Art to Change the World

Well I missed Earth Day, but it is never too late to enter into the spirit of going green. Here are some powerful images by Chris Jordan that relate to the statistics of consumption & help us to recognize the extent of the problem. This series looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens [...]

Pentecost

A number of people have asked me about the pentecost icon I used in a previous post. It is a contemporary Coptic icon. The best collection of pentecost art I have found is at Biblical-Art.com Here are some of my favourites.

Back From Down Under

Tom & I arrived back from Australia on Saturday. At least my body is back but for some reason I still feel as though my mind is only halfway across the Pacific. It is great to return to spring time in the Pacific Northwest. The daffodils are still out and the tulips and flowering trees [...]

Last Day In Australia

Today is our last day in Australia. Tom is finishing off a visit to Perth and I am in Sydney with my family. Tom was interviewed on Perth radio a couple of days ago. You can listen to the interview here I am sitting with my family watching the Anzac Day Parade – the Australian [...]

After the drought

I am sitting in Sydney at my brother’s place with the rain falling outside.  Tom & I have just returned from a wonderful week in Melbourne where we  were able to catch up on old friends and make some new ones as well. I loved the Forge festival with Andrew Jones (Tall Skinny Kiwi), Sally [...]

Reconnecting

Yesterday we drove from Sydney to Melbourne, a drive I have not done for 30 years.  There is something very special about reconnecting to one’s roots and I am feeling quite energized as a result.  The beauty of sunset skies behind a hill studded with snow gums is breathtaking.  More than anything I am enjoying [...]

Don’t Trade Lives

Tom and I have just returned from a very challenging breakfast talk by David Batsone who is in Australia to promote his book Not For Sale. Seems strange that we travel half way around the world to be challenged by someone who lives in San Francisco. His book is about modern day slavery and the [...]

Prayer For the Journey

Well, lift off time is only a couple of hours away and this seemed an appropriate time to share a Celtic journey prayer. Celtic Christians often set off on journeys or perigrinatio sometimes with no specific destination in mind. they believed that every journey was an opportunity to walk with God and for God to [...]

Miles to Go Before We Sleep

Tomorrow we head off for Australia where Tom will be busy promoting his new book The New Conspirators and I will have a chance to spend time with my family.  April is not a good time for me to be away – not because of the work that will pile up while I am gone [...]

Pentecost is Coming

The day of Pentecost, fifty days after Easter, celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the church. I wanted to get in early with this because I have some suggestions on things to do at the end that you might like to think about as some of them need some preparation. [...]