QuartzChrist is Risen! Bleary eyed with our eyes full of sleep, we greet the dawn and a light which doesn’t blind us to what is happening – but which helps us see. If we choose, this day can be the centre of time. Every Sunday an echo of creation being fulfilled, and every day a […]
This is not a new post. It seemed appropriate to me this morning though, at a time where everything is tumbling, and no one is sure what will emerge. Follow the fool, but don’t be foolish 😉 Please click the button to read the original post. You may find it a lot to take in at […]
In the UK companies are formed to sell disposable plastic bottles. People pay to consume waste, when they could turn on a tap. Elsewhere people have great difficulty finding clean drinking water. Where did it go wrong and what can be done about it? A colourful and hopefully thought provoking series of images placed in […]
In The UK it is now summer time. Everything will happen an hour before your body thinks it should. Clocks need to be set forward an hour 2pm (UT) is 3pm (BST). Mobile phone and internet devices do this automatically based on the region they think they are in. Sundials need their gnomen tweeked And […]
The 6th Sunday in our Lent journey Last week we spent a while reflecting on passions, and especially Anger, in both the positive and negative ways we experience it. Can it inspire us to speak out on issues which concearn us – like catastrophic climate change? If we are angry out of fear does this […]
Today I have been struck by the emotions depicted in the way these pictures tell a story through “looks” (Read the story here) All sorts of judgemental looking going on in the painting by Dieric Bouts. I wonder if you identify with any of them? The overall composition of the picture makes me feel distant, […]
Two thoughts from Alison arising from the Lent course… I was struck by the way in which Jesus responsed to the grieving women in the family of Lazerus. He didn’t try to make them look on the bright side. “At least we know that he is happy in heaven now”. He didn’t avoid their raw […]
Today’s lent thinking revolves around Jesus praying in Gethsemane. The story describes him feeling powerful emotions as he anticipates where his path will lead him. Most people avoid fear and anger and the situations where we may experience these emotional states. There is a tradition of “Via Negitiva” though. I react badly to (hate?) Disney […]
Please use the link below to join the online meeting. This week has been emotional … or at least about knowing a Jesus who experiences emotions! Without emotional, passionate, experiences life can seem to drift by us. Other times can be turbulent and troubled and our emotions overwhelm us. Some people are anchors in our […]
From this years lent journey. A “Lorica” breastplate prayer. Recognising that which is right and solid to ‘armour up’ before confronting the shifting trials of relationships, social pressures and politics. Rock is solid, Christ is with us. The earth is firm, and the friendship of those who care for us keeps us on track.