QuartzKnow 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 […]
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.
16 “To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others: “‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man […]
A journey of anticipation between Good Friday and Easter Sunday This year we took advantage of the space between Good Friday and Easter Sunday to go on a journey of discovery. We met up in the morning at St Johns in Dumfries and then travelled west, collecting together as a group on the way. We […]
Here is a wee preview of the next stage in the “Transformation” project.
I was sent this bible reference to encourage me. The reasoning being, if God inspired these artists, then we should have confidence that our art can also be evidence of God working through us. Life is about more than deep thoughts, polished sermons, or even charitable giving. The text by a monk calling himself Theophilus […]