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Hymns
From a friend: There are also some lyrics in the older mainline hymnbooks which cause mirth (in some cases) among modern youth. If your hymnbook contains the hymn “Fill thou my life, O Lord my God” does one verse include the lines “In intercourse at hearth and home with our beloved ones” ? That’s a […]
Review: The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
Review: The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir ‘I’m Amazed… LIVE’ (Brooklyn Tabernacle/INO Records) 2006. Here’s a DVD of 1 hour 30 minutes of brilliant black gospel music – a beautiful, very professional production. The songs are all ‘black gospel’ which means you won’t experience any Bach or classical/mainline hymns or Taize songs (pity; they could have added […]
Review: Songs 4 Worship
This collection of ‘worship hits’ from the 80s and 90s (with one from the 70s and another composed in 2000) is billed by Time-Life as ‘The Greatest Praise & Worship Songs of All Time’. That’s an untruth of course, though you can’t expect marketers who want to sell stuff to have too much integrity… Mind […]
Bar Tunes and Wesley’s Hymns
(First read “Hence Hymns are holier than rock music. Naively forgetting that Hymns in their time were considered evil as much of the music was taken from the current bar tunes of the time.” http://jmm.org.au/articles/567.htm ) ~~~ Bar tunes not Wesleys’ way: exposing the vulgar myth behind Methodist hymns – Religion – inspiration for hymns […]
Don’t Quit
Don’t Quit When things go wrong, as they sometimes will When the road you’re treading seems uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, When you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest, if you must, but don’t you quit. Life is […]
The Summons
The Summons Iona Community Tune Kelvingrove (Scottish Traditional) Will you come and follow me if I but call your name? Will you go where you don’t know and never be the same? Will you let my love be shown, will you let my name be known, Will you let my life be grown in you […]
O For A Thousand Eyes To See
🙂 O FOR A THOUSAND EYES TO SEE (with love to a PK on her 7th birthday) By Cynthia O’Brien O for a thousand eyes to see The pastor’s darling child, The one they say must have been raised By coyotes in the wild. My gracious child, who charms them all, Makes every member beam, […]
Communion Songs
These are three songs we sang last Sunday with Communion (From a pastor-friend): Who is my mother? Who is my brother? All those who gather round Jesus Christ: Spirit-blown people born from the gospel sit at the table, round Jesus Christ. Differently abled, differently labled widen the circle round Jesus Christ crutches & stigmas, cultures […]
Be Thou My Vision
“Be Thou My Vision” (listen to Van Morrison singing it) Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art. Thou my best thought, by day or by night, Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light. 2. Be Thou my Wisdom, Thou my true Word; I […]
The Father
We all experience God’s love from a different perspective – this is mine, but not at all uncommon.My home life as a child consisted of my mum and I. My dad was never under the same roof, apart from a few times he took me to his football club while he poured beers behind the […]
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