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New technology has been acquired to use with Wordsmith Crafts video projects! But even before we have got it all working, you can watch videos on “The Floating Monastery” YouTube channel, as a taste of things to come. Find the whole channel here: https://www.youtube.com/TheFloatingMonastery and the Wordsmith Crafts general channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@Wordsmithcrafts
In the (many) years before supermarkets the summer months were sometimes called the hungry months. Everything is ripening in the sun, but not ready yet. Nowadays we let things wind down for people to have holidays, or travel to outdoor events. You can read a bit more about the hungry months here. If you are […]
It might not be everyone’s ‘cup of tea’. It is rude, crude, and anti-establishment. Released in the 1990’s it references a time where radio was still remembered as a means to give a voice to hidden voices. The internet was already in existence, but websites and the dot-com boom were still to happen. I’m interested […]
Where is Truth found? People talk about the Celts, and celtic Christians in particular finding God in nature. Where else would one find truth? Perhaps in books, but does that mean that books are unnatural? Perhaps they are treated as such. In our experience we don’t need to think hard to rememberr how some books […]
There may have been a time when you have heard a preacher describe the gospel in a way which makes it sound like everyone needs to bow before an super powerful sky father. Or passionately describe a formula where all who use the name Jesus as an identity statement are saved. It is easy to […]
It is important to live in the present. However, especially with refugee week coming up and the noise being made by certain politicians, we also need to remember that we are part of a living communion of Saints. “The Radical Tradition” (Edited by Gilbert Márkus op DLT 1993) Tells the stories of some of our […]
PuNK qUesTions At CLC this week we discussed music, AI, and creativity. Our discussion wandered though many fields! And hopefully the fruits of one Quartz members creativity will be available to see and hear online soon. In a few decades we have moved from pulling out a phone to Google for answers to questions to […]
The mythical narrative is deepprecisely because it contains a level of meaning that initially eludes the48 The Cambridge Greek Lexicon (2021) cites Theocritus (21.11) for a meaning of reasoner’s grasp. This makes it impossible to rest; the story forces thoughtinto a question. Theseus and the Minotaur Have you ever wondered how, if a labyrinth only […]
What if our essence is spiritual, and our present bodies are simply how that flourishes today? When you think of the “ghost in the shell” metaphor what do you assume is more solid or real, the ghost or the shell. Could increased knowledge about the material world, and technological success give us a false impression […]
Why is it a familiar experience for many that when Jesus is brought into a chat the conversation often stops? It is true that in the stories of the early church, and the gospel themselves, Jesus is not always welcomed by the people he talks to. However he was also followed by crowds into hills, […]