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The Journey We are on this journey together,With open hearts to brave the weather,To notice God in…

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Trinity

Come and dwell within me Make my heart your resting place Let your healing make me whole Knitting together my body and soul.  Creation praises with me The beauty of your world In the trials and tribulation around me Saturate my soul. Creator, sustainer & redeemer, the blessed trinity.  May your unity protect, direct and strengthen me. Bringing joy and peace to my soul.  Bless the…

Trinity

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Christian Art in the Bible – ‘The Transfiguration’ Matthew 17: 1-9 

The Transfiguration by Carl Bloch Carl Heinrich Bloch was a Danish artist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and studied there at the Royal Danish Academy of Art. His parents had wanted him to have a good profession to be an officer in the navy, his only real interest was drawing and painting. His early work featured rural scenes from everyday life. From 1859 to 1866, Bloch lived in Italy, and this…

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Christian Art in the Bible – Matthew 5: 21-37 Sermon on the Mount by Jorge Cocco Santangelo

Last week and this week we are travelling through the beginning of the sermon on the mount, 4:23 – 7:29. Next week we fly forward by 12 chapters to the transfiguration. This is a section of Jesus’ teachings that sets the stage for his mission and ministry. This is the first of six specific subjects designed to address the theme that weaves through them all, seeking justice. Imagine a lovely…

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Christian Art in the Bible – Salt & Light, Matthew 5: 13-16

Floating Garden by Motoi Yamamoto This week I’ve gone for something completely different. The work by Motoi Yamamoto are large installations created out of salt. Imagine, sitting for hours on the floor drawing, while keeping the vastness of what you want that image to look like in your head and replicate it on the floor. This takes a lot of patience and skill. His work come out letting go of…

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Christian Art in the Bible – Wedding at Cana, John 2: 1-11

Wedding at Cana by Hanna Varghese All creative work, be it the spoken word, the written word or the sung word, are essentials in praise and worship, meditation, education, inculturation and evangelism. This also includes art and pictures, which is universal seeing. — Hanna Varghese This week, like last week art work is expressing two parts of the story in one frame. The gathering of the…

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Christian Art in the Bible – Jesus begins his ministry,

Matthew 4: 12-23 Jesus Calls His Disciples by He Qi For me, when I first saw this painting, it felt as though Cubism was colliding with Mayan stone carvings on walls, many of which would have been brightly painted like He Qi’s paintings. Even though much of his work is described as being a blend of Chinese folk customs and modern western art it is amazing what else you can see within them. If…

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Christian Art and the Bible - The Lamb of God, John 1: 29-42

Christian Art and the Bible – The Lamb of God, John 1: 29-42

The copy of this image was taken from the artist – Paul Werner, web page which can be found through the link below. https://paulwerner.exto.org/kunstwerk/328568_prev.html#.Y8AAlhXP1D8 This time of year, I am usually taking covenant services every Sunday, so I generally do not use the weekly lectionary readings. As I googled the reading for this week, I often like to see if there is any modern…

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St Trillo Chapel

A Place of quiet A place of serenity A place of Peace Waves crash close by While seals bob in the sea A place to sit To pray To reflect and find rest in God

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Relax….

And spend some time at the beach.

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Bushcraft Weekend

The last of my booked Sabbatical courses. So much fun and learnt lots of new skills and reawakened others.

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Finding the right path - prayerful discernment

Finding the right path – prayerful discernment

I love this time of year when the undergrowth is growing wild out of control. Throughout the seasons I walk with Cagney and Lacey through Delamere Forest. They always find a new scent, or a new path to explore. Unlike the winter months, as the ground cover begins to grow the animal trails are easier to spot. This is the time of year to explore the paths less known. As the vegetation gets higher…

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Final week of sabbatical

Final week of sabbatical

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Woodland Beauty - Spring

Woodland Beauty – Spring

The colours change throughout the seasons Come, sit, look, listen and bathe in its beauty Every visit unfolds new hidden secrets, waiting to be unveiled I see the branches waving in the wind The dappled sunlight glinting through the leaves The different shapes made by the trunks and branches reaching up towards the sky I smell the smoke of the fire The sweet smell of the young shoots…

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Creativity and crafting

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Time is running out

Time is running out

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Christ is risen, Alleluia!

Christ is risen, Alleluia!

Celebrations this Easter have been relaxed, gentle, even peace filled. Last night we attended the Easter Eve service at Ripon Cathedral. We haven’t been to this service since I went in to circuit ministry – it was obviously always going to clash with all the services I would be leading, especially as I really enjoy leading an early sunrise service, and not being close enough to Ripon…

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