The Revd Mark Woods, editor of The Baptist Times, returns with his excellent series telling the story behind some of our favourite hymns. This month it's the much-loved Peace Perfect Peace - a hymn which asks questions as much as answering them.
Let your readers find out how a sermon combined with a homecalling to inspire the words of this hymn. It's inspiring reading for your church magazine or church newsletter.
Article extract
MANY of us live lives that are far too busy. We rush from work to home and back, with not enough time to be quiet and think, or pray, or just spend quality time with people we love. There’s too much going on, and we feel guilty about not achieving something every day.
Or perhaps we’re overwhelmed not by business, but by circumstances beyond our control – illness, or sorrow, or some kind of failure. How, we wonder, can we find peace?
Originally uploaded for March 2010
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