* In October 2011, as part of a national celebration of the seventy-fifth birthday of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland, a bi-lingual interdenominational festival Cenwch Clod Ddyffryn Tywi Valley Sing Praise was held at Capel Salem in Llandeilo Fawr. Giving expression to some of Read More …
** I set this prayer to be a congregational song, and to mark the ordinations of Rosalind Paul, in Truro, and John Horton, in Coventry. [pdf-embedder url=”http://www.dougconstablehymns.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Come-Flaming-Fire.pdf
I made this song – ‘a Priest’s Prayer’ – to mark the ordinations in 2007 of Rosalind Paul in Truro and John Horton in Coventry. The repeat verse uses the first person plural (“Burn up all our deadly wounds”) to Read More …
* A hymn inspired by the Holy ‘Social’ Trinity. As we share this life between us.midi COMMENTARY The prayer widely known as ‘The Grace’ offers a picture of the Blessed Trinity that contrasts in character with Reginald Heber‘s[1] in his Read More …
*** This very accessible hymn outlines the story told in Acts 2: ‘When the day of Pentecost had fully come… ‘ It was written while my wife was visiting her parents in PENARTH. COMMENTARY The first half of this hymn Read More …
* This hymn celebrates the Feast of the Ascension of Christ. It extemporizes on the verse … far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but Read More …
** 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
*** I wrote this at Lee Abbey to be the post-Communion hymn for Pentecost Sunday. In view of the special character of that Feast-day, I consciously pushed the limits of what a congregation could and would sing way beyond what Read More …