March 2018 – Holding Heaven

Good Friday: Agnus Dei

So to Good Friday and a work which has inspired me so much over the years: Faure’s Requiem; especially …

Here’s another of my favourite Holy Week pieces: the opening chorus from J S Bach’s St John Passion – Herr, unser …

There are so many different definitions of Passion: a strong and barely controllable emotion; an intense, sexual love; an intense …

Spring has sprung…almost. We’ve had a gloriously sunny day here. I’ve just come back from a long, muddy walk …

I’ve been re-reading an old favourite recently: Thomas Merton’s New Seeds of Contemplation. It’s taken me straight back to the “well” …

Here’s my attempt at another 5 Minute March Challenge prompt- ‘Light.’ Quite opportune if you’ve been following the Church of …

Here’s my very first attempt at Kick in the Creative’s 5-Minute March Challenge! ‘Kick,’ is an online site that gathers together …

In him was life, and the life was the light of all men. The light shines in the darkness and …

Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give …

What does silence mean to you? I’ve been trying to tease out some of my own thoughts on this recently, inspired …