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Grace the fences with graffiti
Grace the fences with graffiti
by Andrew Pratt
Grace the fences with graffiti take your frightened children home, shield us from the street-wise bullies, hear us, keep us safe from harm. While they harass and upset us we are watching for your face; looking out beyond the garbage to your smile that signals grace. Verse 3 follo…
Insurance is invalid
Insurance is invalid
by Andrew Pratt
Poem: Insurance is invalid Proper 18 Year A Ezekiel 33: 7 – 11 Insurance is invalid when we are fully warned, if knowing coming danger, that word is simply scorned. For those who know what's coming, yet raise up no alarm, in consequence will suffer and share the self-same harm...…
Our calling as Christians, to let God be God
Our calling as Christians, to let God be God
by Andrew Pratt
Poem: Our calling as Christians, to let God be God Proper 20 Year A Jonah 3:10-4:11 Our calling as Christians, to let God be God, conflicts with our selfish agenda; the way that God treats us so often seems odd, less valued, and more chief offender. Our selfish agenda can hinder …
The table's set, the room prepared
The table's set, the room prepared
by Andrew Pratt
The table's set, the room prepared, come close and gather round, for Jesus bids, 'remember me' and here God's grace is found. If Philip who would count the cost, when thousands sat for bread, could find a supper place with Christ, then we, too, can be fed. Verses 3-6 follow TUNE:…
Thank God for those who pray for us
Thank God for those who pray for us
by Andrew Pratt
Thank God for those who pray for us Thank God for those who pray for us, as undeserving as we are; thank God for God whose gracious love is reaching to us from afar. Thank God that when we idolise the things that we have bought or made, that grace is greater than our sin. God's l…
When will we ever learn?
When will we ever learn?
by Andrew Pratt
When will we ever learn? When will we ever hear the words and ways that lead to peace? That peace could be so near. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: SANDYS Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 21/1/2014 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. Please include any reproduction…
We need not hear to understand
We need not hear to understand
by Andrew Pratt
We need not hear to understand the glory of the sky, we need not see to recognise the comfort of God's love. God reaches us beyond our sense, encompasses with love, God's care is greater than our need conveyed to us by grace. Verses 3 follows Tune: AMAZING GRACE or BROTHER JAME’S…
Anonymous you come among the nations
Anonymous you come among the nations
by Andrew Pratt
Anonymous you come among the nations, outside the door of synagogue or church, and what you say will shake the world's foundations, will make the sinner sing, the righteous lurch. You come with grace, not seeking any favours, except a cup of water for your thirst, and those dismi…
Traces of Glory Year B - Proper 23 - Year B