“Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father.” John 14:12 (NRSV) Initial Cautionary Note: This material is written for those who would claim to have, or are exploring Jesus … More The Psychic Jesus – Part One: Introduction
During British Science Week, the moon was drawn down into Leicester Cathedral. Well, at least a 7m diameter scale model of it was, with hi-res mosaic images mapped to a 1cm = 5km scale. Hanging from the ceiling in the nave, she was truly remarkable to behold, especially standing under her looking up. It was … More The Museum of the Moon at Leicester Cathedral
“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
It’s coming up to that time of the year when traditionally alcoholic beverages are consumed more. In the past, certain types of Christians have shunned alcohol for a variety of reasons, some personal, others due to the effects that its abuse were having on society at the time. Even today, some branches of Christianity will … More Wine – The Cheering Gift from The Maker
Late last month, I arose early to see the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter just before sunrise. Surprisingly, the “celestial observation shield”, otherwise known as clouds, were not present and the wondrous sight of these two bright lights shining above the horizon made me think of a similar, but even more spectacular set of conjunctions … More The Deep Green Christian’s Advent
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
Around this time of the year, I find a lot of Christians getting all hot under the collar about whether they should choose to celebrate Halloween, or not. Often the arguments boil down to the perceived association of the day with all that is evil, and that Christians should not put on the appearance of … More Halloween – Sifting Historical Facts vs “Christian” Myths
“Those who have ears to hear, listen to the words I now say. Those who have eyes to see, watch as this story unfolds.” In Eternity Past Before the beginning of space-time, dwelling in eternal halls was Elohim, the Eternal Three-in-One, known on earth from ancient times as Yahweh and in later times as … More Song 1: A Song of Creation
The final part of this series looks at the person of Jesus; not the toy sold as “Buddy Jesus”, but the actual historical figure who walked this earth 2000 years ago, and, according to some, whose feet may well have walked upon this green and pleasant land of Albion (yet another blog post for another … More Jesus and the Green Man – Part 6 of 6: Jesus, the Deepest Green Man
This figure is perhaps the most completely developed of the figures we’ve discussed so far in this series. Space only permits highlights of the development of Pan into a Green Man figure and again I’d point you to Ronald Hutton’s The Triumph of the Moon for a whole chapter’s worth of the development of this intriguing … More Jesus and the Green Man – Part 5 of 6: Pan
God of Green Hope 