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  • Hymn of the day

    Hymn of the day

    Another hymn by Charles Wesley. This hymn was adapted by John Wesley for public use from a love poem that his brother Charles had originally written for his wife, Sarah (Sally).

  • Hymn of the day

    Hymn of the day

    Today’s hymn was written by German theologian Joachim Lange (1670 -1744) and translated into English by John Wesley.

  • Hymn of the day

    Hymn of the day

    Another of Charles Wesley’s hymns. I don’t think I’ve ever sung this one, but it is a fine statement of Christian hope in a time of bereavement.

  • Hymn of the day

    Hymn of the day

    One of Charles Wesley’s best known hymns today

  • Hymn of the Day

    Hymn of the Day

    This is not one of Mr Wesley’s that I’ve ever sung, but I think it should be! I can’t tell you what tune it would have been set to, but it goes nicely to ‘Amsterdam’

  • My favourite Richard Hall

    My favourite Richard Hall

    Richard Hall is a common enough name and there are plenty of us to choose from among the current crop. But my favourite can be found in Georgian England.

  • Hymn of the Day

    An Advent hymn from Charles Wesley

  • Hymn of the day

    JESUS comes with all his grace, Comes to save a fallen race, Object of our glorious hope, Jesus comes to lift us up! Let the living stones cry out! Let the seed of Abram shout! Praise we all our lowly King, Give him thanks, rejoice, and sing! He has our salvation wrought, He our captive […]

  • The “4 All’s” of Methodism

    This is a more-or-less complete service I wrote for our Circuit, for use when no preacher was available. It is based around the “4 all’s”, the slogans which have been used to summarise the distinctive emphases of Methodist theology. I’m sharing it here for the same purpose, and of course if anyone wants to use…