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Nuggets of Wisdom
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For thousands of years
we’ve been using our voic
To tell tales of our past, justifying our choices
Stories passed down through each generation
Using our imagination as a means of explanation
Trying to make sense of a world
that seems senseless
Where tyrants prosper at the expense of the defenceless
When Jesus stepped into a world full of chaos
With three years to teach his disciples the way of
the kingdom of heaven - the way we should live
Gracious, but serious. Often mysterious
He came teaching the truth in short illustrations
Nuggets of wisdom full of life’s complications
Tales of brothers, of fathers and sons
The lost or abandoned and those who belong
Everyday situations brought to life by the incarnation
Of the one who knows our inner motivations
We were made to innately relate to a story
To parables pointing to God in His glory
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Incomplete Pictures
04:58
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The kingdom of heaven
is like the smallest of seeds
Its nature to grow
when it is planted you’ll see
It forms branches wide where birds make their home
The kingdom of heaven is like seed that is sown
Incomplete pictures, each showing a part
Part of the mystery of God’s work of art
The kingdom of heaven
is like the leaven in bread
A pinch in the dough
will make it expand as it spreads
It can’t be removed. It won’t lose its power
The kingdom of heaven is like yeast in the flour
Incomplete pictures, each showing a part
Part of the mystery of God’s work of art
The kingdom of heaven
Is like buried treasure that’s found
The finder will sell all he owns
in order to purchase the land
Then he will make that treasure his own
The kingdom of heaven is like riches unknown
Incomplete pictures, each showing a part
Part of the mystery of God’s work of art
Each little story brings something new
A new way of living. A fragment of truth
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Coming Home
01:05
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In trepidation, his feet tread the well-worn path
Feeling the pain of the day he walked away
When his greed and impatience
ripped the family apart
Having spent all the money on women and wine
He finally decided to swallow his pride
Not expecting to be treated any better than a servant.
He reluctantly returns to the scene of the crime
His heart is thumping inside his chest as he raises his head and catches a glimpse in the distance of somebody watching.
Somebody waiting.
One who’s been constantly hoping and praying.
Drenched by their tears for so many years.
As he slowly makes his way home.
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The Prodigal's Return
03:43
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For years I've been hoping that this day would come
watching and waiting for news of my son
At break of dawn, not a cloud in the sky
On the horizon a sight for sore eyes
A sight for sore eyes
There in the distance in worn tattered robes
I saw a figure was walking alone
My heart leapt for joy and I started to cry
For there was a fellow that I recognised
That I recognised
I ran out to meet him, right there on the road
Kissed and embraced him, I would not let go
My soul was happy as any could be
The son that I loved was returning to me
Returning to me
Quick, bring some clothes and some shoes for his feet
Go tell the cook to prepare a great feast
My son who was lost oh my boy now is found
We will have dancing, let music resound
Let music resound
We will have dancing, let music resound!
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Just An Anolmaly
00:38
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Segregated into tribes
split down political and religious lines
We stick to our own kind
Safe and connected within our own bubbles
In chambers that echo back our own ideology
Our efforts redouble to protect our theology
No room for the ones outside our experience
Blaming and shaming, lacking self-aware honesty
When the one good outsider is just an anomaly
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Why Do You Call Me Good?
04:12
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Why do you call me good?
I was just doing what anyone should
Walking the Jericho roadI saw a man beaten up and alone
I lifted that man, dusted him down
Tended his wounds and then took him to town
I’m unremarkable, I’m just an ordinary man
Why do you call me good?
I was just doing what anyone should
Found him a safe place to stay
Paid for his lodgings and went on my way
Later returned, settled the bill
Checked on his health and then wished him good will
I’m unremarkable, I’m just an ordinary man
Why do you call me good?I was just doing what anyone shouldThe question is why was it me
Who stopped and was moved by a stranger in need?
The two men before simply walked byDidn’t look back and they left him to die
I’m unremarkable, I’m just an ordinary man
Why do you call me good?I was just doing what anyone shouldFaced with another in need
How could I pass him and not intervene?
The bard of my tale did so much morePaid off our debt and he settled the score
He is remarkable, He is no ordinary man
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The Two Sons
00:51
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When asked to help by their father
Two brothers of differing character
Gave divergent responses, contrasting replies
Followed by actions that feel misaligned
The first refused for he had way better things to do
But later, riddled with regret
went out and fulfilled his father’s request
The second politely said that he would
We don’t know if he simply forgot
Or if he knew that he wouldn’t,
but he never turned up
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Actions Speak Louder
04:51
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f I ask you to help and you say that you will but then don’t
If you say that you won’t but later decide that you will
When are you right, when are you wrong?
When are you right, when are you wrong?
Actions speak louder than words
You can say what you like in this world
Empty promises only deceive
Give no reason for me to believe
That you know actions speak louder than words
You can preach up a storm
and know Jesus’ words inside out
When you walk out that door,
your lifestyle is making me doubt
Show me, can you walk the way that you talk?
Can you walk the way that you talk?
Actions speak louder than words
You can say what you like in this world
Empty promises only deceive
Give no reason for me to believe
That you know actions speak louder than words
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Unimpressed
00:55
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With vain repetition and selfish ambition
Pronouncing carefully crafted petitions
With disdain for the poor and ignoring the needy
For prestige and the praises of men they are greedy
Looking around to make sure they are seen
With voices raised in conceited praise, not of the God they profess to believe in but lifting themselves…
Using prayer as a platform to elevate status
Proud and conceited, their hearts are ungracious
Despising those they think of as less
While the God of creation watches on
Unimpressed
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Two men go to pray
One righteous, one sinner
Two men go to pray
One teacher one traitor
One proud and one ashamed
One thankful, one afraid
How will they be received when two men pray?
The Pharisee he prays
His heart is deceived
The Pharisee he prays
His words ill-conceived
He feels no inner shame
Believes he’s free from blame
Betrayed by self-righteousness, the pharisee prays
The tax collector prays
hiding in shadows
The tax collector prays
He cries out to heaven
“Have mercy, Lord forgive
The sin I’m walking in
I am not worthy God”, the taxman prays
Only one is justified
The humble will be lifted high
The way of life reversed
The first are last, the last are first
For we are justified
By the faith we have in Jesus Christ
Not by deed or words.
But in His love we are secure
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Olwen Ringrose Pontyclun, UK
Olwen's Musical Highlights
10/10 reviews from Cross Rhythms for both 'Daughter Of The
King' and 'Hardly A Day'
Supported Kate Simmonds' tour in 2006
Several Appearances on Cross Rhythms Radio 'Rimmerama' show
Worked with top UK musicians such as Mark Edwards, Terl Bryant & Dan Wheeler
... more
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