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Welcome
Welcome to this new website and a new stage of my ministry.
Dec 1, 2020


A breathing meditation
“Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Breath of God (ruach’elöhîm) was moving over...
Aug 20


A Stations of the Cross
A Stations of the Cross meditation with images, readings and mediations.
Apr 14, 2022


Pentecost
https://picturapoesis.blog/2020/12/05/pentecost/ Poem Waiting, Waited, Flame Breather, Life Teaser, Sweet Essence, Hard Presence, Pulsing...
May 23, 2021


Holy Fool
I am a fool I look beyond reason I stray beyond logic I dance when I should cry I weep when I should party I am fool of joy for the...
Apr 1, 2021


#LentVoices Humbling
A few years ago we ran a night project and café in Telford called Sanktuary. One night a lady left a local nightclub and took off her...
Mar 27, 2021


#LentVoices Sacrificing
“... if it dies, it produces many seeds.” As an entrepreneur, a creative, an innovator by nature, it’s not unusual to have to watch...
Mar 21, 2021


#LentVoices Believing
I wrote this poem a couple of years ago. It was an attempt to reflect on the sending of the Logos, from Creation to Incarnation. "Light...
Mar 16, 2021


#LentVoices Cleansing
“…as the rain came down I dropped to my knees and I prayed I said, "Oh heavenly thing, please cleanse my soul I've seen all on offer and...
Mar 10, 2021


#LentVoices Releasing
A few years ago I was booked to speak at an event in Kiev, my first trip outside of Western Europe. Arriving in the airport I met with a...
Feb 25, 2021


#LentVoices - Leaving
#LentVoices - Leaving We have stepped into the season of lent, planted a foot in another place. A new time in the deepest desert begins....
Feb 19, 2021


4th Cohort - Missional New Monastics course
https://tinyurl.com/newmonastics A learning experience led by Ian Mobsby and Mark Berry for Pioneers and those seeking to set up or...
Feb 18, 2021


#LentVoices
A year ago Nathan and I spent a long weekend in Rome. We arrived in Italy blown by a storm and were met in the airport by the first...
Feb 17, 2021


The Rhythms of Life - retreats
Celtic Seasonal Retreats: join two new-monastic practitioners to follow a creative and contemplative rhythm of prayer and meditation from...
Jan 29, 2021


Three loads I carry
Three loads I carry as I walk, Three packs I balance on my back. Each one I meticulously packed, Each I carefully stowed and strapped down..
Dec 5, 2020


Scattered gold
Reflecting today on the treasure in each one of us, treasure we may not see, nor might those around us, but it is there! A poem from 2019
Dec 5, 2020


Lamentation
Lament is an important part of worship, the Bible is full of lament, from the cries of the Psalmist to the words of Jesus
Dec 4, 2020


Opening the Doors
Opening the Doors is a collection of resources and liturgy pioneered by Fresh Expressions practitioners from across the Church of England...
Dec 2, 2020


Missional and New Monastic
A learning experience led by Ian Mobsby and Mark Berry for Pioneers and those seeking to set up or review missional New Monastic Communities
Dec 1, 2020
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