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
Tag: grace
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.
Hidden mysteries amaze us Mark 4: 26 – 34
Hymn: Hidden mysteries amaze us June 16TH Lectionary Mark 4: 26 – 34
Hidden mysteries amaze us,
seed is sown then grows up high,
swelling seas form mighty mountains,
stars adorn the evening sky.
Jesus saw in life a story,
parables of love and grace,
things of God and revelation,
rooted, grounded in each place.
Yet for some the grace stayed hidden,
clouded, shrouded from their eyes,
others read the words more clearly,
God unmasked, not in disguise.
Here in Christ they saw the God-head,
emptied now of all but love;
God now grounded, standing with them,
not in cosmic space above.
© Andrew Pratt 31/5/2012
Words © 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: GOTT WILL’S MACHEN
Metre: 8.7.8.7
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