Aspidistra Island
In May 1972, for Christian Aid Week, a musical revue based was presented in Bristol, based on parts of the Book of Job. This song was written to accompany a dance expressing an aspect of that man’s brokenness.
Author: Doug
St.Dwynwen’s Day
Not to be outdone by the Conversion of St Paul or by Robert Burns’ Night, St Dwynwen (of whom I’d not heard till arriving in Wales, and is celebrated as ‘the Welsh St Valentine’) also has her day on 25th Read More …
God’s kingdom at the borders
This hymn is a vigorous meditation on Matthew 11.2-11. ‘We have been expecting the Messiah’, John the Baptist said. Addressing Jesus, he asked: ‘Are you he? (We have reason to doubt it.)’ The heart of the story, and of the Read More …
I wear a poppy …
Some people are evidently puzzled by the wearing of white poppies; this song offers an explanation. Starting out as a poem, the first line presented itself to me as ‘Down in yon forest’, a Derbyshire carol set for choir by Read More …