General (Vol. 3)

Article Sections

Contents

  1. Unblemished Lamb
  2. God's Music
  3. Judgement
  4. Praise to the Trinity
  5. Living and Speaking
  6. When Iseael Wept
  7. Source of Sacred Light
  8. Jesus is Living in Everyone
  9. Year End
  10. The Turbulent Day
  11. The Softest Touch
  12. Children of God
  13. Following Jesus
  14. Lord of All
  15. The Word Made Flesh
  16. O Light, O Word, O Flesh
  17. Living Trinity
  18. Holy Family
  19. Peace
  20. Poor But Rich
  21. Courage, My Soul
  22. Clear as the Starry Skies
  23. A New Start
  24. I Want to Walk With You
  25. Success and Failure
  26. The Bridge of Love
  27. The Holy Catholic Church
  28. The Trinity In History
  29. Home and Away
  30. O Light Beyond
  31. Faith in Uncertainty
  32. Hymn for the Abandoned
  33. The Sacramental Church
  34. Comfort in the Lord
  35. Together in God
  36. There is Love
  37. Stretch Out
  38. For the Troubled
  39. Jesus Our Saviour
  40. Sacred Paradox
  41. On Hearing Rowan Cantuar's Installation Address
  42. Justification
  43. Symbiosis
  44. Child
  45. Infinite
  46. The Clouds of War
  47. Tribute
  48. Returnings
  49. Towering Peaks
  50. The Kingdom

Returnings

Part i.

  1. Keep me near Your living spring,
    Keep me in Your loving fold;
    Calm me with Your cherishing,
    Proof against all guile and gold:
    I have stumbled on the way,
    I have often lost the fight;
    faced the long and weary day
    And the dangers of the night.
  2. Feed me with Your very bread,
    Warm my spirit with Your wine;
    Fill me with Your saving word,
    Teach me how to make it mine:
    I have heard You cry for peace,
    I have seen You on the Cross;
    I have felt the stone's release
    Making triumph out of loss.
  3. I will give You all the love
    That Your creature can supply,
    First received from You above,
    That no lover could deny:
    I am growing in desire
    Living here on earth a while;
    I am filled with gentle fire,
    I half smile with heaven's smile.

Part ii.

  1. Once I felt so far away,
    Now it feels like the last mile;
    All my better parts in play,
    Born of substance not of style:
    It's been a long time coming back to You,
    I thought I must be true to myself
    But that means being true to You.
  2. I have drunk of distant streams
    I have seen the wildest sights;
    I have muddled days and dreams,
    Thought that I would fade from sight:
    But Your clarity is so intense
    I am tempted to compete,
    But the clue is reverence.
  3. Let me undot the I in me,
    Carry the cross in silent prayer;
    Then may I cross the T in Thee
    Proclaim Your presence everywhere:
    It is not earth that has made You,
    You are the meaning of the earth:
    And I put all my trust in You.

Part iii.

  1. It's not the wrench of last goodbye
    Nor the harsh scream of broken love;
    It's not a wild denunciation
    Of the power that reigns above:
    Lord, sometimes I just slip away;
    help me to get closer to you today.
  2. It's not a night of anguished dreams,
    Nor a day helplessly bleak;
    Nor the silt of disillusion
    Making resolution weak:
    Lord, sometimes I fade from fire to grey;
    Help me to burn more brightly today.
  3. It's Not a plutocratic orgy
    Nor a bout of heartless greed;
    But the niggle of anxiety
    To have a bit more than I need:
    Lord, sometimes the world gets in the way;
    Help me to look at Heaven today.
  4. I will read some words You gave us,
    I will say a little prayer;
    I will give more than I'm asked for
    As a witness that You're there:
    Lord, I will do the small things right today;
    And slowly turn the tide that has been pulling me away.

Part iv.

  1. You are my friend but You are My Lord,
    Familiar but to be adored;
    You are a servant but You are my king,
    In giving Yourself You give everything:

         Only with You can I be happy,
         Only with You can I mean so much;
         But the meaning all flows from what You made me,
         The meaning of always being in touch.
  2. I'm sure that You smiled but I see You so sad,
    Even though You must see the good past the bad;
    It's only a small thing I'm going to do,
    Here is a prayer just for You:

         Only with You can I be happy...