I often am to be found with a mug of tea, and love nothing better than sharing several pots with friends over the course of a long afternoon’s natter. So having the first of my birthday celebrations as a tea party felt right – and all thanks go to the staff at the Farnham PotteryContinue reading “K’s big birthday gratitude project 3”
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k’s big birthday gratitude project 2
Some of you will have already come across a version of this post or an extract of its content … but there are at least two immediate reasons to repeat myself! The first reason for being especially grateful is that the Godspace blog has been central to my growing confidence as a writer and thusContinue reading “k’s big birthday gratitude project 2”
K’s big birthday gratitude project
It is possible to grow hope, to grow love, to grow community; despair never needs to have the last word when it can be healed by a scribble, a blob of paint, a pile of clay, a pot of earth, a jumble of wool, a rip of fabric, a pin-hole camera and a safe space to play.
gospel 8: My signs
I AM Good. I AM News to be proclaimed. Use the GoodName of I AM for it has power to transfigure and transform, power to reach all peoples in all places. I AM accompanies you. I AM your Companion as you share Me. I AM your Companion as you speak about Me, of Me, withContinue reading “gospel 8: My signs”
gospel 6: Be on the watch for Me.
Aware of who I AM? Awake to where I AM? Look. I AM the ColourSwirler. I AM the LightBearer. I AM the StarGuider. I AM the PrayerReceiver. I AM the ViewFinder. I AM the HealthBringer. I AM the WisdomKeeper. Look. I AM in the eyes of the poor. Look. I AM reflected in theContinue reading “gospel 6: Be on the watch for Me.”
gospel: scatter, sprout & grow
All that is comes from all that I AM. You do not know how My Life begins, or if you can guess at how, you will never know why I AM Life. You will all know who I AM differently. For I AM Creator. I AM Creation. You will all hear who I AM differently. Continue reading “gospel: scatter, sprout & grow”
gospel 1: near
I AM the Ancient of Days who holds a hand over you in the sign of blessing and peace. I AM in every particle of light, in every hue and tone of colour beyond your naming. I AM the glorylight at the beginning and end of each day – whether you behold Me or not. Continue reading “gospel 1: near”
Christmas Eve 2020
Here, where the rivers dredge upthe very stone of Heaven, we name its colors—muttonfat jade, kingfisher jade, jade of appleskin green. And here, in the glitteringhues of the Flemish Masters, we sample their wine;rest in their windows’ sun warmth,cross with pleasure their scrubbed tile floors.Everywhere the details leap like fish— bright shardsof water out ofContinue reading “Christmas Eve 2020”
day 21
Your green all dissipated and dissolved, you part company with freshness and sap, suddenly alone and falling. Down and down, lower you swoop, till the ground greets you. Different colours are yours now, burnished golds and reds, as though the sunset of your days has painted itself on your canvas. The light shines through yourContinue reading “day 21”
I am green
(all images by Kate Kennington Steer) As I mentioned in a previous post for Godspace written in 2016, I have long been fascinated by and inspired by Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), not least because despite her struggles with persistent ill health she was a writer, a composer, a scientist, a preacher, a prophetic visionary, andContinue reading “I am green”
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