Conflict, Suffering and Doubt
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Though the fruit tree doesn't blossom (StF 93)
Though the fruit tree doesn't blossom
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God is Love: let heaven adore him (StF 103)
God is love: let heaven adore him
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God moves in a mysterious way (StF 104)
God moves in a mysterious way
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Sing for God's glory that colours the dawn of creation (StF 116)
Sing for God's glory that colours the dawn of creation
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When we are tested and wrestle alone (StF 240)
When we are tested and wrestle alone
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When we were in the darkest night (StF 241)
When we were in the darkest night
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When I survey the wondrous cross (StF 287i)
When I survey the wondrous cross
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When I survey the wondrous cross (StF 287ii)
When I survey the wondrous cross
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What a friend we have in Jesus (StF 531)
What a friend we have in Jesus
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Just as I am, without one plea (StF 556i)
Just as I am, without one plea
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Just as I am, without one plea (StF 556iii)
Just as I am, without one plea
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A safe stronghold our God is still (StF 623)
A safe stronghold our God is still
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Calm me, Lord, as you calmed the storm (StF 624)
Calm me Lord, as you calmed the storm
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Deep in the darkness a starlight is gleaming (StF 625)
Deep in the darkness a starlight is gleaming
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Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death (StF 626)
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
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Everyone needs compassion (StF 627)
Everyone needs compassion, love that's never failing
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Faithful One, so unchanging (StF 628)
Faithful One, so unchanging
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God of my faith, I offer you my doubt (StF 629)
God of my faith, I offer you my doubt
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How long, O Lord, will you forget (StF 630)
How long, O Lord, will you forget an answer to my prayer?
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I lift my eyes up to the mountains (StF 631)
I lift my eyes up to the mountains
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I've had questions without answers (StF 632)
I've had questions without answers
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My soul finds rest in God alone (StF 633)
My soul finds rest in God alone
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Fight the good fight with all your might (StF 634)
Fight the good fight with all your might
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My troubled soul, why so weighed down? (StF 635)
My troubled soul, why so weighed down?
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O love that wilt not let me go (StF 636)
O love that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee
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Soldiers of Christ, arise (StF 637)
Soldiers of Christ, arise, and put your armour on
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Through all the changing scenes of life (StF 638)
Through all the changing scenes of life
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Through the love of God our Saviour (StF 639)
Through the love of God our Saviour all will be well
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We turn to God when we are sorely pressed (StF 640)
We turn to God when we are sorely pressed
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When circumstances make my life (StF 641)
When circumstances make my life too hard to understand
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When I'm feeling down and sad (StF 642)
When I'm feeling down and sad
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When, O God, our faith is tested (StF 643)
When, O God, our faith is tested
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When our confidence is shaken (StF 644)
When our confidence is shaken in beliefs we thought secure
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Will your anchor hold in the storms of life? (StF 645)
Will your anchor hold in the storms of life
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A bloodied child (The boy in the ambulance) (website only)
“A bloodied child foreshadowed by a cross” ("The boy in the ambulance") by Andrew Pratt New on 19 August 2016 – a response to the widely viewed video image of a child rescued from a bombed building in Allepo, Syria
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A twisting wind that wreaks such devastation (website only)
"A twisting wind that wreaks such devastation" by Andrew Pratt New on 5 June 2013 - written in the wake of a tornado that devastated suburbs of Oklahoma in May 2013
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Avoiding Holy Saturday
Thoughts on the significance of Easter Saturday by theologian Alan Lewis
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Carol of Peace (website only)
Carol of Peace ("Where is the peace that will cure the world's madness?") by Barbara Honeyball Young New on 30 October 2012, rev.2016 - a carol formed from questions set within the context of contemporary concerns
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Eternal source of humankind (website only)
"Eternal source of humankind" by Gary Hopkins New on 9 July 2013 - a prayer for the support of God's Spirit as we encounter the pressures of modern living
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Give voice to the prophets who speak the hard word (website only)
"Give voice to the prophets who speak the hard word" by Michael Docker New on 28 June, 2012
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God who knows our darkest moments (website only)
“God who knows our darkest moments” by Gareth Hill New on 20 October, 2016 - written to mark the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster, a hymn that speaks to all our griefs and to God's unfailing constancy and love
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Holy Spirit, be my Helper (website only)
“Holy Spirit, be my Helper” ("When alone I come before you") by Harold Stutely New on 22 October 2014 - a prayer to the Holy Spirit in difficult times
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Hopeless to help in this violence, this crisis (website only)
“Hopeless to help in this violence, this crisis” by Andrew Pratt New on 13 January 2015 - a response to the "Charlie Hebdo" shootings in Paris (January 2015), with wider implications for our multi-faith world
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Like Thomas (Life is hard at times) (website only)
“Life is hard at times” by Heather Gallagher New on 9 August, 2017 - the example of Thomas as an inspiration when "faith is low"
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Mary, you were there (website only)
“Mary, you were there on the mount of crucifixion” ("Resurrection Sunday") by Rachael Prince New on 2 April 2015 - understanding the impact of Jesus' personal post-resurrection encounters with his followers
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Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord (website only)
“Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord” by David Lee New on 13 March 2014 – a paraphrase of Psalm 130, to be sung to "the miner's hymn" - Gresford
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Safe, locked inside that upper room (website only)
"Safe, locked inside that upper room" by Marjorie Dobson New on 1 March, 2012 (transferred from Methodist Church website)
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Saint George - more than dragons
Exploring hymns that speak of England's patron saint
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Tectonic plates beneath the ocean's surface (website only)
"Tectonic plates beneath the ocean's surface" by Andrew Pratt
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The world is fraught with danger (website only)
“The world is fraught with danger” by Andrew Pratt New on 18 September 2018 – the post-Easter experience of St Thomas re-thought for the present day
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To the dark place bring a candle (website only)
“To the dark place bring a candle” by Richard Lucas New on 16 November 2015 - two versions of a hymn for times of darkness: in response to war or natural disaster, and for those caring for older people suffering from memory loss
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We turn to you in our despair (website only)
“We turn to you in our despair” by Robert Timpson New on 29 August 2017 – a modern psalm which responds to the world's pain with Christ's example of love
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We would believe (website only)
How do we help communites and individuals to grieve and move on in faith?
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When disaster strikes a nation (website only)
"When disaster strikes a nation" by Norman Goreham
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When innocence is fractured (website only)
“When innocence is fractured” by Gareth Hill New on 21 October 2014 (transferred from Methodist Church website) – written in response to the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004
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When life is shaken to its core (website only)
“When life is shaken to its core” by Andrew Brown New on 19 March 2020 – a hymn for when we feel vulnerable, and revised in light of the Coronavirus pandemic
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When our futures are uncertain (website only)
“When our futures are uncertain” by Adrian Low New on 10 March 2015 - reflecting the life and example of the disciple Thomas
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When the Temple veil was rent (website only)
"When the Temple veil was rent and the earth shook violently" by Norman Goreham...
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You call us to the wilderness (website only)
“You call us to the wilderness” by Paul Wood and Ian Worsfold New on 30 June 2015 – finding strength and gift from desolate and "barren" times