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.
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 […]
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 […]
We have been working on the cocoon this week and gradually transforming it into a chrysalis with hand-made paper. It is becoming a tomb for the hopes and fears written into it by many folk over the past month of Lent. The physical transformation of the cocoon represents our longings for God to be at […]
Lavender Haze and the Struggle for Egalitarian Marriage by Liz Cooledge Jenkins Who defines marriage? This article discusses issues inherited from the 1950’s that are still influencing behaviour. https://wp.me/p1zXM8-gb3 When does liberation become lassez-fair?
As we prepare for our journey through Lent here is some insight from our past https://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2015/02/now-pure-and-holy-time-draws-near.html?m=1 If you were given the gift of being able to truly see in this life, what impact would that have on your daily living?
In some parts of the world absolute poverty is obvious, you see it on the streets as you walk. In Scotland poverty is a complicated issue, and not always visible. This organisation lives out it’s faith through helping people overcome poverty related issues. An important first step is to become aware of what is actually […]
This picture is one of my early ones. It has been useful a couple of times recently. This morning I was thinking about peace as I stood in to help out at a commemoration of remembering the day that Bruce killed Comyn in Greyfriars, Dumfries. The opportunity to help arose as a result of connections […]
I draw during the 11 O’clock service. The pencil and paper help me to explore the familiar surroundings and repeated words. Perhaps this is similar to taking notes in a lecture theatre, even if the text is available online. Writing helps focus the mind and activate more of the brain to aid retention. For me […]
To what extent is salvation given or worked out through living? I suspect that the issue of how “Grace” and “Works” relate to one another is an example of #SensingMystery, although like all mysteries it involves a confusion of certainty that keeps us going and awareness of the unknown so we have to keep asking […]