This playlist started off as a list of chants. That description quickly became inaccurate. However, here is a playlist of tunes for you. Hopefully some of them will resonate.
Month: May 2023
More Transformation
This weekend (27-29th of May) is Spring Fling weekend in D&G. All over the region artists will be opening their studios for people to drop in and explore creativity. This year stained glass sculptor Andy Brooke will be taking part. One of the finished pieces he will have on display is the butterfly made for […]
Extracts from today’s reading Blessing to move on with TA mi lubadh mo ghlunAn suil an Athar a chruthaich mi,An suil a Mhic a cheannaich mi,An suil a Spioraid a ghlanaich mi, Le gradh agus run. Doirt a nuas oirnn a flathasTrocair shuairce do mhathas;Fhir tha ’n uachdar na Cathair, Dean-sa fathamas ruinn. Tabhair duinn, a Shlan’ear […]
Quartz Forest Church gathering 21st of May 2023 After the excitement of Easter this months forest church gathering is going to be a chance to practice things like “Forest bathing” and #SensingSpirituality, especially #SensingAwareness Please join us at 2pm outside the Crichton chapel to spend time outdoors #SensingSpirituality Please read on for more thoughts about […]
Talking Jesus
This is a report by the evangelical alliance. It follows on from one in 2015 which you can download here. The questions have been updated slightly for their 2022 report and you can read all about it here: (best viewed on a desktop – click on it to go full screen, press escape to exit […]
Markerposts
“we are held here by all the things I cannot see” some words and music to contemplate today. https://findingthewords.online/index.php/2023/05/16/markerposts/ Click the link for music ans lyrics once you are in a place where you can sit back, listen, and contemplate.
If you look on the website you will hopefully see that a new option has been added to the main menu. #SensingSpirituality has been a theme running through Quartz activities from around 2015. This means that we have built up a track record of resources, both in ideas and experiments where we test those ideas […]
Christian Mysticism
Something to add to the menu for midsummer? https://christianmysticsummit.com/
Green Men
Whatever your views on the coronation, it will be a topic of discussion. Side stepping the political issues of the relevance of the monarchy to Scotland and the UK as a whole, there is a discussion going on about what some of the visual art used on the coronation invite means. Have you heard of […]
Remembering Seasons
Alison on tour… Whilst on holiday Alison caught a glimpse of this exhibition through the window. Have you noticed changes in the seasons, a breaking in the pattern of the wheel of the year? #SensingChallenge What are the changes we need to be aware of if we are to head the warning in Jesus words […]