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God is One, unique and holyAuthor: Brian Wren (1983)Tune: TRINITY (Cutts) Published in 3 hymnals Printable scores: PDF, SibeliusAudio files: MIDI |
1 God is One, unique and holy,
endless dance of love and light,
only source of mind and body,
star-cloud, atom, day and night:
everything that is or could be
tells God's anguish and delight.
2 God is Oneness by Communion:
never single or alone,
all togetherness, including Friendship, family, and home
common mind and shared agreement,
common loaf and sung Shalom.
3 God is One through desolation:
Blindness, treason, blood and gall;
One, though torn by separation
in the Christ's forsaken call,
One through death and resurrection,
One in Spirit, One for all.
Brian Wren(b. 1936) is Emeritus Professor of Worship, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. He is a writer, preacher, worship and workshop leader, and internationally published hymn-poet, with entries in most recent denominational hymnals in North America, Britain and Australia. Some of his hymn-poems have been translated into Finnish, French, Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish and Korean.Brian holds undergraduate and doctoral degrees from Oxford University. He is a Minister of the United Reformed Church (UK). His publications include What Language Shall I Borrow? - God-Talk in Worship: A Male Response to Feminist Theology (1989 and 2009), Praying Twice: The Music and Words of Congregational Song (2000), Advent, Christmas and Epiphany:… Go to person page >| First Line: | God is One, unique and holy |
| Title: | God Is One, Unique and Holy |
| Author: | Brian Wren (1983) |
| Meter: | 8.7.8.7.8.7 |
| Language: | English |
| Copyright: | © 1983, Hope Publishing Co. |
| Instances (3) | First Line | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Title | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| Gather Comprehensive #476 | God is One, unique and holy | God Is One, Unique and Holy | Brian Wren, b. 1936 | Gary Daigle, b. 1957 | [God is One, unique and holy] | c minor or modal | English | 1994 | |||||||||
| Presbyterian Hymnal #135 | God is One, unique and holy | God Is One, Unique and Holy | Brian Wren | Peter Cutts | 8.7.8.7.8.7 | TRINITY (Cutts) | E Flat Major | English | 1990 | ||||||||
| Worship and Rejoice #139 | God Is One, unique and holy | God Is One, Unique and Holy | Brian Wren, 1936- | Peter Cutts, 1937- | 8.7.8.7.8.7 | Genesis 1:1; John 1:1-3; Deuteronomy 6:4; Luke 22:17-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; Matthew 26:26-28; 1 Corinthians 10:17; Isaiah 6:3; Acts 17:24-28 | TRINITY | E Flat Major | 2001 |
