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Earthquake Hymn
Earthquake Hymn
by Andrew Pratt
EARTHQUAKE HYMN by Andrew Pratt Lyrics Only as Word Document - Click Here Extract: If God created all we see then ours is still a timeless cry; we cannot understand God's sense; we ask again the reason why. Was this prefigured by a cross, this site of human agony; the tumbled tim…
EARTHQUAKE HYMN
EARTHQUAKE HYMN
by Andrew Pratt
HYMN IN RESPONSE TO AN EARTHQUAKE - TUNE: FULDA Please acknowledge copyright and include on your CCL Return if you have one: Extract: If God created all we see then ours is still a timeless cry; we cannot understand God's sense; we ask again the reason why. Was this prefigured by…
EARTHQUAKE HYMN - Is this the judgment of a God
EARTHQUAKE HYMN - Is this the judgment of a God
by Andrew Pratt
EARTHQUAKE HYMN - IN RESPONSE TO THE CHILEAN EARTHQUAKE Tune: Tallis Canon Also Available in PowerPoint Format - Click Here Extract: Is this the judgement of a God, a God who wind and waves obey? Where is compassion, grace and love when earthquakes, death and fear hold sway? Here…
Almost silent, God would whisper
Almost silent, God would whisper
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Almost silent, God would whisper Proper 14 year A 1 Kings 19: 9-18 Almost silent, God would whisper, prophesy to empty space. Fire and earthquake held no message, nothing there of love or grace. But a challenge came through quietness 'go to those from whom you flee... Tune:…
The Philippian Jailor
The Philippian Jailor
by Colin Smith
This overview of the story of the Philippian Jailer describes his circumstances and assesses his character before and after his conversion and baptism. As such it is still encouraging for us some 2000 years later. As a case study it also offers clues as to how we might act posit…
Earthquake, wind and fire
Earthquake, wind and fire
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Earthquake, wind and fire Proper 14 year A 1 Kings 19: 9-18 Into the hurricane of life – the rush, the chaos, the bewilderment, the anxiety, uncertainty, the fear of loss, the birth of pain, the failures and fractures of life – God of the still, small voice, whisper your …
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The Sunday before Lent Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The Sunday before Lent Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Sunday before Lent 2 Kings 2.1–12 2 Corinthians 4.3–6 Mark 9.2–9 Mark sees the Transfiguration as an anticipated fulfilment of the promise in the previous verse (‘Some here will not die until they see the kingdom of God come with power’). The thin curtain separating God’s dim…
Poem: Held in the cleft of the cold, dark rock
Poem: Held in the cleft of the cold, dark rock
by Andrew Pratt
Poem: Held in the cleft of the cold, dark rock Held in the cleft of the cold, dark rock, the summit of human fear, pursued to the end of his life's reserves, the hunters were drawing near. God was remote, Elijah quaked, protection was hard to find, the One he had heard and sought…
Poem: Troubled times
Poem: Troubled times
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Troubled times Possessed, she was, possessed by a spirit that enabled her to predict the future. Cursed, she was, cursed, by the spirit that got her noticed by manipulative men. Exploited, she was, exploited for the money she could bring to her owners. Accurate, she was, ac…
Prayer: When we are swept along
Prayer: When we are swept along
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: When we are swept along When we are swept along by doubts and disbelief swirling around us, like the wind attempting to carry us with irresistible power: when we find it difficult to stand against public opinion: when we feel the whole world is against us: when we are in …
Hymn: Fear and foreboding clouding perception