Night is long, dark and endless Why has light gone from the world? Where is the dawn? We try in our way to shine Stand up and give light to our own small worlds It’s hard to keep shining We can be extinguished so easily And darkness soon returns We need Heaven’s light We need…
The day ends And with its ending Comes preparation for a new dawn It’s time to clean away the remains of toil Time to brush teeth, shower, comb hair Make ready for sleep Time for a glass of milk, pyjamas And a soft bed Time, too, to remove the remaining strain With prayer and meditation…
Christmas is many things to many people God in a manger and angel choirs Santa Claus is coming to town Food, and booze, and parties, and presents Even loneliness and grief, missing those who have passed What’s it to me Decorating a tree Wreath on the door Crib on the shelf Carved wooden angel hung…
The children of light Inheritors of the promise Join hands on that day And walk together, singing The rest will run and hide They will rage and cry But the sons and daughters of the King Will lift their eyes to the sun And walk with joy Into eternity
It started as a dream The ladder made real Climbing so high Ascending to the sky The ladder from earth To the throne of God Angels wait to take your hand And help you make the journey step by step Earth is in darkness War and strife and suffering But still the ladder waits as…
A murmuration of starlings covers the sky A thousand small souls wheeling in synchronised flight One mind, one heart They dance for themselves, they dance for love, They dance for the sheer enjoyment of their fleeting art They write their story in the air Exuberant words that only God can read Each bird in tandem…
I heard the oceans cry Fever-sick and hurting I heard the forests grieve Mourning their dead I heard the high winds howl Unstable and wild I heard the deep earth groan Wounded and broken I heard the people Hide their eyes and turn away I heard the leaders Preach the gospel of greed I heard…
Incandescent Burning brighter than a million million suns Each part to be adored Worshipful whole is greater than the sum Beyond time and space Beyond logic and comprehension Bow down before Him Worship the Lord God
The bell tolls The final candle flares to life on the Advent wreath It’s time The bell tolls People leave their homes and head toward the house of God Their hearts are full of joy The bell tolls The doors open wide for all the people Music sounds and voices lift in song The bell…
In the howling of the storm it is the voice of God that whispers, A still small voice Be at peace. I am here. In the raging of the tempest His hand stills the waves In the violence of the whirlwind He stands at the centre We are tossed and torn on the currents Tumbling…
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