QuartzHas anyone been to see – experience – the punchdrunk retelling of the aftermath of the Trojan war? This post is a reflection on their use of art, based on watching the trailers and listening to the opinions expressed in then. Their aim is to retell an ancient story, immerse the audience in it, and […]
The river of life church in Dumfries has arranged with the Robert Burns centre to screen this film. Jesus Revolution Film showing 08.07.23: 7.30pm It tells “The true story of a national spiritual awakening in the early 1970s and its origins within a community of teenage hippies in Southern California.” I wonder if anyone reading […]
Know your place Knowing your place is a difficult business. If you stand out, or seem to be adopting to high an impression of yourself people will feel the need to put you down. If you aren’t sure of your place then it can be difficult to accept praise that is intended to build you […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]