“Do we expect”	inspired by Prof. Stephen Hawking.
“I bow to the birds”	inspired by Barry Lopez in `Arctic Deams'.
“Here I sit”	based on an article by Nigel Cooper `Partnering Nature' in Crucible 4/1992.
“Before all things began”	refers to the first verse of the hymn `Before the world began' by John Bell and Graham Maule (Iona Community/Wild Goose pubs).
“Why do we have to prove”	the final verses are based on the prayer for serenity, words attributed to Reinhold Neibuhr.
“The ancient city”	a reference to the city of Mainz (by the Revd Christa Springe 1988).
“My world's turned”	uses Isaiah 12.2.
“Open my lips”	based on a prayer by David Adam (`Tides and Seasons' Triangle p.23).
“Come Holy Spirit”	first verses are a prayer used by the Cursillo Movement.
“We come to you”	based on a prayer by Bishop Patrick Harris for the Decade of Evangelism in the Diocese of Southwell.
“We adore you”	includes a number of Franciscan responses.
“I believe”	inspired by the attempt by Bishop David Jenkins to `put the gospel in words of one syllable'.
“We bless you”	based on a modern psalm by Jan Fortune-Wood published in `The Good Wine' by Josephine Bax CIO 1986 p.61
“Shall I ever”	includes a line of G.M.Hopkins “the world is charged with the grandeur of God/It will flame out...” and a phrase from Sister Adeline Cashmore “the courage to be happy”.
"At the bus stop"	The Society of Friends and Servants  of Christ the King teach a great deal  about “waiting on God.”
"God has given us"	Based on “A Chant” published by  Scripture Union 1987 in Learning All Together. Chorus as in Ps. 136.
"Give thanks to God"	See Psalm 105 - telling the story.
"Four thousand years ago"	Using ideas from Hilarion of Kiev in  the 10th century, Han Suyin on Tiananmen 1990, and a South  African saying (verse 13). See, for  example, Psalm 78.
"God you spoke to me"	Compare psalm 139, but this is a  meditation on groups we belong to.
"My ancestor was"	Similar to my psalm used on a Tyne-  Tees TV Harvest service from  Gibside Chapel, Gateshead 1989.
"You have given the Queen"	As in several of the kingly Psalms,  especially Ps. 21. Some of the  phrases are from Canon Eric James.
"You are my strength"	Isaiah 12. 2 used in a Quiet Day by  Francis Dewar.
"Always and everywhere"	vv. 39-42 and 115-120 based on Iona Community worship. vv. 133-138 written for and used at  the National Garden Festival,  Gateshead.
"Across the River Thames"	Compare Psalm 125.
"Quietly we wait"	See psalms on the liturgy of the  Temple, like Psalms 66 and 99
"I am no longer my own"	John Wesley's famous phrase.