Another poem by Helen Brocklehusrt:via Mary, mother of Jesus
Rekindling
Written in Lent 2017 See Helen's Poetry Page
Living Advent Calendar
We've had a fabulous local initiative started up in three streets near us: a living Advent Calendar. The idea is that every night from Dec 1st to 24th - a different house in these three adjoining streets reveals a window display around 6pm and invites their neighbours out on to their driveway to share in... Continue Reading →
Prayer as breathing and breathing as prayer
Breathing: necessary, unconscious, continuous, usually an easy activity, we don't even learn it, we just do it. Prayer: ... err? a learned activity, a conscious effort, we 'might do it wrong', we are not sure why we do it or who is 'listening' or what effect it has but that doesn't stop most people praying... Continue Reading →
HOPE – is it to do with the future or the past?
We had great fun yesterday at our Worship for All service on the theme of HOPE. We began by lighting our Advent Ring. "We light 1, 2, 3, 4 candles on our ring, one for each Sunday in Advent," I said, "when do you think we light the fifth candle in the middle?" "ON MY... Continue Reading →
Alone in Berlin – Film Review – a story of huge courage with contemporary implications.
Based on a true story, this film shows how ordinary people can show extraordinary courage in the face of oppression. Otto and Elise Hampel lived in Berlin during the second World War, after suffering a devastating loss, they began a simple but terrifying campaign of resistance. Acting entirely alone, they began to write propaganda postcards... Continue Reading →
Why a ‘true version of events’ is hard to judge. Film review of ‘Jackie’.
Have just caught up with the recent film "Jackie" a portrayal by Natalie Portman of Jacqueline Kennedy in the weeks immediately after her husband's assassination. It's a powerful and thought-provoking portrayal of grief but it's also a story about how we construct stories. There are several ways in to this story: firstly we see the... Continue Reading →
Why doing things badly might be a good idea
I'm doing two things badly at the moment: dieting and exercise. For the last three weeks, I have committed myself again to that most miserable of disciplines: dieting which for the sake of my health, simply has to be done. I never used to find exercising tedious but now that my various aches and pains... Continue Reading →
Guest blog ‘Just Do It’ by Jo Cleary
For anyone who has ever thought about writing or setting up a blog, encouragement along the way http://www.radicallovejourney.com/justdoit/
Blue Planet ‘Wonders’: The sex change fish
The opening episode in the BBC's Blue Planet II series was absolutely extraordinary. So much diversity: fish of all colours, some with crowns on their heads. Sea creatures that look totally as if they'd come from a movie about aliens, dolphins and whales that appeared to be friends and a tiny little fish that knew... Continue Reading →
