Making my soul
This hymn was to complete a sermon given at St John’s Church Maesteilo.
Category: Service
A Fresh Receiving of Psalm 40
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 …
Aarons
AARONS
God, in whom all being grows
* This hymn came as a result of the drowning of young Aylan Kurdi.
Come, Flaming Fire of Divine Love
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 …
God, self-fulfilled in diverse ways
* This text from 2002 was my offering to a ‘hymnsearch’ promoted by a church in the USA, who asked for ‘A hymn to call the Church to affirm gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, and to celebrate their gifts and ministries’. During the course Read More …
You who love and serve creation
* This hymn is written in conscious imitation of and in homage to Erik Routley’s ‘All who love and serve your city’, with Peter Cutts’ music in mind. You who love and serve creation.midi COMMENTARY This hymn is based in 1 Thessalonians Read More …
True servants of the Lord
*** 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 …
O God, to those who hunger (Round)
** This three-part Round can be a Grace before eating O God, to those who hunger (Round).midi
Thy way, not mine, O Lord
** This tune was written for these words, to serve as background music during a scene in a dramatic presentation at Lee Abbey about the calling of Abraham and Sarah. Thy way not mine O Lord.midi Abraham and Sarah, living Read More …