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Author: Gordon Light
Gordon Light was born in Alberta, but as an Air Force brat, lived in many places growing up. He attended Carleton University in Ottawa (B.A.) and Trinity College in Toronto (S.T.B). Ordained deacon and priest in 1969, he served in parishes in Cariboo, Edmonton and Rupert’s Land dioceses. Following a time as Dean of Cariboo in Kamloops, he moved to Toronto in 1992 to serve as Principal Secretary to the Primate. Returning west in 2001, he was Administrative Assistant to the Metropolitan of BC and Yukon, and then consecrated bishop for the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior (formerly Cariboo). After retiring at the end of 2008, Gordon was appointed chaplain to Church House staff until (2010). Among other hobbies, a longtime passion ha… Go to person page >
Display Title: She Comes Sailing on the WindFirst Line: Silent waters rocking on the morning of our birthTune Title: SHE FLIES ONAuthor: Gordon LightMeter: Irregular with RefrainDate: 2003
Display Title: She Comes Sailing on the Wind (She Flies On)First Line: Silent waters rocking on the morning of our birthTune Title: SHE FLIES ONAuthor: Gordon LightMeter: IrregularDate: 1996Subject: Advent 3 | Year A; Advent 3 | Year B; Ash Wednesday | Year ABC; Biblical Characters | Mary, Mother of Jesus; Birth | ; Choruses and Refrains | ; Holy Spirit | ; Holy Spirit | Praise and Invocation; Laughter | ; Lent 1 | Year C; Pentecost | Year A; Pentecost | Year B; Pentecost | Year C; Proper 26 | Year C; Proper 28 | Year A; Proper 9 | Year C; Water |
Display Title: She comes sailing on the windFirst Line: Silent waters rocking on the morning of our birthTune Title: SHE FLIES ONAuthor: Gordon Light, 1944-Meter: IrregularScripture: Genesis 1:2; Isaiah 35; Joel 2:28-29; Matthew 27:45; Luke 1:26-38; Luke 1:79; Luke 2:40; Luke 2:52; Luke 3:21-22; Acts 2; Acts 2:17-21Date: 1997Subject: Creation | ; Desert / Wilderness | ; Dove | ; God the Holy Spirit | ; Laughter / Mirth | ; Light | ; Vision / Dream |
Display Title: She Comes Sailing on the WindFirst Line: Silent waters rocking on the morning of our birthTune Title: SHE FLIES ONAuthor: Andrew Donaldson, 1951-; Gordon Light, 1944-Meter: Irregular with refrainScripture: Genesis 1:1-5; Isaiah 61:1-11; Ezekiel 36:24-28; Ezekiel 37:1-14; Joel 2:18-32; Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:1-11; Luke 1:26-38; Luke 3:1-22; Romans 8:18-30Date: 1998Subject: God, maternal images | ; The Holy Spirit |
Display Title: She Comes Sailing on the WindFirst Line: Silent waters rocking on the morning of our birthTune Title: SHE FLIES ONAuthor: Gordon LightMeter: IrregularScripture: Genesis 1:2; Matthew 3:16-17; Mark 1:10-11; Luke 1:26-56; Luke 3:22; Acts 2:1-4Date: 2001Subject: The Power of the Holy Spirit | In Praise of the Holy Spirit