You are the vine

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  • 1109

You are the vine and we are the branches,
prune and make us bear more fruit.
We have been cleansed by the word you have spoken;
abide in us, and we in you.

2 You are the vine and we are the branches,
apart from you we are nothing at all.
Teach us to love as you have commanded,
come to us now, abide in us.

3 You have commanded us to love one another
there is no greater commandment than this.
No greater love has been shown to your people,
than to lay down your life for us.

Based on John 15:5

© 1993 GORDON GILES
Gordon Giles

The Christian Life - Union With Christ

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The story behind the hymn

This song was first drafted in 1996, but it saw the light of day when John Barnard wrote Golden Lane for the new edition of ‘Ancient and Modern’ in 2013, it being the only specially written, new hymn in the collection.

A look at the author

Giles, Gordon

The Reverend Dr Gordon John Giles was born in London in 1966. He was educated at Lancaster and Cambridge Universities, gaining a BA, MLitt and a PhD.

 

Gordon was Curate at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Cambridge from 1995-8, Succentor at St Paul’s Cathedral, London from 1998-2003 and moved to become Vicar at St Mary Magdalene in Enfield in 2003. He became Director of Post-Ordination training, Edmonton Area of London Diocese in 2008.

 

Other publications include:

The Music of Praise, The Bible Reading Fellowship (BRF), Oxford, September 2002, (with CD), also published by Hendrickson in the USA, 2004.

The Harmony of Heaven, Musical Meditations for Lent and Easter, The Bible Reading Fellowship (BRF), Oxford, 2003.

O Come Emmanuel, BRF), Oxford, 2005. Also published by Paraclete Press in the USA, 2006

O Clap Your Hands, Paraclete Press, Brewster MA, and SPCK, London, 2008 (with CD).

Fasting and Feasting, The Bible Reading Fellowship (BRF), Oxford, 2008.

Praying Thrice, HSGBI, Belfast, 2012.

Regular contributions to Church Music Quarterly

Gordon is published by Praise! online at number 1109