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…
Lift high the banner of these games
Lift high the banner of these games
by Andrew Pratt
Lift high the banner of these games in this Olympic year, that as we forge relationships, respect might cast out fear. Whatever name or creed we bear, we share a common birth, our skill and our ability is drawn from all the earth. Verses 2-3 follow Please use with full acknowledg…
Oh where is there love in a world that is tired
Oh where is there love in a world that is tired
by Andrew Pratt
Oh where is there love in a world that is tired, across the year’s threshold, where hope has expired? We wait amid movement, to pause and to pray, to nurture our God at the dawn of each day. Our eyes have been opened, compassion unlocked, the road has been cleared, and the future…
A cloak of darkness, like a shroud
A cloak of darkness, like a shroud
by Andrew Pratt
A cloak of darkness, like a shroud, had crawled across the rolling land, and through that darkness people trudged, a weary, wand'ring, pilgrim band. From day to day they marked their route, but when at last all hope had gone, in darkness, deeper than before, some lost the heart t…
An empty cave, the stone removed
An empty cave, the stone removed
by Andrew Pratt
An empty cave, the stone removed, a neatly folded shroud remained, confusion magnified their grief, no sense that life might be regained. So terrified, the women ran, afraid, their world turned upside down, and while the light of dawn had come, their fear became a tattered gown. …
Another mountain on the road
Another mountain on the road
by Andrew Pratt
Another mountain on the road that led them to Jerusalem, a rising path, a stony way, the climb towards a brighter day. They broke through mist, looked down on clouds, the earth below now veiled to sight. Above, the summit, time to rest, a place of blessing for the blessed. Verses…
Are we but a wasted vineyard
Are we but a wasted vineyard
by Andrew Pratt
Are we but a wasted vineyard where hypocrisy will choke every glimpse of fruitful loving? Is grace covered by a cloak? Verses 2-3 follow Tune: DRAKES BROUGHTON; LAUS DEO (Redhead) Metre: 8.7.8.7 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 24/7/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www…
Beyond this world of doubt and desperation
Beyond this world of doubt and desperation
by Andrew Pratt
Beyond this world of doubt and desperation the seed of love was cast upon this earth, that all might know that love, before creation, had called all human life to come to birth. At first this love was seen through incarnation, God leaving trails of glory, holding grace, to come a…
Beneath the shadow of her wings
Beneath the shadow of her wings
by Andrew Pratt
Beneath the shadow of her wings the eagle covers up her young, and soon, once egg caged, chicks will fly, by winds and thermals lifted, flung. Verse 2 follows Metre: LM Tune: BRESLAU Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 6/9/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.u…
Creation sings beyond our range
Creation sings beyond our range
by Andrew Pratt
Creation sings beyond our range the source of awe and wonder, melodic symphony of praise, in silence and through thunder. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: DOMINUS REGIT ME; ST COLUMBA (Irish) Metre: 8.7.8.7 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 23/4/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, …
Crazy how the world can splinter
Crazy how the world can splinter
by Andrew Pratt
Crazy how the world can splinter, everything comes crashing down, lives are broken, hopes are shattered, life is like a tarnished crown. Verses 2-3 follows Tune: DIJON; ALL FOR JESUS Metre:8.7.8.7 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 14/8/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, w…
Dynamic law can see, through truth and grace
Dynamic law can see, through truth and grace
by Andrew Pratt
Dynamic law can see, through truth and grace, a child of God in every human face, a law that searches every human heart, yet sees the way of loving as an art. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: CHILTON FOLIAT Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 4/2/2014 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, w…
Filled with anger and compassion