Tag: praise

Each person bears the image of God’s face

Each person bears the image of God’s face – a hymn inspired by Philippians 2: 1-13

Each person bears the image of God’s face 
and we have met and gathered here to praise:
a worldwide movement channelling God’s love 
to live and demonstrate creative grace.
             
As Moses saw within a burning bush, 
the ground of human being and all thought, 
so when we come to worship in this place, 
may dancing creativity be caught.
             
God’s grandeur over-brims to all the world, 
the flaming, incandescent spirit’s power,
that if we will, transforms our lives to act, 
to reach beyond this present time, this hour.
             
The narrative of God is where we live, 
each action that we take now changes lives, 
can bring to bear God’s gracious, hopeful love. 
Praise God! through us God’s spirit moves and strives.

Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
Words: Andrew Pratt (born 1948) © 2009 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.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: 10 10 10 10 Tune: WOODLANDS
Created by HymnQuest.com

Morris Dancing, Great Budworth © Andrew Pratt

The world is burning – Advent after COVID & COP 26 – hymn

The world is burning, twinkling lights betray 
a damaged conscience, we have lost our way.
Our neighbours drown, we build on solid ground, 
as Jesus weeps while songs of praise resound.

Within this season darkness clouds each mind, 
consumption numbs the pain we ought to find 
when hearing news of hunger and of drought, 
a stable’s birth should soon erase all doubt:

the Christ we claim to know, born in the dirt, 
while at our doors our neighbours starve and hurt.
So put aside this carolling and praise
until compassion drives our words and ways.

Andrew Pratt 19/11/2021
Words © 2021 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, http://www.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: WOODLANDS
Metre: 10.10.10.10

A patchwork of knowledge of science and praise https://bramhallmethodists.org.uk/scienceandprayer/

A patchwork of knowledge of science and praise,
exploring creation while numbering our days,
yet each can confound us, with challenge or choice,
unsettle or change us, give cause to rejoice.

Each discipline offers perspective and view,
some narrow, abandoned or followed by few,
our relative thinking, experience and ways,
maintaining a template for prayer and for praise.

Andrew Pratt 28/9/2019
Tune: ST DEINIO
Metre: 11.11.11.11
Words © 2019 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, http://www.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.