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Veriditas

Start exploring the word here But walk out into the green and pause for a moment to sense the life springing around you. You can find out more about Hildegard Von Bingen at this website

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Thought of the Day

Holiness

Is holiness the preserve of white gowned angels singing a perfected concert of praise? Or is that an artists impression intended to inspire you to seek out a very ordinary existence, but where things taste right and people are gentle with each other. Or when you see people in gritty everyday work but living together […]

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Winter 24

After all the hustle and bustle of the Scottish festive season as currently experienced, there is a lull while the weather is still cold and the chill mists still cling. So here is a post from another blog that I thought might be relevant! A picture and a poem (and a reading as well if […]

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Forest Church Fresh Expressions

A Glimpse of Forest Shelters

People have been sending in photos from the August Forest Church.

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Fresh Expressions Mission

Pioneering Resources

Developments to help understand the big picture Back in 2021 I wrote a report reviewing Quartz activities for the vestry at St Johns in Dumfries. I used the diagram (Pioneer Spectrum) that is the key image for this post to help give a structure for the report. A new version of the diagram has been […]

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Thought of the Day

Heritage

Each one of us scratches their mark as a passage through time. Sometimes grasping to hold on, sometimes filled with the joy of living. What if time itself is the womb of God. When our creation reaches it’s term will we be able to step back and find peace after the trauma of birth?

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Thought of the Day

Beauty

Do you need to know the name of beauty to recognise it?

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#SensingSpirituality Forest Church Fresh Expressions

Presence

Finding Jesus in Quartz Forest Church This post continues the theme from the last post, and builds on conversations the summer season has given time to nurture. Some people find it easy to become aware of the presence of God in a forest. Or to feel closer to the person of Jesus by taking time […]

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Water II

Continuing the theme of water. 23 Some went down to the sea in ships,doing business on the mighty waters;they saw the deeds of the Lord,his wondrous works in the deep.For he commanded and raised the stormy wind,which lifted up the waves of the sea.They mounted up to heaven, they went down to the depths;their courage […]

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Water

It’s the summer, but just in case you are unable to take time out to stand on a bridge and watch the water, here is some light to bathe in. There is something important about the way in which just experiencing somethings builds us up. Or simply brings a smile to our faces and a […]