Poetry
GREATEST HYMN EVER WRITTEN?
GREATEST HYMN EVER WRITTEN? ie. which produces awe/goosebumps/real adoration for you? Mine: Hebrew – Isaiah 40, Psalm 23 Greek – Philippians 2:4-11 English – When I Survey, Jesus Joy of Loving Hearts Modern (last 50 years)? Pause… have to think about that… Be Exalted O God ? Yours? (I posted this on to Facebook, 11/10/2010: […]
When tragedy strikes? Write a hymn
This hymn was written in 1873 after two major traumas in Horatio Spafford ¢â‚¬â„¢s life. The first was the great Chica go Fire of October 1871, which ruined him financially (he had been a wealthy business man). Shortly after, while crossing the Atlantic, all four of Spafford ¢â‚¬â„¢s daughters died in a collision with another ship. Spafford ¢â‚¬â„¢s […]
THE IMPACT OF T.S. ELIOT’S CHRISTIANITY ON HIS POETRY
By Barry Spurr ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS | 16 AUG 2010 ELIOT’S CHRISTIAN POETRY NEVER IMAGINES THAT RELIGIOUS BELIEF MAKES LIFE, WITH ALL ITS DEMONS, EASIER. By the time that T.S. Eliot, aged 39, was baptised and confirmed in the Church of England in 1927, his reputation as the leading Modernist poet had been secured […]
An Oz Pome: Ode to Canetodia
(Maybe around a campfire you and your mates could add a stanza or two to this roughie): I am an Ozzie Drongo, And Vote for Polly Fella; E’en as he Morphs, in Nullabore, To Macaw, from Rosella. For in the Land of Dingo, The Bunnies, they are rife. ‘Round Electoral Sea, the Sharks do prowl, […]
A HYMN FOR MODERN TIMES (How would you respond to her?)
A hymn for modern times Roz Kaveney guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 5 May 2010 13.57 BST The creeping limping feet of worn-out gods Disturb my sleep; the rotten little sods After my soul again, that much is clear. They want my love, or failing that my fear I used to be immune to all their chat but […]
Old hymns – and new lyrics
by Nils von Kalm http://soulthoughts.com In our Christian culture, with its emphasis on glitz and noise, it is important to look back at times on some of the great hymns that have come to us down through the ages. Some of the greatest hymns of history were written in the most unlikely of circumstances. Consider […]
God is love, let heaven adore him
Our theological lecturer says this is the best ‘hymn of hope’ he knows… (Powerful words by Timothy Rees – 1874-1939 – and the lovely tune Abbott’s Leigh). God is love, let heaven adore him; God is love, let earth rejoice; let creation sing before him, and exalt him with one voice. God who laid the […]
Hymns
Two thoughts about sacred hymns/songs from a Facebook friend: 1 There are good and bad hymns, good and bad modern songs, and some excellent modern hymns too. It’s not the form, musically or lyrically, but the content that counts. I’ve been touched by some of the older hymns but I remember a youth alive meeting […]
Wake up!
“Wake up!” she said, “you dreaming fool, don’t throw your life away. Because life’s too short and you’re too smart to want to hurt yourself that way. And what’s this talk about the fellow man? Look, it’s catch as catch can, understand? You muscle and struggle and get what you can or you’ll never get […]
Jesus Loves Even Us Older Folks!
Jesus loves me, this I know, Though my hair is white as snow. Though my sight is growing dim, Still He bids me trust in him. Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so. Though my steps are oh, so slow, With my hand in his […]
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