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Now take away the stone, he is not dead
Now take away the stone, he is not dead
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: 'Now take away the stone, he is not dead', Fifth Sunday in Lent John 11: 1 - 45 'Now take away the stone, he is not dead', the people looked amazed, yet some with dread. For Lazarus was buried four long days, the stench said this was more than just a phase. Yes dead is dead…
Now, in the garden, secretly
Now, in the garden, secretly
by Andrew Pratt
Now, in the garden, secretly a man and woman met. Outside a still and empty tomb she wished she could forget. Her mind still held the vivid sight: his body scarred and torn, and nothing here could dry her tears beneath this teasing dawn. Verses 3-5 follow Tune: GERONTIUS Metre: …
Now is the time to reassess
Now is the time to reassess
by Andrew Pratt
Now is the time to reassess our place within God's grace, a time for calm, reflective prayer, to meet God face to face. Now is the time for honesty for God is by our side; each action seen and understood, no way that we can hide. Verses 3-4 follow Metre: CM Tune: FINGAL Andrew …
Once, like a mighty rushing wind
Once, like a mighty rushing wind
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Once, like a mighty rushing wind Acts 2: 1 – 21 Once, like a mighty rushing wind, the Holy Spirit came. From Pentecost, the world they knew could never be the same. The Christ that they had loved and known, the one who hung and died, was in their living, laughter, joy; and …
Times and Seasons - Once crimson poppies bloomed
Times and Seasons - Once crimson poppies bloomed
by Andrew Pratt
Once crimson poppies bloomed out in a foreign field, each memory reminds where brutal death was sealed. The crimson petals flutter down, still hatred forms a thorny crown. For in this present time we wait in vain for peace, each generation cries, each longing for release, while w…
One after another we wait on the warnings
One after another we wait on the warnings
by Andrew Pratt
One after another we wait on the warnings One after another we wait on the warnings, one after another the prophets cry out; our ears are unhearing we go on regardless ignoring the pleadings while feigning our doubt. The story is old as the faith that we follow, through each gene…
PENTECOST HYMN - The backwash of rumour unsettles the faithful,
PENTECOST HYMN - The backwash of rumour unsettles the faithful,
by Andrew Pratt
Pentecost hymn that moves from the disciples behind closed doors to a challenge to us to ....go out in the power of that spirit to live lives like Jesus, to cheer and restore the ones who are broken, derided, forsaken, [knowing that]...the future is sure. Tune: Streets of Laredo …
Perpetual fashion, flowery prayers
Perpetual fashion, flowery prayers
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Perpetual fashion, flowery prayers Proper 26 Year A Matthew 23:1-12 Perpetual fashion, flowery prayers, a show to make you blink, the Scribes and Pharisees sought praise, and that should make us think. Hypocrisy had been condemned, Christ saw another way, of humble service,…
Grumpy, graceless human beings
Grumpy, graceless human beings
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Grumpy, graceless human beings Proper 20 Year A Exodus 16: 2-15 Grumpy, graceless human beings angry at their lot; Moses once had been their idol, but they soon forgot. Slaves set free should be more grateful, but we’re just the same; satisfaction soon exhausted, ready to c…
Hymn: When we go with the flow where God’s spirit is leading
Hymn: When we go with the flow where God’s spirit is leading
by Andrew Pratt
We go with the flow where God’s spirit is leading, and sense all the good that God calls us to do, the way may be hard and our prayers become pleading, and yet God can lead us to things that are new. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: STREETS OF LAREDO Metre:12.11.12.11 Andrew Pratt (born…
The gospel is beginning
The gospel is beginning
by Andrew Pratt
A hymn about the beginning of Jesus ministry (Mark 1 – ‘this is the beginning of the gospel...) with allusion to the wedding at Cana in Galilee (John 2)), Jesus words in the Synagogue after reading from the scroll (Luke 4), and our continued commitment to living out the gospel. L…
A toast to God, I lift my cup
A toast to God, I lift my cup
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: A toast to God, I lift my cup ! Third Sunday of Easter Psalm 116: 1- 4; 12 – 19. A toast to God, I lift my cup! a God who senses, God who feels, who reached with care to rescue me when hell was hard upon my heels. When life was twisted all about, the world was spinning upsi…
As boats can carve a way through waves
As boats can carve a way through waves
by Andrew Pratt
Epiphany 3 year A Matthew 4: 12 – 23 Hymn; As boats can carve a way through waves As boats can carve a way through waves, so Jesus surged through lives. The challenge that he offered then, disrupts and yet revives... Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, …
Persisent in witness and certain in call
Persisent in witness and certain in call
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Persistent in witness and certain in call Fourth Sunday of Easter Year A Acts 2: 42 – 47 Persistent in witness and certain in call, big Peter is singing and telling them all: the way of God’s love had reached way beyond death, so now through the Spirit they sing with God’s …
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