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”
Tag Archives: Hope
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”
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”
Active Hope
Hope is hard to come by. I imagine that’s a feeling I share with many others who care about climate, wildlife, extinction, and so on. That sense of despair always lurks in the background and it easily slips into the foreground if I don’t work hard enough to keep it at bay. Part of myContinue reading “Active Hope”
Walking in the light in the dark
I feel a little reluctant to post sermons, as I know that not all my readers share my faith in Christ. However, someone has kindly encouraged me to share more, so here’s one for Advent Sunday. I guess you don’t have to read on, but if you’d like to… Isaiah 2.1-5 – Advent Sunday TheseContinue reading “Walking in the light in the dark”
By the waters
It being the first day of the month, it was time for Pray In The Sea. Inspired by Ourvoices.net, this was something we did in Brighton in 2014 and 2015, and we have revived it this year – after all, climate change has not gone away and the average sea level continues to rise. WeContinue reading “By the waters”
Just one cornetto
Mrs Mabbsonsea recently had a Significant Birthday, so a couple of weeks before Easter, we went to Venice. What a fantastic place! As Mrs M would tell you, I had resisted going there for 22 years. Silly me. I wouldn’t mind going again, actually. Here are some photos: A canal (um….) Doge’s Palace with SanContinue reading “Just one cornetto”
Alex Mabbs 