I had been accompanying contralto Eileen Wetherell for some years, during which time she was accepted for ordination training. Following the General Synod vote in November 1992 to accept women as priests in the Church of England, and after Eileen’s Read More …
* I wrote this to give wings to a sermon preached in St Teilo’s Church Llandeilo Fawr on Bible Sunday (which is also Reformation Sunday in some parts of the Protestant world). God, in-breathing holy Scripture.midi
*** An achingly beautiful melody, hauntingly harmonised, to express an attempted response to Jesus’ comment on the seventh Commandment. COMMENTARY This hymn responds to what may be presumed to be one of Christianity’s most deeply felt conversation-killers: You have heard Read More …
*** This hymn celebrates the life-affirming power of God’s Word. True servants of the Lord.midi COMMENTARY The searing and intimate encounter that is the basis for this hymn is itself set in a larger context. It provides a reminder that Read More …
** In a music-drama about the Book of Ruth this four-part round was written for the one playing the role of Ruth to dance the gleaning of the barley (Ruth 2.3). Rejoice O land (round)