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Hymn: The journey has started; and we have departed
Hymn: The journey has started; and we have departed
by Michael Docker
The journey has started; and we have departed from places of darkness towards the true light. The God who is for us sends His Son before us, Whose Spirit will lead us from wrong ways to right. Dear God who in Jesus comes with us and frees us We praise you and promise our lives on…
So many years the people walked
So many years the people walked
by Marjorie Dobson
So many years the people walked in darkness fed by fear. They could not see the way ahead, their goal was rarely clear. Though God had led them down the years to find their promised land, their willful ways had cancelled hope of all that God had planned. Verses 3-4 follow © Marjo…
Traces of Glory Year B - The Second Sunday of Easter - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - The Second Sunday of Easter - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
The Second Sunday of Easter Christ, our risen Lord, no tomb can keep you, No door is closed to you, ne heart is barred to you, No mind is shut off from you. Come lead us out of the darkness into light, Out of doubt into faith, out of death into life eternal: Jesus Christ our rise…
LWPT Meditations - Second Sunday of Christmas - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Second Sunday of Christmas - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Second Sunday of Christmas Yr A John 1 v 1-18 Ephesians 1 v 3-14 New Year is a time of looking back at what we have achieved and endured in the past year, and of looking forward, with some trepidation, to the year ahead. We shall certainly be facing some challenges, …
LWPT Meditations - Christmas Day
LWPT Meditations - Christmas Day
by Susan Thorne
Meditation- Christmas Day Isaiah 9 v 2-7 Psalm 96 Titus 2 v 11-14 Luke 2 v 1-14 In Luke’s gospel account we have all the trappings of the ever popular nativity play – the mother Mary, her husband Joseph, the town of Bethlehem, the overcrowded inn, the manger, the shepherds, the …
Called and named a chosen people
Called and named a chosen people
by Andrew Pratt
Called and named a chosen people, each one safe within God's ground, each one cherished, held and nurtured, in God's grace, too deep to sound. Nothing here will hurt or harm us, love will last through trial or test, fire nor water can confound us, here within God's peace we'll re…
Foul and foolish were the people
Foul and foolish were the people
by Andrew Pratt
Foul and foolish were the people, skilled in evil more than good. Now a prophet came among them using words they understood. Feigning ignorance like children, justifying what they did, yet we own we're little different, words distorted, actions hid. Verses 3-4 follow Tune: COME R…
Hymn: From the depths my voice had echoed
Hymn: From the depths my voice had echoed
by Andrew Pratt
From the depths my voice had echoed, prayers were flung against the void, to my mind hope seemed to founder, faith it seemed had been destroyed. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: ALL FOR JESUS Metre: 8.7.8.7 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 27/5/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England…
Hymn: God shows no partiality
Hymn: God shows no partiality
by Andrew Pratt
God shows no partiality to favour rich or poor; God sees beyond pretentiousness and looks right to the core where every heart is open wide, and each desire known, where platitudes are stripped away and motives clearly shown. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: KINGSFOLD; MACPHERSON'S FAREWEL…
O what did it mean to the ones who first heard it
O what did it mean to the ones who first heard it
by Andrew Pratt
O what did it mean to the ones who first heard it? A Wonderful Counsellor? God? Prince of Peace? Or was it a riddle? Divine intervention, a hope in their horror, a way to release? So was there assurance, the darkness illumined, to those knowing shadows the promise of light?... Ve…
Walking Backwards to Christmas - Chapter 4 Casper
Walking Backwards to Christmas - Chapter 4 Casper
by SPCK - Stephen Cottrell
Chapter 4 Casper After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, ‘Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.’ . . . When they saw that the star had s…
Times and Seasons - And Christ was there
Times and Seasons - And Christ was there
by Andrew Pratt
And Christ was there And Christ was there, breathless, crumpled, tattered now; and mud-besplattered. Tears of weariness and anger, drained of strength by dancing danger. Continues... Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. Please …
Hymn: Into darkness and disaster
Hymn: Into darkness and disaster
by Andrew Pratt
Into darkness and disaster, swept along by what we’ve done, making choices that determined things we’ve lost and things we’ve won, sometimes we reflect and wonder at the people we’ve become. Sometimes lost, sometimes despairing, feeling there is no way back to the way we wish we’…
Not remote nor terrifying
Not remote nor terrifying
by Andrew Pratt
Not remote nor terrifying, this is Jesus standing here; not a blazing fire or darkness, this is love, love drawing near. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: GOTT WILL’S MACHEN Metre: 8 7 8 7 Trochaic Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 31/7/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.staine…
Times and Seasons - Now the poppy petals flutter