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Doug Constable Hymns

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Category: Advent

God’s kingdom at the borders

Posted onDecember 11, 2019December 11, 2019AuthorDougLeave a comment

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 …

CategoriesAdvent, Hymns, Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, Sovereign Authority, Suffering love

God holds all times and seasons

Posted onNovember 24, 2002May 23, 2016AuthorDoug

* This hymn is concerned with ‘the end of all things’, as envisioned by the apostle Paul. God holds all times and seasons.midi COMMENTARY 1 Thessalonians 5.1-11 Paul writes about the day of the Lord, urging believers to encourage one another. Read More …

CategoriesAdvent, Hymns, The Church

Under Advent

Posted onNovember 29, 1996May 25, 2017AuthorDougLeave a comment

A friend, Nicola Slee, wrote this poem in 1993, and I set it for unaccompanied SATB in 1996. It is a challenging sing, the trick being, not only to get the chromatic intervals correctly, but to find an effective balance Read More …

CategoriesAdvent, Anthems, Unaccompanied

Revitalise our spirits, Lord

Posted onAugust 16, 1996December 1, 2019AuthorDoug

*** This a hymn for Advent Sunday. COMMENTARY Two Scripture passages have inspired this hymn. They make it plain that everyday human time is to be interrupted by the coming of the Son of Man. Announced in Matthew 24.36-44, it is Read More …

CategoriesAdvent, Community, Hymns, Out-workings of the Gospel, The Church

We can hear and see each day

Posted onMarch 4, 1996May 23, 2016AuthorDoug

*** This hymn registers a suspicion of doubt behind John the Baptist’s question to Jesus: “You cannot really be the One who is to come, can you?” In singing, it would be fitting to sound a sense of awe in Read More …

CategoriesAdvent, Hymns, Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, Ministry, Mission, The Church

Woodbourn Advent

Posted onNovember 25, 1995August 5, 2016AuthorDougLeave a comment

This was composed for an Advent Service at Woodbrooke, the Society of Friends’ conference house in Selly Oak, Birmingham. Woodbourn Advent.midi In November 1995, on a poster outside the Friends’ Meeting House in Bournville, the following words were inscribed: Wait Read More …

CategoriesAdvent, Anthems, Shorter, The Church, Unaccompanied

Maranatha. The Lord is in this place (Rounds)

Posted onMay 22, 1985June 22, 2016AuthorDougLeave a comment

** These rounds were written for a drama workshop directed by Walter Hollenweger, about the church at Corinth. Either or both are particularly suitable for gathering worshipers together. Maranatha . The Lord is in this place (Rounds).midi

CategoriesAdvent, Devotional, Pentecost, Personal responses, Rounds, The Church

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