Tag: creation

Historic creativity – a hymn

Historic creativity – a hymn with allusions to Genesis 1 and Matthew 21:43

1         Historic creativity 
           has brought us to this day, 
           the ground of all we have or are 
           has set our present way.

2         When cosmic forces from the past 
           flung stars out into space, 
           the scene was set for human life 
           and super-human grace.

3         The lives we live within this frame 
           give challenge, hope and choice, 
           and how we walk upon this earth 
           will shape the love we voice.

4         God, come and strengthen our intent 
           to work with all our heart 
           in co-creative acts of love. 
           Now is the time to start.

Andrew E Pratt (born 1948) © 2015 Stainer and Bell Ltd. Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd.
Metre: 8 6 8 6
Tune: WESTMINSTER NEW
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And there was light © Andrew Pratt 2026 (iPad art)

The cosmic cries that sound through all creation – inspired by Psalm 33: 1-12 especially v 8-12.

The cosmic cries that sound through all creation  - 
inspired by Psalm 33: 1-12 especially v 8-12.

1	The cosmic cries that sound through all creation,
	the pain of creatures, birth-pangs of the stars,
	the whining of the world upon its axis,
	you craft in ways that nothing stains or mars.
	
2	We cannot fathom each eternal purpose,
	or wrap our minds around what is to be.
	We only know that, earthed here for a season,
	our role is sealing human liberty.
	
3	Half crazy world in which we nurture children,
	where right seems absent, mercy ground to dust;
	O God give courage, foster our intention
	to love our neighbour, resurrect our trust.
	
4	So God, as we would seek to follow Jesus,
	to mine the depths of wisdom he has shown,
	illuminate our task and lead us onward,
	until into his likeness we have grown.

Andrew E. Pratt (born 1948)
© 2009 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk . Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd.

Metre: 11 10 11 10
Tune: LORD OF  THE YEARS; HIGHWOOD

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O River Mother, spirit of creation – hymn – the motherhood of God

1           O River Mother, spirit of creation,
              flowing so freely since the dawn of time,
              source of all life and onward propagation,
              summer’s bright warmth and winter’s frozen rime.

2           Once from a riven altar, out through history,
              your source of life flowed on to all the earth;
              then cosmic letters formed the timeless story,
              charged with your passion, grace and love and worth.

3           Now at the point in time of our existence,
              through faith and science we discern our place.
              We understand your gentle, calm persistence
              folding around us with your love and grace.

4           O River Mother, flowing to the future,
              on past the present that we see and feel,
              take us, flow with us, kindly love and nurture,
              virtues that make your presence strong and real.

Andrew E. Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2006  Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk . Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd.
Metre: 11 10 11 10 Tune: O PERFECT LOVE
Genesis 1:26-28; 2:22-23; Revelation 21; 1-5

Star strewn garments clothe the heavens – hymn, for harvest or creation season

Hymn inspired by the 1 Timothy. Suitable, perhaps, for harvest or creation season worship or reflection.

A song  of creation inspired by 1 Timothy

Star strewn garments clothe the heavens, 
robes of beauty, source of awe;
Spirit God transcending hist’ry, 
way beyond where pulsars soar.

Mountains rise up from the valleys, 
folded like a gathered cloak
seas and rivers, great sierra, 
lofty cedar, ageing oak.
          
God beyond our understanding, 
God of wisdom, Lord of days; 
God of miracle and wonder, 
You deserve our life-long praise!

Metre: 8 7 8 7
Tune: STUTTGART

Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2017 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd.

Hymn inspired by Romans 5 – God of consistency

Hymn inspired by Romans 5 - God of consistency - Suitable for Aldersgate Sunday

1	God of consistency, love without limits, 
	ground of all being and all that will be, 
	compass us round with compassionate kindness, 
	higher than mountains, as deep as the sea.

2	God of all graciousness, walking beside us, 
	there at our birthing, yet on beyond death,
	God of transcendence, unrivalled, majestic, 
	God beyond knowledge, yet closer than breath.

3	God in all being, yet ground of existence, 
	God beyond grasping, unbounded by law,
	while we are moved to sing loud alleluias,
	here would we worship in silence and awe.

Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2014 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk . Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd
Metre: 11 10 11 10
Tune: STEWARDSHIP (Ruddle)