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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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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.
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Texts by Brian A. Wren (136)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A man of ancient time and placeBrian A. Wren (Author)English1
A prophet-woman broke a jarBrian Arthur Wren, 1936- (Author)English8
A Stranger knocking on a doorBrian A. Wren (Author)English1
[A Woman in the Crowd]Brian Wren (Author)English1
[Abraham, Sarah Too]Brian Wren (Author)English1
Amor, que por amor descesteBrian Wren (Translator (English))English, Portuguese1
Are shepherds good?Brian A. Wren (Author)1
Arise, shine out, your light has comeBrian Wren (Author)English4
As man or woman we were madeBrian Wren (Author)English14
At the table of the worldBrian A. Wren (Author)English1
Baptise us with your SpiritBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English1
Beautifully moving, ceaselessly formingBrian A. Wren (Author)English1
Because Jesus feltBrian Wren (Author)English1
Believers, make a joyful noiseBrian Wren (Author)1
Bring many names, beautiful and goodBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English19
Christ is alive! Let Christians singBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English52
Christ is risen! Shout Hosanna!Brian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English, Spanish22
Christ leads! From the shore to the hillsBrian A. Wren (Author)English1
Christ loves the church, with grace beyond all measureBrian Wren (Author)English2
Christ will come againBrian Wren (Author)English1
Christians everywhere shall sing now and alwaysBrian Wren (Author (English))English, Muscogee2
Come, build the Church – not heaps of stoneBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)2
Come, Celebrate the Call of GodBrian A. Wren (Author)English3
Come, let us love the unborn generationsBrian A. Wren (Author)English1
Come, let us praise what God has doneBrian A. Wren (Author)English2
Come, welcome Christ in every faceBrian Wren (Author)English1
Con gozo vengo, hijo/a soyBrian A. Wren (Author)Spanish1
When Christ was lifted from the earthBrian A. Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English13
Deep in the shadows of the pastBrian Wren, 1936- (Author)English10
[Doom and Danger]Brian A. Wren (Author)English1
Dust and ashes touch our faceBrian Wren (Author)English8
Each seeking faith is seeking lightBrian A. Wren (Author)English1
Enthroned upon the cherubimBrian Wren (Author)English1
Faith looking forward from the crossBrian Wren (Author)1
Fill our mouths with laughterBrian Wren (Author)English1
For the bread that we have eatenBrian Wren (b. 1936) (Author)English3
Give thanks for music-making artBrian Wren (Author)1
Glory to God, all-pervading, all-knowing, all-seeingBrian Wren (Author)English1
[Go Forth in Faith]Brian A. Wren (Author)English1
Go now in peace; though friends must partBrian Wren, 1936- (Author)English3
God, as we merge, bid us emergeBrian Wren (Author)English1
God is One, unique and holyBrian Wren (Author)English5
God of Jeremiah, grieving with an aching heartBrian A. Wren (Author)English2
God of many namesBrian A. Wren, 1936- (Author)English7
God remembers painBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English4
God, the All-HolyBrian A. Wren (Author)1
Lord God, your love has called us hereBrian A. Wren (Author)English28
Grief of ending, wordless sorrowBrian A. Wren (Author)English3
Her baby, newly breathingBrian Wren (Author)2
Here am I, Where underneath the bridgesBrian Wren (Author)English7
Here hangs a man discardedBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English8
Hidden Christ, alive for everBrian Wren (Author)English3
Hiking in the hills, hot and thirstyBrain Wren (Author)English1
Holy Spirit, storm of loveBrian Wren (Author)English2
Hope is a star that shines in the nightBrian Wren (Author)English6
How can we name a LoveBrian A. Wren (Author)English3
How deep our Maker's griefBrian Wren (Author)English2
How great the mystery of faithBrian A. Wren (Author)English2
How shall I sing to GodBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English3
How wonderful the Three-in-OneBrian A. Wren (Author)English10
I am going to Calvary, Would you like to come with MeBrian A. Wren (Author)1
I come with joy to meet my LordBrian Wren (Author)English70
If I Could Visit BethlehemBrian A. Wren (Author)English2
In Christ we live, whose life was moreBrian A. Wren (Author)English1
In God we Trust, That God is justBrian Wren (Author)English1
In the fields of this worldBrian Arthur Wren, 1936- (Translator (verses))English5
In water we grow, secure in the wombBrian Wren, 1936- (Author)English4
