Jesus makes all things new. It is the resurrection morning – for ever. Luke 24.13-35 Caravaggio – his Emmaus painting – the servant Emmaus: The Servant’s Story There was something going on that day. The master and his friend had come in with this man they’d met on the road and I was serving themContinue reading “Emmaus and Resurrection”
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Garden, Take 3
If you’ve been reading this blog for some time (thank you, thank you, always nice to see you), you may remember posts about my garden. If you’re new, or want to refresh your memory, try here or here or watch a slide-show with music here. This is our third home since I got into gardening.Continue reading “Garden, Take 3”
What do we want?
Another of my new year resolutions (well, it was made at the Greenbelt festival last August, but who’s counting?) is to get back into collective climate activism. What with Covid and moving to a different part of the country and taking on a demanding job and whatnot, I had dropped out. I went to myContinue reading “What do we want?”
Remember me?
Searching for an old photo yesterday, I found it on my blog. This blog, you know, the one I was going to start going again a couple of years ago and to which I haven’t added for, well, a couple of years. Oops. What stopped me in the first place? My last job was aboutContinue reading “Remember me?”
In the Tyre Tracks of Hadrian
It was a dry day off, if somewhat overcast. I cycled across the Town Moor, past the University, crossed a footbridge over the central motorway (whoever thought of a motorway through the centre of a city??), went down the Byker Link to pick up Hadrian’s Cycleway and head out to the coast at Tynemouth. HeContinue reading “In the Tyre Tracks of Hadrian”
Go North
Mrs Mabbsnolongerbysea and I have moved 350 miles nearer the Arctic Circle. In August, we left behind the sun, the sea and the sand (well, the pebbles) of Brighton and Hove, after living there for 15 years. We now live in Newcastle Upon Tyne. I’ve taken up a new post as ministry team leader atContinue reading “Go North”
Being a Good Ancestor
These are uncertain times. The COVID pandemic and the climate crisis are dismantling the life we’ve known and the bridge back to normality is on fire. I wonder if November’s autumnal mood of remembering those who have gone before us might give us courage to walk into the darkness that lies ahead. Can our ancestorsContinue reading “Being a Good Ancestor”
Songs of Zion in Covid Babylon
I’ve been in quarantine for nearly two weeks and I am going stir crazy. I am longing to be able to go for a walk or a cycle ride again and venture beyond our front garden wall. I am telling myself: Friday. Even if it’s raining, on Friday I will go out. But underlying thisContinue reading “Songs of Zion in Covid Babylon”
The Messenger Is The Message
Extinction Rebellion (XR) is on the streets in London, Manchester and Cardiff this week. In the news: Protesters arrested. Protesters urged to reconsider actions because of COVID-19. Literary figures join the campaign. Police put on a show of strength. XR blocks roads. XR tweeted this complaint: We are not the story. The story is catastrophicContinue reading “The Messenger Is The Message”
Fire Bird
What flashed through my mind as I fell was the image of a bird, plummeting down from the sun, its feathers like fire, with all the colours of the rainbow in those flames as it soared through the sky. When I came to, the world had gone black. I could feel hundreds of legs andContinue reading “Fire Bird”
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