Worship – Alex Mabbs

Candlemas

A couple of weeks ago, I was on a course in Salisbury and went to choral evensong at the cathedral (which is one of my favourite cathedrals). One evening, the girls’ choir sang as an anthem Dorothy Parker’s poem, Prayer For A New Mother, set to music by Richard Shephard. I found it very moving.Continue reading “Candlemas”

Santa the Wise Man

This was a skit I performed (with the Big Man himself, of course) at our Christmas Eve fancy-dress crib service in 2010 (and repeated at our monthly cafe service, The Junction, last Sunday evening). I thought it might be appropriate to post it on St Nicholas’ Day today. Conversation between Father Christmas & AlexContinue reading “Santa the Wise Man”

If I Had A Tractor

This is a rewrite of ‘If I had a hammer’. It’ll never make the hymnals, but we had fun with it at a children’s harvest service last year. Feel free … If I had a tractor I’d drive it in the morning I’d drive it in the evening, all over this land. I’d plough throughContinue reading “If I Had A Tractor”