Jehová es mi pastor; nada me faltará (Sure as the Lord's my Shepherd)Brian A. Wren (Translator)English, Spanish1
Christ, upon the mountain peakBrian A. Wren, 1936- (Author)English41
Jesus, tu reuniste os teus amigosBrian Wren, n. 1936 (Translator (English))Portuguese1
Joyful is the dark, holy, hidden, GodBrian Wren (Author)English8
Let all creation dance Brian Wren (b. 1936) (Author)English5
Let hope and sorrow now uniteBrian Wren, 1936- (Author)English5
Life is great! so sing about itBrian Wren (Author)English4
Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates, Behold the King of glory waitsBrian Wren (Author (B))English1
Lord Christ, the Father's mighty SonBrian A. Wren, 1936- (Author)English7
Lord Jesus, if I love and serve my neighborBrian Wren (Author)English2
Lord of the boundless curves of spaceBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English2
Lord, when You came to JordanBrian A. Wren (Author)English1
Love makes a bridge from heart to heartBrian A. Wren (Author)English1
May the living God be with you, my friendsBrian A. Wren (Alterer)English1
May the Sending One sing in youBrian Wren (Author)English3
Meko sapvke (Sisters and brothers)Brian A. Wren (Versifier (English))English, Muscogee1
Mekoahapahlket maymahn ahpokeezBrian Wren (Versifier (English))Muscogee1
Naizdaan bee zezay (Mother earth is my home)Brian Wren (Paraphraser (English, st. 2)))English, Navajo1
Nombres sin fin, buenos bellos sonBrian A. Wren (Author)Spanish4
Not only acts of evil willBrian Wren (Author)English2
Nuevos comienzos trae el día Brian Wren (Author)Spanish4
O how joyfully, O how hopefullyBrian Wren (Re-envisioner)English5
On the day I die; straight awayBrian A. Wren (Versifier (English))English1
Once from a European shoreBrian Wren (Author)English1
Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to comeBrian Wren (Adapter)English1
Praise God for the harvest of farm and fieldBrian Wren (b. 1936) (Author)English10
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow. Praise God, all creatures high and low (Wren)Brian Wren, 1936- (Author)English6
Praise the God who changes placesBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English6
Praise the Lover of CreationBrian Wren (Author)English1
[Praising God]Brian Wren (Author)English1
Remember the children by God named and knownBrian Wren (Author)English1
Sing my song backwards from end to beginningBrian A. Wren (Author)1
Sing praises old and newBrian Wren (1936-) (Author)1
Sing together on our journey!Brian Wren (Author)English1
Sing with joy to the AuthorBrian A. Wren (Author)1
Spirit of Jesus, if I love my neighborBrian Wren (b. 1936) (Author)English3
Takwaiénh:a (Father in heaven)Brian A. Wren (Versifier (English))English, Mohawk1
Thank you God, for water, soil, and airBrian Wren (Author)English14
There's a spirit in the airBrian Wren, 1936- (Author)English32
This is a day of new beginningsBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English22
This is a story full of loveBrian Wren (Author)English4
This we can do for justice and for peaceBrian Wren (Author)English1
Three things I promise, Holy God Brian Wren, 1936- (Author)English2
[Transfiguration (Wren)]Brian A. Wren (Author)English1
Traveling, traveling over the worldBrian A. Wren (Author)English1
Unbounded Spirit, breath of GodBrian Wren (Author)English3
We are not our own. Earth forms usBrian A. Wren (Author)4
We are your people, Lord, by your graceBrian Wren (Author)English12
[We Bring, You Take]Brian Wren (Author)English1
We Meet as Friends at TableBrian A. Wren (Author)English2
We offer Christ to all the world around usBrian A. Wren (Author)English1
Weep for the dead. Let tears and silence tellBrian A. Wren (Author)1
[Welcome the Wild One]Brian A. Wren (Author)English1
What was your vow and visionBrian A. Wren (Author)English2
When all is ended, time and troubles pastBrian Wren (Author)3
When grief is raw and music goes unheardBrian A. Wren (Author)English5
When illness meets denial and rejectionBrian A. Wren (Author)English1
When Jesus, went to CalvaryBrian Wren (Author)1
When love is found and hope comes homeBrian Wren (Author)English33
When minds and bodies meet as oneBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English2
When on life a darkness fallsBrian Wren (1936- ) (Author)1
When pain and terror strike by chanceBrian Arthur Wren, 1936- (Author)English1
Who is God— young or old?Brian Wren, 1936- (Author)English1
Who is she, neither male nor femaleBrian Wren (Author)1
Will you come and see the light from the stable door?Brian Wren (Author)English, Spanish2
With humble justice clad and crownedBrian A. Wren (Author)English2
Woman in the nightBrian A. Wren (Author)English9
Wonder of wonders, Life is beginningBrian Wren, b. 1936 (Author)English6
"You are my body!" Joy and wonder!Brian Wren (Author)English1

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