Psalms and hymns plus

This blog chiefly contains metrical versions of the psalms based on the NIV text but also poems I have written down the years

20170822

Advice for Year 6s about to become Year 7s

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Don't be apprehensive About the comprehensive
20170819

An Aberystwyth Back Lane

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An Aberystwyth back lane Walked again and again. There George Jetson they portrayed Upon a garage door. Year by year the paint would ...
20170419

A voice I love

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A voice I hear, a voice I know, It speaks the words I love, "Praise him from whom all blessings flow" Let's praise the One ...

The loneliest day

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The loneliest day of my life Was marked not by sadness But was a day I spent alone With you and no-one else.
20170414

I cried to the Lord

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LM I cried to the Lord from the deep O Lord, hear my voice as I weep. My Lord, listen closely to me I cry to you, Lord, set me free. ...
20170411

2 Thessalonians 3:13

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Lord, may the message quickly spread And may it too be praised. Spare us the evil that we dread. For many have no faith. But you, O...
20170410

Deuteronomy 32:3, 4

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I will proclaim his Name - the LORD, May he forever be adored! His works are right, his ways are just, He is the Rock on whom I trust....
20170409

Hymn Jeremiah 16:19-21

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O Lord my strength, my hiding place, My refuge in distress, To you the nations all will trace, Each people tribe and tongue. Our father...
20170408

Hymn The war within

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What is this law at work I see? What makes me live this way? The Holy Spirit lives in me But sin's a foe to slay. It is not that...
20170403

Lament for the 82 bus

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O bus! Red bus sublime! Up whose steep steps I'd climb, Looking for a seat (having stood before); When again will you arrive on ti...
20170317

That Night

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Cold night wore black, Heaven's stars stood still. Moon showed a track Through Winter's chill. Her urgent cries Could forest...

In your arms

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In this case the connection between music and words is only that both have the same title. (I originally headed my words Held in your arms...

Pop song

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Some years ago I wrote these words to the tune you can find here I don't believe in limbo But I am there I know, You're far away...
20170316

Prayer for the start of the day

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Lord, accept my worship Lord, accept my praise, Nothing is a hardship When on you I gaze. Lord, be at the centre Of my life today. ...

Attention wandering

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Line up on lecture notes ... "In 1857  ..." Heat increases. Beans on toast and a refreshing cup of ... "Fully intended...
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Welsh pastor [born '59] at Childs Hill Baptist, London ['83ff] husband to Eleri ['88ff]; father to 5 sons [b '89-'01]; 4 daughters-in-law ['09ff]; 9 grandchildren ['14ff] author: several books, many blogs.
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