Brian A. Wren

Short Name: Brian A. Wren
Full Name: Wren, Brian A., 1936-
Birth Year: 1936

Brian Wren (b. Romford, Essex, England, 1936) is a major British figure in the revival of contemporary hymn writing. He studied French literature at New College and theology at Mansfield College in Oxford, England. Ordained in 1965, he was pastor of the Congregational Church (now United Reformed) in Hockley and Hawkwell, Essex, from 1965 to 1970. He worked for the British Council of Churches and several other organizations involved in fighting poverty and promoting peace and justice. This work resulted in his writing of Education for Justice (1977) and Patriotism and Peace (1983). With a ministry throughout the English-speaking world, Wren now resides in the United States where he is active as a freelance lecturer, preacher, and full-time hymn writer. His hymn texts are published in Faith Looking Forward (1983), Praising a Mystery (1986), Bring Many Names (1989), New Beginnings (1993), and Faith Renewed: 33 Hymns Reissued and Revised (1995), as well as in many modern hymnals. He has also produced What Language Shall I Borrow? (1989), a discussion guide to inclusive language in Christian worship.

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Wikipedia Biography

Brian A. Wren (born 1936 in Romford, Essex, England) is an internationally published hymn-poet and writer. Wren's hymns appear in hymnals of all Christian traditions and have been influential in raising the awareness of theology in hymns. Brian Wren is married to Rev. Susan M. Heafield, a United Methodist pastor.

