Halloween’s a time which is often shunned by Christians due to its alleged historic connections with evil. I’ve written extensively on this in the past, exploring the Christian myths (click here) which have arisen due to false information that they’ve been exposed to. As Halloween / All Hallows (Saints) & All Souls is a time of … More A Christian Halloween Ritual
“From bright heights of compassion To deep darkness of hatred My beloved land has seen it all.” My land of dear mongrels All colours and creeds, All working to bring light Into history’s dark deeds. Community spirit Where new friends were made. In streets, then much safer, As children we played. This land of once … More A Deep Green Christian’s Winter Solstice Poem: From Darkness to Light
The Wheel of the Year has brought us to a time of balance, the Autumn Equinox – that tipping point in the year where light and darkness are of equal length across the world, where daylight rapidly shortens and darkness reaches out and extends her grip across the northern hemisphere. It is a time where … More The Deep Green Christian’s Autumn Equinox
The Wheel continues to turn and we now reach the literal high point of the year – the Summer Solstice, where the midday sun ascends no more, standing still in the sky. It is traditionally the time of Flaming June, where we enjoy the balmy heat, the cool evening breezes and the world is ablaze … More The Deep Green Christian’s Summer Solstice
This point on the Wheel of the Year we celebrate the joyous return of life to the land, where the long dark winter is a distant memory as we look forward to the summertime. It is now approximately half-way between the spring equinox and summer solstice, and we are at the peak of springtime. Let us joyfully … More The Deep Green Christian’s Beltane
Once more we come to a time of balance in the Wheel of the Year. The darkness is quickly giving way to the light, which shone albeit weakly, throughout wintertime. The light arises, poised to overtake darkness. Shadows are becoming shorter; days are getting longer; our Brother Sun fervently grows in strength once more upon … More The Deep Green Christian’s Spring Equinox
The Winter is passing by, the dawn of a new Spring is upon us. Now is the time of the agricultural celebration of Imbolc, which means “in the belly”. Imbolc marks the start of Spring where the fecundity of life is about to be made manifest. As darkness ebbs and light once more flows into our land, Imbolc … More Imbolc, Candlemas & St Brigid – A Song of New Hope
The Winter Solstice is upon us! The sun has ventured down to the lowest point in the sky, bringing with him the shortest day and the longest of nights. It doesn’t get any darker than this. Ever since the Autumn Equinox back last September, the balance of power between the light and the dark has been in … More The “Deep Green” Christian’s Winter Solstice
At August 1st we have reached the first of the traditional harvests, Lammas – the cereal, or grain harvest. We are entering the time of the “fields of gold”. Lammas, or “Hlaf mas” (“Loaf Mass”) as it is known in the Anglo Saxon, was a time of celebration of the first fruits, the cereal crops. … More Wheel of the Year – Lammas (1st August)
As we approach the very end of October, may I bid you welcome to the feast of Samhain * or Summer’s End, an ancient Celtic festival celebrated as the marker of the end of the summertime and the beginning of winter. Here our ancestors celebrated the ending of the previous cycle of seasons and the beginning … More Halloween – Remembering Our Ancestors
God of Green Hope 