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At the time of his arrest
Jesus prayed for all his friends

  OFFERING ALL WHO CLAIM TO FOLLOW JESUS     Tune:SALZBURG (Hintz) 77.77D Jakob Hintze 1622-1702 Arranged: Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750 CULBACH 77.77 (as 6 verses) Adapted from a chorale in Johann Scheffler’s ‘Heilige Seelenlust’ Breslau, 1657 …

In this cosmic story’s thread
Humans play a tiny part

At each day’s ending and at death
We all can test our living,

As we welcome Spirit’s presence
We find Spirit comes with fire

As we gaze upon the Cross
We discern a tortured man

As the veil of mystery’s lifted,
When the sacred curtains part,

As the sunlight turns to shadow,
And life loosens its firm hold;

As life approaches ending
What times should we recall?

All things exist in flowing change,
All things are ever moving,

As a tree that reaches up
To embrace the rays of light

Are we followers of Jesus
Or disciples of Saint Paul?

All who claim to follow Jesus
To prophetic roles are called.

All things are bound together now;
Without that basic binding force

All cultures chose to name a God
To fight for them in times of war,

Acid speech breeds violent acts
As does use of hurtful names.

In Bill’s belief, attempting to control the actions of God through the manipulation of prayers is best replaced by increasing awareness of God’s processes within the evolution of the Cosmos and of ourselves.

William (Bill) Livingstone Wallace is a retired New Zealand Methodist Minister and one of our most prolific contributors.

This presentation is a celebration of the cosmos and its processes. Why? We are living in a time not only of the meltdown of glaciers but also of ideological systems.

In his lifetime Jesus taught us
To observe and then reflect
On the laws that nature teaches
If we pause and then inspect,

Say welcome to the real world,
A world where crosses grow,
Nurtured by groups whose “One way”
Can seem as pure as snow.

Durham Street Methodist ChristChurch New Zealand (Aotearoa) January 20, 2019 service led by Rev. Bill Wallace featuring some of his hymns. Our theme today is Christian Theology and global warming.

Index to all of William L. Wallace’s Children’s Songs

Index to all of William L. Wallace’s Celebrating Mystery Hymns

Index to all of William L Wallace’s Boundless Life Hymns

Index to all of William L. Wallace’s Worship Hymns for Nature’s Seasons

Index to all of William L. Wallace’s Festive Worship Hymns

1. Winter is the season of the revelation of basic structure. If I was to strip away all the paraphernalia of my life what form would it have?

How many of the things which I do are related to the roots
of my spirit.

2. Winter is the season for hibernation. What rhythm do I have for reflection as well as action?
What frequency and length of time do I need in solitude in order to facilitate the growth and quality of my spirituality?

Like the falling of the leaves security in life lies in the process not in the fixed points.
Without harvest there can be no seed time.
Without death there can be no new life, no new beginning.

1. The fragrance of Spring lies not in judgement’s intervention but in love’s nurturing of the interior goodness.
2. Spring is not so much a moment as a movement, a manifestation of the sometimes hidden but always present life-force of God.

The flowering of summer is only eclipsed by the flowering of the human spirit.
Flowering has no permanency – only the process remains. Indeed the flowering only exists for the continuation of the process.

From time immemorial the circle has been a symbol of inclusiveness
and unity.

We have come in the midst of life to grieve for the death of ____, to give thanks for his/her life and to bid him/her farewell. Death and life are one in the purposes of love. Jesus said ‘if you grieve with all your heart, you shall find healing’.

1. Without an overview of the Bible it is very easy to gain an erroneous impression of what the Bible is all about.
2. Look behind the words to the people.

1. Every tear is a womb which can birth new life.
2. Grief is the narrow passage through which we pass from death to life.

Nothing lasts forever in the same form.