*** The theme of this hymn is God’s sovereign mercy. We see you, Lord, through mercy’s lens.midi COMMENTARY A heresy has dogged Christian-Jewish relations for two thousand years: that Christians have supplanted Jews in God’s favour, and that God’s covenant Read More …
*** This hymn is based on two Scripture stories that tell of highly significant pregnancies. Brooding love, creative breath.midi COMMENTARY In Isaiah (A) young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel. Matthew says that Read More …
*** This hymn is in the form of a song.
* This was written in response to a call in Southampton for texts to the tune of John Brown’s Body. Love has drawn a line.midi
*** The original of this (‘The Lord God made a garden’) was written for the Mothers’ Union of St Thomas’ Peartree, Derby, to sing on Mothering Sunday 1979; but I failed to keep a copy. The content here is as the original, but Read More …
** This setting provided the prelude to a music-drama at Lee Abbey about the Passion of Christ.