Tag: grace

Come wake the dead- hymn

Come, wake the dead and raise the roof  – a hymn with Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 in mind

1             Come, wake the dead and raise the roof, 
                we’ll picnic in the hills;
                the day of God will come to pass, 
                when fear no longer chills.
               
2             Good wine is here to slake your thirst, 
                the hungry feast and rest, 
                the captives will be free at last, 
                the foreigner is blessed.
               
3             God formed us all and made us well 
                and God will bring us home; 
                the broken, beaten, lost, are found, 
                no longer need to roam.
               
4             So join the throng and raise your voice, 
                look round, look up, look well, 
                while all the heavens join our song, 
                ring every freedom bell.

Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)

Words © 2015 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: CM
Tune: CAPEL

In the silent stillness – A hymn reflecting on Hebrew scriptures

A hymn reflecting on Hebrew scriptures – In the silent stillness

1	In the silent, stillness, listen, 
	God is calling will we hear? 
	All too often faith has foundered, 
	grace is muzzled by our fear.
	In our rush and haste and hurry 
	we have lost the time for prayer; 
	lost the time for conversation, 
	then we think God is not there.

2	Yet our forebears grasped a promise 
	of a covenant of grace; 
	God is faithful to that promise 
	in this present time and place.
	Limitless in application, 
	boundless in its scope and span;
	grace is wide enough for thousands, 
	here there is no 'also ran'!
	
3	Spoken to a chosen people 
	for the nations of the earth, 
	see God's love is offered freely, 
	recognising all have worth.
	More than milk, than wine or honey, 
	God has offered, God will give
	bread that all may feast, and freely,
	all rejoice, that all may live!

Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2013 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: 8 7 8 7 D
Tune: ABBOT’S LEIGH


Sometimes the bible seems confused – a hymn inspired by Luke 6: 39 – 49

1	Sometimes the bible seems confused 
	and full of contradiction 
	God give us grace to hear your word, 
	your clear resounding diction.

2	Give us the eyes to see your way 
	and follow where you lead us, 
	that through your word, the bread of life 
	you may fulfill and feed us.

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: 8 7 8 7
Tune: DOMINUS REGIT ME

We cannot privatise God’s grace – hymn – inspired by Luke 6:27-38

We cannot privatise God's grace inspired by Luke 6:27-38 

1	We cannot privatise God's grace
	and in our hearts we know it.
	The love of God is ours, it's free,
	we know that we must show it.

2	The neighbour that becomes a friend
	becomes a gift God's given,
	the barrier that's broken down,
	a clearer path to heaven.

3	So, take my hand and let us dance
	the freedom steps from prison,
	a choreography of love
	where joy is no illusion.

Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2002, 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: 8 7 8 7
Tunes: DOMINUS REGIT ME; ST COLUMBA (Irish – 8787)

A sacramental union – Hymn/Poem Inspired by Mark 10:2-16

A sacramental union - Inspired by Mark 10:2-16

A sacramental union 
that none can put apart, 
and those who sought to fudge the law, 
were challenged from the start. 
The Pharisees were undermined, 
the laws would stay in place, 
with subtle ways of subterfuge 
destroyed without a trace.

Then learning from this interchange 
should we condemn and judge, 
or take a wider view of Christ, 
his spirit and his touch?
When questions of adultery 
were set to catch him out, 
he turned a mirror on the crowd 
and none were left to shout.

Hypocrisy and judgment were 
things that Christ condemned, 
and so we need to judge ourselves 
before we charge a friend.
To love as we would love ourselves
a child can understand, 
and we must unlearn prejudice, 
give grace the upper-hand.

Words Andrew Pratt © 2012 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.Tune: 
Metre: CMD
Tune: ELLACOMBE
Inspired by Mark 10:2-16; May also be used as a poem.