The Right Reverend and Right Honourable The Lord Williams of Oystermouth
Martin Leckebusch (1962 – ) Martin E Leckebusch © Author tune: SALLEY GARDENS (Irish tradtional) Public Domain Martin Leckebusch They sat in shocked amazement; the sky was dark once more, the night around them silent where half an hour before the air was rich with music, the sky ablaze with light where messengers from heaven had torn apart the night. …
Martin E Leckebusch (1962 – ) © The Jubilate Group Used By Permission. CCL Licence No. 1372640 Suggested tune: THE ASH GROVE (Welsh traditional) Public Domain See https://www.jubilate.co.uk/songs/creations_vast_treasure where the Warren / Peacock arrangement of the tune can be heard. Martin Leckebusch Creation’s vast treasure yields joys none can measure; its beauties, its secrets, are wondrous and wild. The …
Martin Leckebusch (1962 – ) © 2018 Kevin Mayhew Ltd. Reproduced by permission of Kevin Mayhew Ltd, (www.kevinmayhew.com). Martin Leckebusch Let’s think today about bowls, and potatoes, and wind. But first, we’ll read from Matthew 4: As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a …
Peter Williams (1717-1791), from William Williams (1727-1796) Public Domain Martin Leckebusch Three years ago our conference was held in Carmarthen. If you were there, you’ll remember the excursion which took us, one afternoon, down narrow country lanes barely wider than our hired minibuses. Our destination was the old farmhouse where the hymn writer William Williams lived in the eighteenth century. …
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936)Public Domain Martin Leckebusch It’s natural, when something disruptive or threatening happens, to ask why – why this, why now, why me? Whether the tragedy is personal (bereavement, maybe redundancy) or more far-reaching (flooding, or even a pandemic), people look for reasons. And often, whether spoken or not, there is the question: What have I done to …
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The Secretary’s Newsletter: No.75: Winter 2018 From the Secretary: Revd Robert A. Canham Windrush Braithwaite KESWICK CA12 5SZ Phone: 017687 78054 Email: Please see our Contact page This Quarter’s mailing: With this mailing you will find enclosed the 2017 Festival of Hymns booklet from our Carmarthen Conference which was deferred from our Autumn (October) 2017 mailing. The accompanying Commentary to …
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Here are half a dozen ideas about hymnody which may – or may not – contain a grain of truth … as seen by a self-confessed hymn lover. Myth: Hymns are old, songs are new Or maybe not … Beginning in what came to be called the “hymn explosion” in the 1960’s, huge numbers of new hymns in English have …
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Developments in technology have expanded the range of ways in which hymns can be presented during a service. No longer is it automatically assumed that hymn and service books will be handed out at the door. Even where they are, the time will come to replace these books—and then other options can usefully be explored. Among other possibilities, two of …
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Even with a single hymn book, a typical congregation probably has more hymns at their disposal than they can realistically use; add a supplementary book and access to online resources, and the choice rapidly becomes unmanageable. It is, however, possible to tap into these diverse sources and construct a workable repertoire for a congregation’s use. Here are some hints and …
Answering this question inevitably contains a subjective element: a hymn which one person finds comforting can seem mawkish to someone else, while one believer’s treasured old favourite can sound dated to another Christian. Here, as food for thought, are five balances and five contrasts which may help to identify hymns of quality… Five Balances A good hymn balances… Theology and …
Some hymns are obviously ill-suited to certain services, or to certain parts of a service. It would make little sense to sing ‘Go forth and tell! O church of God, awake!’ as an opening hymn, or ‘Come, ye faithful, raise the anthem’ at the end; ‘We plough the fields and scatter’ is unlikely to be appropriate during Advent. Here are …