Loving God, Deepen my root In the soil of You Pressure enough To hold and grow All You intend Into fullness of blossom In seasons of Your design. Grant me grace To be connected To other roots Also fashioned by You That strength may abound In connections You form For every storm Of the world’s […]
Mis-hear How can they choose to treat faith As an excuse to live lives filled with hate? How can they still promote war As though that’s what your peace fights on for? How can they dare define love As a word meant for them to shun us? How can they collect their wealth And keep […]
A prayer giving thanks for the ceasefire announcement God of Love, We are thankful for the work that has been done to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and pray that it may be implemented and lead to a lasting peace in the region. With grateful hearts we celebrate the promised release of all […]
Tune: Finlandia How good it is to hear the words you’ve spoken To take your love and offer it to all To take your hope to where your world is broken To help and heal and lift up those who fall How good it is to know your love and feel it To know how […]
inspired by Romans 12.1 Beloved, we are all one in this. The Spirit is yearning in you, the mercy of God birthing in you. Give all of yourself to God, not just your mind: your hands and eyes, your breath and loins, your hungers and your energies, your skin and its secrets, your frailties and […]
God’s the whole God is none God is three God is one God’s a me God’s a you God’s absurd God is true God’s ‘I Am’ God’s ‘You Are’ God is near God is far God exists God does not God is all God’s a lot God is small God’s a thought God’s a man […]
Epiphany 4, Year C, Revised Common Lectionary This might be read by one or two readers, or as a responsive reading for the congregation. Loving One, all I want is to be safe with you; keep away the people who only come to mock me. Let me feel your strength coming to my rescue, hear […]
tune: We have come into this place Love is moving in this place And holding us with peace and tenderness Love is calling us with grace To lift up all with hope and gentleness Love is showing us your face And radiating life to make us more like Christ Love is here, love that comes […]
21st Sunday after Pentecost, Year B I feel alone, no one can help, no one hears. I feel abandoned, separate in time and space and yet I know you are all around. You are always there for humanity, listening, speaking, giving knowledge and wisdom, but I feel cut off, feel less than human, separate from […]
New words for a familiar tune: Nun danket Now thank we all our God for justice flowing waters, For hope that shines throughout The darkness of our world Forgive our selfish ways, our wanton paths of greed. Lift up our eyes to love, to help our neighbours’ need. Now thank we all our God For […]
