Yurting around

Had a great few days last week in east Devon staying in a yurt… beautiful structures and lovely to sit in rain or shine! Fortunately we timed our trip with the few days of sunshine last week, so most of the time we were hanging in the hammock under the sun… watching the buttercups move [...]

Bluebells

Found a ’secret’ bluebell wood last week… just down the road: photos

Easter images

It’s been a hectic but brilliant couple of weeks following the arrival of Ayla… but now it is back to the real world, post-paternity leave!

I’m late blogging this but CMS and the Diocese of London recently produced a new schoools resource for easter - this modern representation of the Easter story comes in photographic form, [...]

Easter e-card - New Life*

As I was thinking about Easter… the pain and suffering of the events of Holy week as Jesus was condemned to death – and then the new life we celebrate in the resurrection of Jesus – I reflected on what that ‘new life’ really means… and so I thought of Alex in the photo above.
I [...]

Christmas card 2006

“For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6
May you know the joy and peace of Christ this Christmas
Matt & Polly
The photo: This alternative image of a baby is [...]

Wait…

Like a growing nunber of people, over recent years Polly and I have been curious about Celtic Christian traditions (which we have blogged about before - Daily Prayers) and found their practice really helpful.
Celtic Saints traditionally started their period of advent a full forty days before Christmas – which is today – matching the 40 [...]