My Starred Hymns
My FlexScores
My Hymnals
My Purchased Files
Planning worship?
Check out our sister site, ZeteoSearch.org,
for 20+ additional resources related to your search.
- |
User Links
Search Results
Gentle God, When We Are Driven
Author: Shirley Erena Murray Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Appears in 3 hymnals Matching Instances: 3
Gentle God, When We Are Driven
Gentle God, When We Are Driven
Author: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Hymnal: Community of Christ Sings #222 (2013) Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Topics: Alienation; Community; Compassion; Confession; Interpersonal Conflict; Forgiveness; Holy Spirit; Humility; Justice; Human Love; Peace; Reconciliation; Renewal; Repentance; Separation; Trust Languages: English Tune Title: ALLYSHA
Gentle God, When We Are Driven
Gentle God, When We Are Driven
Author: Shirley Erena Murray Hymnal: Voices Together #150 (2020) Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Lyrics: 1 Gentle God, when we are driven
past the limits of our love,
when our hurt would have a weapon
and the hawk destroy the dove,
at the cost of seeming weak,
help us turn the other cheek.
2 Gentle Spirit, when our reason
clouds in anger, twists in fear,
when we strike instead of soothing,
when we bruise and sting and smear,
cool our burning, take our pain,
bring us to ourselves again.
3 In the mirror of earth’s madness
let us see our ravaged face,
in the turmoil of all people
let compassion find a place,
touch our hearts to make amends,
see our enemies as friends.
4 Let our strength be in forgiving
as forgiven we must be,
one to one in costly loving,
finding trust and growing free,
gentle God, be our release,
gentle Spirit, teach us peace. Topics: Anger; Anger; Forgiveness; Forgiveness From God; Justice Economic; Nonviolence; Peace and Justice; Peace Conflict and War; Peace Interpersonal; Reconciliation; Sermon on the Mount Scripture: Isaiah 50:4-9 Tune Title: TAWA
Gentle God, When We Are Driven
Gentle God
Author: Shirley Murray Hymnal: Alleluia Aotearoa #44 (1999) First Line: Gentle God, when we are driven Topics: Forgiveness; Funeral; Love; Peace (Shalom) Languages: English Tune Title: TAWA
Gentle God
Shirley Erena Murray
1931 - 2020 Person Name: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Author of "Gentle God, When We Are Driven" in Community of Christ Sings Shirley Erena Murray (b. Invercargill, New Zealand, 1931) studied music as an undergraduate but received a master’s degree (with honors) in classics and French from Otago University. Her upbringing was Methodist, but she became a Presbyterian when she married the Reverend John Stewart Murray, who was a moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Shirley began her career as a teacher of languages, but she became more active in Amnesty International, and for eight years she served the Labor Party Research Unit of Parliament. Her involvement in these organizations has enriched her writing of hymns, which address human rights, women’s concerns, justice, peace, the integrity of creation, and the unity of the church. Many of her hymns have been performed in CCA and WCC assemblies. In recognition for her service as a writer of hymns, the New Zealand government honored her as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit on the Queen’s birthday on 3 June 2001. Through Hope Publishing House, Murray has published three collections of her hymns: In Every Corner Sing (eighty-four hymns, 1992), Everyday in Your Spirit (forty-one hymns, 1996), and Faith Makes the Song (fifty hymns, 2002). The New Zealand Hymnbook Trust, for which she worked for a long time, has also published many of her texts (cf. back cover, Faith Makes the Song). In 2009, Otaga University conferred on her an honorary doctorate in literature for her contribution to the art of hymn writing.
I-to Loh, Hymnal Companion to “Sound the Bamboo”: Asian Hymns in Their Cultural and Liturgical Context, p. 468, ©2011 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago
Shirley Erena Murray
Larry E. Johnson
b. 1936 Person Name: Larry E. Johnson, 1936- Composer of "ALLYSHA" in Community of Christ Sings
Larry E. Johnson
