Category Archives: Contemplation

Gardens as a place to reconnect

Posted on May 2, 2019 by commaandco

Appropriately, for this blog titled reconnected-place, there is good news about spaces to reconnect with God through nature: the Quiet Gardens Movement.  Very generous people have recognised that space in nature can be a wonderful place to ‘read’ God’s mystery … Continue reading →

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John Piper: One third of the Bible is Poetry

Posted on February 16, 2018 by commaandco

John Piper on why one third of the bible is poetry; also a link to his sermon on George Herbert Continue reading →

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Reconnecting: microphones and liturgy

Posted on August 1, 2017 by commaandco

Is there a special prayer to prepare to use microphones, when speaking in church?  Malcolm Guite, in his column “Poet’s Corner” in “The Church Times” considers this very point.  He comes up with some playful verses: For putting the rechargeable … Continue reading →

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Who is this?

Posted on June 13, 2017 by commaandco

Reminder of the Mystery.  Truth-speaker.  Great bridge-builder.  The space of love between everything. Inherent victory.  The welcoming within.   These are just a few of the descriptions which Father Richard Rohr has used to describe the Holy Spirit.  He wrote … Continue reading →

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Beginning again

Posted on December 30, 2016 by commaandco

I have been reading an Advent book “Waiting on the Word – a poem a day for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany” by Malcolm Guite.  Somehow, in response I found a poem of my own forming… RESTART   we are always … Continue reading →

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I am making all things new

Posted on December 18, 2016 by commaandco

Art in pain.  This is the story of Anthony LaMarca.  As he faced bone marrow transplant, his family made him a painting, which he made into a song. Story and song here http://www.sparkandecho.org/all-things-new_anthony-lamarca/  

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Art, faith and Refugees

Posted on December 14, 2016 by commaandco

  This installation “flight” hangs from the roof of St James’ church, with 3 forlorn lifebelts inside it. Installed over the Christmas period, the three lifejackets evoke the flight of the Holy Family to Egypt and ask the viewer to … Continue reading →

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Meditating on Art – Sieger Koder

Posted on December 9, 2016 by commaandco

Sieger Koder experienced active service as a soldier in WW2, then imprisonment as a Prisoner of War.  Returning from this, he trained in art and worked as a teacher for some years, before training and serving as a priest in … Continue reading →

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Another view of Christmas

Posted on December 6, 2016 by drew24x7

serendipity (noun) – the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. “a fortunate stroke of serendipity” I don’t regularly listen to Radio 2, but flicking through the channels while driving home last Thursday morning I came … Continue reading →

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Art and liturgical year

Posted on November 30, 2016 by commaandco

Advent…. Easter…. looking for visual ideas for church? Check out this magazine-on-computer, crammed with visual creativity

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