Updates from Whirlow
Photography by Michael Dysart
November is a month of grey days, misty rain, and shortened darker days. Seemingly a month where colours are grey and dull. However, like the sudden appearance of a rainbow, there can be times of rainbow moments, a burst of colour, and memories which stay with us. For this Whirlow blog, I would like us to think of times when images surprised us, made us stop and think, maybe even changed us.
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The cycle of nature turns once more to Autumn. For some, a favourite season of vibrant colour and warming spices; to others a time of trepidation and fear as the cost of living and heating their homes rises. For this feast day of St Francis of Assisi, the Whirlow blog reflects on our shared kinship with each other, and with the cosmos, inviting us to follow the example of St Francis in becoming buds of hope beyond the leaf fall.
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As summer once more gives way to autumn, our daily routines can bring frustration as well as comfort. This Whirlow guest blog by textile artist Karen Herrick considers the different ways God might be calling us to ‘press on’ through the ‘creases’ in our lives – or inviting us to simply ‘take hold’ whilst he lovingly transforms our wrinkles, preparing us for what lies ahead. We are invited to respond.
Read MoreThis Easter week, our Whirlow blog reflects on the radical promise made to those first converts to Christianity at Pentecost – the gift of the Holy Spirit. This gift was promised not only to them, but to ‘all who are far away’. We reflect on how we might carry this promised Spirit to the many who are suffering in our world today; and on how we might carry it within our own hearts. We are invited to respond…
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