happy new year! questions…

happy new year! we have a tradition of a meal with friends on new year's eve and we invariably do a bit of reflecting on the year just gone. this…

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the bad news of jesus christ and letting go of it

i was invited to contribute an article to shibboleth magazine. i had not come across it before. jen said she had seen it at greenbelt which makes sense. the description…

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inhale – 2025 horizontal playlist

here is this year's horizontal playlist which is a couple of hours. it begins with some pretty ambient tunes and gradually a few beats appear before fading back to beatless.…

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live for you – 2025 playlist

as is my tradition an end of year playlist - live for you. it runs for about two and a half hours. live for you [2025 tunes] apple music live…

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kew night trail

enjoyed the kew christmas night trail which is a series of light installations on a 2 hour stroll round kew gardens. it was more christmas related than context related for…

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fringe dweller – coming soon!

i am excited to be able to show you the cover of fringe dweller. this is a new book i have co-written with david cotterill. the illustration is by jon…

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celebrating border crossing

last week we were celebrating around 30 students at CMS who have completed awards through durham university and are graduating. it is such a joy after such a big effort…

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that’s not my jesus

i guess it's not news that jesus is contested. he has been claimed over the centuries to support a whole range of horrendous ideologies of domination and exclusion. the current…

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advent grace – a journey with art

this next saturday is the advent grace - a journey into art. cafĂ© to follow. here's the blurb: The Advent journey, through the Nativity, and beyond to Candlemas, is very…

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a sign

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonnybaker/54955842442/ advent comes around again, a season of waiting, longing for hope, for newness to come into a world that is fragile and broken. i rather like this photo of…

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