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Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John L. Bell (b. 1949) Tune Sources: Scottish folk melody Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13431 76123 45462 Used With Text: We do not hope to ease our minds

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We do not hope to ease our minds

Author: Marnie Barrell (b. 1952) Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Our Response to Christ In Discipleship; Good Friday; Christ Incarnate Passion and Death; Christian Year Good Friday; Human Dignity; Social Concern Scripture: Jeremiah 6:14-15 Used With Tune: MARY MORISON

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We do not hope to ease our minds

Author: Marnie Barrell (b. 1952) Hymnal: Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #537 (2005) Topics: Our Response to Christ In Discipleship; Good Friday; Christ Incarnate Passion and Death; Christian Year Good Friday; Human Dignity; Social Concern Scripture: Jeremiah 6:14-15 Languages: English Tune Title: MARY MORISON

We do not hope to ease our minds

Author: Marnie Barrell (b. 1952) Hymnal: Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #537 (2008) Topics: Our Response to Christ In Discipleship; Good Friday; Christ Incarnate Passion and Death; Christian Year Good Friday; Human Dignity; Social Concern Scripture: Jeremiah 6:14-15 Languages: English Tune Title: MARY MORISON

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John L. Bell

b. 1949 Person Name: John L. Bell (b. 1949) Arranger of "MARY MORISON" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) John Bell (b. 1949) was born in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, intending to be a music teacher when he felt the call to the ministry. But in frustration with his classes, he did volunteer work in a deprived neighborhood in London for a time and also served for two years as an associate pastor at the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam. After graduating he worked for five years as a youth pastor for the Church of Scotland, serving a large region that included about 500 churches. He then took a similar position with the Iona Community, and with his colleague Graham Maule, began to broaden the youth ministry to focus on renewal of the church’s worship. His approach soon turned to composing songs within the identifiable traditions of hymnody that began to address concerns missing from the current Scottish hymnal: "I discovered that seldom did our hymns represent the plight of poor people to God. There was nothing that dealt with unemployment, nothing that dealt with living in a multicultural society and feeling disenfranchised. There was nothing about child abuse…,that reflected concern for the developing world, nothing that helped see ourselves as brothers and sisters to those who are suffering from poverty or persecution." [from an interview in Reformed Worship (March 1993)] That concern not only led to writing many songs, but increasingly to introducing them internationally in many conferences, while also gathering songs from around the world. He was convener for the fourth edition of the Church of Scotland’s Church Hymnary (2005), a very different collection from the previous 1973 edition. His books, The Singing Thing and The Singing Thing Too, as well as the many collections of songs and worship resources produced by John Bell—some together with other members of the Iona Community’s “Wild Goose Resource Group,” —are available in North America from GIA Publications. Emily Brink

Marnie Barrell

b. 1952 Person Name: Marnie Barrell (b. 1952) Author of "We do not hope to ease our minds" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) Marnie Barrell is a hymn writer and piano teacher living in Christchurch, New Zealand and teaching at Christchurch School of Music. Dianne Shapiro, from Christchurch School of Music website (http://www.csm.org.nz/about/staff/) and Barrell's Facebook page (accessed 10/30/2017