Hymns and Other Worship Materials
William (Bill) Livingstone Wallace is a retired New Zealand Methodist Minister and one of our most prolific contributors.
The ‘Sacred’ has so many names By which we do adore The mys’try of the universe, The ever puzz’ling ‘More’.
Boundless love in all creation, Source and pulse of human life, Unseen hope of every nation, Healer of disease and strife;
They’re carted off like cattle, yet we’d refuse a bed to those who flee from carnage now drowned, or lost or dead?
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Nothing lasts forever in the same form.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Romance is only healthy within the context of our love for life, for the mystery, for the divine.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Buried in every beginning is an ending.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
All of us have experienced mental or physical suffering at the hands of other people. But each of us has also brought suffering to others.
From the Festive Worship collection
Do not let the Christian doctrine of the Trinity alienate you from the oneness of God; for God is both the many and the one.
From the Seasoned Celebration collection
1. The seasons of the human heart reflect the seasons of nature. 2. For most things there is a right time but for some things such as manipulation, oppression and injustice there is never a right time.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Until we discern the riches of the other tradition, any union will simply be a matter of absorption. Uniting two traditions can create a space where a third and more life- giving form of spirituality can emerge.
From the Festive Worship collection
If we are unwilling to learn from history, we commit ourselves to reliving the mistakes of our ancestors.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Remembering our ancestors gives life to ourselves and also to them, for we are our ancestors and they are us.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
To look into the eyes of your beloved is to experience a mystery which the eye cannot discern. There is no second hand mystery. Descriptions of it are a poor substitute for the experience.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
“I GREET THAT OF THE COSMOS WITHIN YOU”
Sister Spirit moves around us; Brother Spirit joins in love; She and He together dancing crowned with holy Heavenly Dove.
Links to collections of worship liturgies on the theme of care of the Earth
Written with David N. Johnson
Banquet of God, inclusive table, All are invited to dine with the Lord. All here are guests, honored and valued; Come and break bread and drink wine: be restored.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Beyond the encounter with the historic Jesus is the meeting with the Inner Christ.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
1. It is a wise person who knows their ignorance. 2. You can never grasp all of the mystery. You can only allow yourself to be grasped by it.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
New images arise out of the death of old images so do not be afraid of the wilderness or of the dying.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
1. Every apparently static order is but a temporary illusion. 2. The illusion of the order and the reality of the chaos.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Practice noticing what is humorous and on reflection you will be able to fill your life with laughter.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
THEME The Complexities of Spirituality THOUGHTS FOR REFLECTION Instead of concentrating on what we think is wrong with other world religions, our time could be spent more profitably on identifying what we have in common.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
ON RISING May awareness be my companion, love my friend and amazement my expectation.
I heard a contemporary hymn on Sunday morning during the Eucharist and fell in love with the melody. It was the “Untitled Hymn
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
THEME Two Faces of the One God –the One Life Force THOUGHTS FOR REFLECTION 1. Darkness is the womb of the light, nothingness the womb of all things.
by Rick Cypert and Jean Henderson
Bound within by my own mind, And a day not left behind. Circling round the memory stays, Echoing through all my days.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
THEME The path to destruction and the path to new life.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
The unthankful get the misery which they have brought upon themselves Nothing liberates the human mind as much as a thankful spirit.