Texts by Brian A. Wren (135)sort ascendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
"You are my body!" Joy and wonder!Brian Wren (Author)English2
Wonder of wonders, Life is beginningBrian A. Wren (Author)English6
Woman in the nightBrian Wren, 1936- (Author)English9
With humble justice clad and crownedBrian A. Wren (Author)English3
Will you come and see the light from the stable door?Brian A. Wren (Author)English, Spanish3
Who is God— young or old?Brian A. Wren (Author)English2
When pain and terror strike by chanceBrian Arthur Wren, 1936- (Author)English2
When on life a darkness fallsBrian Wren (1936- ) (Author)2
When minds and bodies meet as oneBrian Wren (Author)English3
When love is found and hope comes homeBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English33
When Jesus, went to CalvaryBrian Wren (Author)2
When illness meets denial and rejectionBrian A. Wren (Author)English2
When grief is raw and music goes unheardBrian Wren (b. 1936) (Author)English6
When Christ was lifted from the earthBrian Wren (1936- ) (Author)English14
When all is ended, time and troubles pastBrian Wren, 1936- (Author)4
What was your vow and visionBrian A. Wren (Author)English3
[Welcome the Wild One]Brian A. Wren (Author)English2
Weep for the dead. Let tears and silence tellBrian A. Wren (Author)2
We offer Christ to all the world around usBrian A. Wren (Author)English2
We Meet as Friends at TableBrian Wren, 1936- (Author)English2
[We Bring, You Take]Brian Wren (Author)English2
We are your people, Lord, by your graceBrian Arthur Wren, 1936- (Author)English13
We are not our own. Earth forms usBrian A. Wren (Author)5
Unbounded Spirit, breath of GodBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English4
Trav'ling, trav'ling over the worldBrian A. Wren (Author)English2
[Transfiguration (Wren)]Brian A. Wren (Author)English2
Three things I promise, Holy God (Ce que je promets ô Dieu saint)Brian Wren (Author)English, French2
This we can do for justice and for peaceBrian Wren (Author)English2
This is a story full of loveBrian Wren (Author)English5
This is a day of new beginningsBrian A. Wren (Author)English22
There's a spirit in the airBrian Wren (b. 1936) (Author)English32
Thank you God, for water, soil, and airBrian Wren (Author)English15
Takwaiénh:a (Father in heaven)Brian Wren (Versifier (English))English, Mohawk2
Spirit of Jesus, if I love my neighborBrian Wren (b. 1936) (Author)English4
Sing with joy to the AuthorBrian A. Wren (Author)2
Sing together on our journey!Brian Wren (Author)English2
Sing praises old and newBrian A. Wren (Author)2
Sing my song backwards from end to beginningBrian A. Wren (Author)2
Remember the children by God named and knownBrian Wren (Author)English2
[Praising God]Brian Wren (Author)English2
Praise the Lover of CreationBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English2
Praise the God who changes placesBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English7
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow. Praise God, all creatures high and low(Wren)Brian Wren, 1936- (Author)English6
Praise God for the harvest of farm and fieldBrian A. Wren (Author)English11
Our God, our help in ages pastBrian Wren (Adapter)English2
Once from a European shoreBrian Wren (Author)English2
On the day I die; straight awayBrian Wren (Versifier (English))English2
O how joyfully, O how hopefullyBrian Wren (Re-envisioned by)English6
Nuevos comienzos trae el día Brian Wren (Author)Spanish5
Not only acts of evil willBrian Wren (Author)English3
Nombres sin fin, buenos bellos sonBrian A. Wren (Author)Spanish5
Naizdaan bee zezay (Mother earth is my home)Brian Wren (Paraphraser (English, st. 2)))English, Navajo1
Mekoahapahlket maymahn ahpokeezBrian Wren (Versifier (English))Muscogee1
Meko sapvke (Sisters and brothers)Brian Wren (Versifier (English))English, Muscogee2
May the Sending One sing in youBrian A. Wren (Author)English4
May the living God be with you, my friendsBrian Wren (Alterer)English2
Love makes a bridge from heart to heartBrian A. Wren (Author)English2
Lord, when You came to JordanBrian A. Wren (Author)English2
Lord of the boundless curves of spaceBrian Wren (Author)English2
Lord Jesus, if I love and serve my neighborBrian Wren (b. 1936) (Author)English3
Lord God, your love has called us hereBrian Wren (born 1936) (Author)English27
Lord Christ, the Father's mighty SonBrian Wren (Author)English8
Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates, Behold the King of glory waitsBrian Wren (Author (B))English1
Life is great! so sing about itBrian A. Wren (Author)English5
Let hope and sorrow now uniteBrian Wren (Author)English6
Let all creation dance Brian A. Wren (Author)English6
Joyful is the dark, holy, hidden, GodBrian Wren (Author)English8
Jesus, tu reuniste os teus amigosBrian Wren, n. 1936 (Translator (English))Portuguese1
Christ, upon the mountain peakBrian Wren, 1936- (Author)English40
Jehová es mi pastor; nada me faltará (Sure as the Lord's my Shepherd)Brian Wren (Translator)English, Spanish2
In water we grow, secure in the wombBrian A. Wren (Author)English5
In the fields of this worldBrian Arthur Wren, 1936- (Translator (verses))English6
In God we Trust, That God is justBrian Wren (Author)English2
In Christ we live, whose life was moreBrian A. Wren (Author)English2
If I Could Visit BethlehemBrian A. Wren (Author)English3
I come with joy to meet my LordBrian Wren (b. 1936) (Author)English66
I am going to Calvary, Would you like to come with MeBrian A. Wren (Author)2
How wonderful the Three-in-OneBrian Wren (Author)English11
How shall I sing to GodBrian A. Wren (Author)English4
How great the mystery of faithBrian A. Wren (Author)English3
How deep our Maker's griefBrian A. Wren (Author)English3
How can we name a LoveBrian Wren, 1936- (Author)English3
Hope is a star that shines in the nightBrian Wren (Author)English6
Holy Spirit, storm of loveBrian A. Wren (Author)English3
Hiking in the hills, hot and thirstyBrain Wren (Author)English2
Hidden Christ, alive for everBrian Wren (Author)English4
Here hangs a man discardedBrian Wren (b. 1936) (Author)English8
Here am I, Where underneath the bridgesBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English8
Her baby, newly breathingBrian Wren (Author)2
Grief of ending, wordless sorrowBrian Wren, 1936- (Author)English4
God, the All-HolyBrian A. Wren (Author)2
God remembers painBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English5
God of many namesBrian Arthur Wren, 1936- (Author)English8
God of Jeremiah, grieving with an aching heartBrian A. Wren (Author)English2
God is One, unique and holyBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English6
God, as we merge, bid us emergeBrian A. Wren (Author)English2
Go now in peace; though friends must partBrian Wren, 1936- (Author)English4
[Go Forth in Faith]Brian A. Wren (Author)English2
Glory to God, all-pervading, all-knowing, all-seeingBrian Wren (Author)English2
Give thanks for music-making artBrian Wren (Author)1
For the bread that we have eatenBrian Wren (b. 1936) (Author)English4
Fill our mouths with laughterBrian Wren (Author)English2
Faith looking forward from the crossBrian A. Wren (Author)2
Enthroned upon the cherubimBrian Wren (Author)English2
Each seeking faith is seeking lightBrian Wren, 1936- (Author)English2
Dust and ashes touch our faceBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English9
[Doom and Danger]Brian Wren (Author)English2
Deep in the shadows of the pastBrian Arthur Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English10
Con gozo vengo, hijo/a soyBrian Wren (b.1936) (Author)Spanish2
Come, welcome Christ in every faceBrian Wren (Author)English2
Come, let us praise what God has doneBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English3
Come, let us love the unborn generationsBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English2
Come, Celebrate the Call of GodBrian Wren (Author)English4
Come, build the Church – not heaps of stoneBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)3
Christians everywhere shall sing now and alwaysBrian Wren (Author (English))English, Muscogee3
Christ will come againBrian A. Wren (Author)English2
Christ loves the church, with grace beyond all measureBrian Wren (Author)English3
Christ leads! From the shore to the hillsBrian Wren, 1936- (Author)English2
Christ is risen! Shout Hosanna!Brian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English, Spanish23
Christ is alive! Let Christians singBrian Wren, 1936- (Author)English50
Bring many names, beautiful and goodBrian Wren (b. 1936) (Author)English19
Believers, make a joyful noiseBrian Wren (Author)2
Because Jesus feltBrian Wren (Author)English2
Beautifully moving, ceaselessly formingBrian A. Wren (Author)English2
Baptise us with your SpiritBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English2
At the table of the worldBrian A. Wren (Author)English2
As man or woman we were madeBrian Arthur Wren, 1936- (Author)English15
Arise, shine out, your light has comeBrian A. Wren (Author)English5
Are shepherds good?Brian Wren (Author)2
Amor, que por amor me amaste (Dear God, your love is all around me)Brian Wren (Translator (English))English, Portuguese2
[Abraham, Sarah Too]Brian Wren (Author)English2
[A Woman in the Crowd]Brian Wren (Author)English2
A Stranger knocking on a doorBrian A. Wren (Author)English2
A Prophet-woman broke a jarBrian Wren (1936-) (Author)English8
A man of ancient time and placeBrian A. Wren (Author)English2

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