Quartz“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.
If you look on the website you will hopefully see that a new option has been added to the main menu. #SensingSpirituality has been a theme running through Quartz activities from around 2015. This means that we have built up a track record of resources, both in ideas and experiments where we test those ideas […]
Something to add to the menu for midsummer? https://christianmysticsummit.com/
Whatever your views on the coronation, it will be a topic of discussion. Side stepping the political issues of the relevance of the monarchy to Scotland and the UK as a whole, there is a discussion going on about what some of the visual art used on the coronation invite means. Have you heard of […]
Gathering by the water to eat fish and share stories This Forest Church experience was set up to provide participants with the opportunity to immerse themselves in the gospel stories where the disciples meet with Jesus at the waters edge, and share fish roasted over coals with him. This is a popular spot for people […]
This article is from 2019, but is shows what an artist (with help from their sponsors and friends) can do. It is a story of finding hope in reforestation. https://www.dw.com/en/in-brazil-photographer-sebastiao-salgado-finds-hope-in-reforestation/a-50877571 This is closer to home, in England and Wales. “A Rocha” work internationally as well. And at a Scottish level this page has some info […]
Here are some photos from the March Forest Church meet up. We started at the Crichton and ended with the geese by the river Nith. Join us for Easter Weekend! Alternative link to the glideshow https://express.adobe.com/page/6kOW0doN5ONlk
Forest Church, Mothering Sunday I wonder what your experience of mothering is? Or how many various experiences both positive and negative contribute to your understanding of what mothering and motherhood is? How does that relate to husbandry? As Quartz Forest Church we have been meeting in a very managed estate for over a year now. […]
We are entering the final stages of planning our Easter weekend activities. Are you interested in a pilgrimage to St Ninians cave on Easter Saturday? On Easter Sunday we are having a Forest Church picnic on the banks if the Nith near Nunholm, across the water from Lincluden. Will you be joining us? More info […]
This came in from Kate. Have you ever read “The Vision” poem? Here is an opportunity: What inspires you? Does anything worry you? Write, draw, sing, or dance your response!