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City Centre Silence
I took the opportunity this lunchtime to drop into Leicester Cathedral for their Healing and Wholeness Eucharist celebrated every Tuesday at 12.30 pm. Arriving in plenty of time it was good to sit...
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As a matter of fact it’s all dark
There are certain albums that have become legendary and (quite possibly) changed the course of music history. The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is clearly one, but so is Pink Floyd’s...
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The Dark Side of the Moon
I love music and have a very wide and eclectic taste, equally at home listening to Bach, Bartok or The Beatles. Purcell, Prokofiev or Pink Floyd. There are certain albums that have become legendary...
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14/06/20 Quiet Times
Photo by Spencer Selover on Pexels.com Bible Reading: Philippians 4:4-9 Isaiah 30:15 reminds us that, in quietness and confidence shall be your strength. That’s been my experience of faith during both...
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The Solitary Reaper (Wordsworth)
Behold her, single in the field,Yon solitary Highland Lass!Reaping and singing by herself;Stop here, or gently pass!Alone she cuts and binds the grain,And sings a melancholy strain;O listen! for the...
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Solitude (Harry Read)
I’m planning to start posting weekly Sunday devotionals now that I’m settling into retirement, but for now I’m sharing a poem by Salvation Army Officer Harry Read. He’s a remarkable Christian...
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Myopia (Agnes Obel)
The Independent has described this wonderful album by Agnes Obel as one “to experience alone, and there’s a comfort to being pulled into Myopia’s contemplative, isolating territory”. Snuggle up with...
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Finding Peace in Five Verses
Just a simple (yet hopefully profound) Sunday devotional today. It’s based on five Bible verses shared in a recent newsletter from Our Daily Bread Ministries. The newsletter reminds us that we live in...
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Sonnet 30 (William Shakespeare)
When to the sessions of sweet silent thoughtI summon up remembrance of things past,I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,And with old woes new wail my dear time’s waste:Then can I drown an eye,...
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