Advent Day 6: Be like Simeon Some weeks back I purchased ‘The Early Preaching of Karl Barth’. A significant feature… Read more Karl Barth: Seeing Salvation
Longfellow’s Christmas
Advent Day 5: God’s not Dead I’ve hit on this idea of exploring Advent-as-we-go. I’m keen to touch on the gritty… Read more Longfellow’s Christmas
Sweeter Than a Mother’s Song
Advent Day 4: A glorious light, suspending Night Coleridge: A Christmas Carol. I The shepherds went their hasty way, And… Read more Sweeter Than a Mother’s Song
Trusting God Without Borders
Advent Day 3: Waiting The documented events pre and post-birth of Jesus the Christ are about expectancy. This is on… Read more Trusting God Without Borders
Standing on The Threshold of Christmas: a Prayer & some Moravian Stars
Advent Day One: In order to mark the beginning of Advent I think it’s a great idea to begin with a prayer.… Read more Standing on The Threshold of Christmas: a Prayer & some Moravian Stars
The Fellowship of the Ring
So as it turns out, one anniversary of thanksgiving meets another. I am not completely sure why the matching dates didn’t… Read more The Fellowship of the Ring
Grace Over the Abyss
‘…One night in 1930, the French occupation forces left the city of Speyer, and the German army took over. Teachers and… Read more Grace Over the Abyss
Braving Storms; Pushing Against Streams
Continuing to pray and mine my way back through Tolstoy’s 1879-80 work, ‘A Confession’. The background image comes from a summer storm… Read more Braving Storms; Pushing Against Streams
Capturing Contrasts, Similarities & Truth
Today, I took a picture looking from the south part of a river across towards the north. At first I had accidentally inverted the image… Read more Capturing Contrasts, Similarities & Truth
On Lights, Veggies & a Few Musical Nutcrackers
For background ‘atmos’ in the schoolroom today, we gave the vinyl of Bing’s “White Christmas” a spin. As per the dust… Read more On Lights, Veggies & a Few Musical Nutcrackers
Rod Lampard 