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Love words

What words express the mystery of love?
Love felt?
Love received?
Love committed?
Love lost?
Love divine?

Words of love express our care and compassion, inviting others into relationship.

Explore these resources to discover ‘Love Words’ relevant to your experience and situation, to use in both group worship and personal devotions.

Newest posts . . . (images link to posts)

Alphabetical archive of all ‘Love Words’ resources . . .

Fierce passion — Song of Solomon

God’s table of Love — Thandiwe Dale-Ferguson, USA

Good Shepherd, Guide us in love — Ana Gobledale, UK

Great love, hymn — Sam Goodman, UK

Hindu Love Poem

Holy, holy, holy, Love Now Ascending (hymn) — Jim Burklo, USA

Jesus loves (This old man), children’s song — George Stuart, Australia

Love alone, hymn — Stephen Best, Wales UK

Love Eternal, hymn – Sam Goodman, UK

Love known, hymn — Sam Goodman, UK

Mothering Love, a hymn — George Stuart, Australia

Mystery of matrimony: a daughter marries — Ana Gobledale, UK

Prayer for Weary Souls — David Long-Higgins, USA

Psalm 63, I ache for you — Jim Burklo, USA

Sonnet XVII, a love poem — Pablo Nerudae

Springtime Rhapsody — Song of Solomon

Stretched, a prayer — David Long-Higgins, USA

Tis a Fearful Thing ― Yehuda HaLevi, Spain

Tuning into life is a practice — Anna Blaedel, USA

Valentine for Earth, bookmarks to print — Frances Frost

Valentine’s Day

Wedding banquet prayer — Tod Gobledale, UK

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