Author: stuart

  • a radical heart

    Rumi said, in the midst of conflict: “I go into the Muslim mosque, and the Jewish synagogue and the Christian church and I see one altar.” How open, or how big must one’s heart be to allow such a thought?  Can such a radical notion of generosity of heart ever take root today?  Perhaps not…

  • Spinning

    This project started a long time ago!! Plans for the spinning wheel are now here. Now that it has been built, there is the need to test it… Turns out it works quite well, it has so far turned part of a fleece into the beginnings of a pair of socks!!  I might have a…

  • The Presents got there!!

    Remember the 6th of December? St. Nicolas Day.  Rev’d Professor Nicholas Sagovsky  and St Nicolas went to Yarls Wood with presents, but were not allowed to take them in? Well, if you read this account partly from children who were in Yarls wood at the time, you find that they arrived! “Some presents came. [An…

  • There is but one way…

    … to get rid of the snow, and that it to build a sled for the children.  When I have finished it, (June or July sometime) the snow will be gone!  Whilst deciding whether or not to clear the drive and risk the car this morning – (nah, walk!) I was browsing a few books…

  • Snow was great…

    … Yesterday – when it was going and everything still looked pretty.  That was when I took this pic in the valley on a long walk home from service and visiting. However, now it just looks like a long road to nowhere!

  • Food for the millions

    …and not just for the starving either.  Last night on BBC2 Jimmy Doherty investigated ways of feeding the planet for the future, staring in Brazil, he visited farmers trying innovative ways of providing food from fields growing soy on an unbelievable scale to farming caipon, a native species of crocodile.  I must admit being rather…

  • an ark for Epiphany

    Trying to keep up with the promise I made to finish books before buying others, I realise that I am way behind on that score already. Reading yesterdays entry from ‘All Saints’ late, but in keeping with the season, Epiphany. (See Maggi Dawn’s comments on that subject!) Lanza del Vasto a modern prophet and ‘Noah’…

  • January

    I was greeted in the street this morning by an interesting weather report, ‘The seagulls are flying inland, low over the houses and the Barometer is set for change.’  I didn’t inquire as to whether the pressure was rising or falling! Perhaps ‘set for change’ is an apt description of the climate at the beginning…

  • Living Nativity

    Because the Holy Trinity Church in Greenfield is closed for building works, we had a choice this year to do nothing, or to take the opportunity to do something different to mark Christmas in the community. We wanted to give the community the opportunity to be part of the story, rather than just listening to…

  • Fairtrade erm, ugh – kitkat?

    Sorry Nestle, still not buying it!! See this rather interesting perspective…