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 […]
Alison on tour… Whilst on holiday Alison caught a glimpse of this exhibition through the window. Have you noticed changes in the seasons, a breaking in the pattern of the wheel of the year? #SensingChallenge What are the changes we need to be aware of if we are to head the warning in Jesus words […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Our Quartz housegroup meetings in April, May and June CLC will meet at Simon and Kates house 7.30 till 9.00pm. The saints days listed below are for general interest only! The leader of each meeting is encouraged to take us where the Holy Spirit inspires them. April – 24th (St George of Lydda c 303AD, […]