From the Festive Worship collection
There is no Easter without making one’s peace with the dead and with the forces of destruction that lurk within the human psyche.
From the Festive Worship collection
When love and hatred engage in mortal conflict it is love which suffers most; but love has the final victory.
From the Boundless Life collection
Within Christ’s complex heart and mind Three streams emerged and joined as one: The man who spoke with prophet’s fire Showed mother-love and childlike fun.
From the Boundless Life collection
As flesh reveals a path to sacredness, As body, mind and spirit merge as one, As life is lived with interweaving links, We dance the rhythmic pulse of Moon and Sun.
The life of Jesus shows a way Of living life in love each day. He lived with kindness, but was strong In striking out against all wrong.
Hymn words by Shirley Erena Murray
Now the star of Christmas shines into our day, points a new direction: change is on the way –
Blessed be our journey as we make our way, Reaching forward to that timeless day When God's mighty hand will unite in loving bond All creation in new life beyond.
From the Boundless Life collection
O golden doors now open wide Revealing myst'ry's grace, The grace beyond the imaged word; Beyond all time and space.
For deeper love we spread the bread I won’t be full till all are fed Till every soul has home and bed The rest of us can’t move ahead
Watch mountain shadows run Allelujia! Amen! Clouds gilded by the sun Allelujia! Amen! Hear tumbling water sing Birds calling on the wing
A young man roams the city With anger in his eyes. His rage glows like an ember, His soul is cold as ice.
O God of peace, be with us now. Stand here beside us; bring hope this day. Transform this world of greed and strife, From domination to your new way.
Praise life that makes us change and grow Praise love that makes compassion flow Praise peace that ends all strife and fear Praise hands that work for justice here
A Wedding Hymn
Like potter’s clay on spinning wheel, Grasped by strong hands that push and pull, Our lives take shape in height and breadth, In form and grace most wonderful.
A Wedding Hymn
In community we gather, Off'ring blessings on this day. Friends and fam'ly joined together, Raising voices now to pray.
God is less tangible than a neutrino (taking a short-cut? Or faster than light?
: Shaping Contemporary 'Sunday Morning' Experiences
The first of three presentations during the launch of the Lay Forum, a progressive lay movement within the Queensland Synod of the