Our resident peregrines, Peter & Peggy, are back!! 🦅🦅

The webcam is now live ➡️ bit.ly/3QojduX

Here’s Mr P singing along to the Cathedral bells on Sunday! 😉

Remember, people are disabled by bad assumptions, design, code, architecture, content, processes, policies, go governance, attitudes and biases, to name a few. So before you say accessibility is done FOR disabilities, recognise it’s our decisions that disable our users.

So sorry to hear such sad news. Peace be with you.

It is striking how many times, in different contexts and conversations, trauma has been mentioned at #Synod. Trauma theology is so, so needed - we must continue our work. We must make a way out of no way.

There’s something unimaginably bleak about the world’s richest man unilaterally deciding to stop food aid and medicine going to the world’s poor ‘to save money’

Looking forward to reading this and gaining some insight and wisdom.

Forbidden Fruit and Fig Leaves Reading the Bible with the Shamed by Judith Rossall - Paperback / softback - 9780334059202 Buy Forbidden Fruit and Fig Leaves Reading the Bible with the Shamed by Judith Rossall Paperback / softback from SCM Press - ISBN: 9780334059202

Just noticed - Forbidden Fruit and Figleaves is on sale - bag yourself a bargain. @scmpress.bsky.social scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...

Church Times are selling it too.

Trump is attacking a bishop for suggesting that he show mercy to fearful people, the marginalized, immigrants, and children.

Yet, Trump pardoned 1500 convicted felons, including those who violently attacked police officers.

This tells us much about what to expect going forward.

WOW! You've got to watch all of this.

A priest just confronted Trump's fascism to his face. She's so incredibly brave.

I’d love to attend that one.

I loved the botanical drawing workshop. Please let me know when the bird drawing workshop will be running again

Widening Light? An Epiphany of shadows and stars

The conjunction of Epiphany-the season of light-with this political moment-the season of MAGA-is a profound, disorienting spiritual tension. My soul strains between the brilliance of God’s epiphany and the brutal roll-out of the authoritarian agenda. Dazzled by grace; despairing from evil.

Garden & hedgerow botanical finds, 17.01.25

First primrose.
It’s a year since I made one of my botanical photos. Things aren’t good mental health-wise atm so I made this just now to focus on small good things & quieten relentless churning thoughts. It should do similar to your brain if you pause on it for a while 🌿

Oh I love her. Safe, kind, pastoral words

Picture of frost on a window, with snow flake like formations

Beautiful but so cold.
-4 in fact.

www.northumbriacommunity.org/offices/morn...

Such encouraging verses this morning.
If you’re struggling with yourself and more importantly how others see you.
This is how God sees you.
Made and loved by God.
#goddoesntrollhiseyesatus
#lovedbygod
#godsgraceforall

Oh my gosh I can hear a tawny owl outside. Coming from the back garden.
A lovely sound.

Big Chonk.

Bell the cat with many names.

I live Mary Oliver’s work. I end up reflecting on how much creation helps us to connect to our humanity.

Mary and Elizabeth

Remembering today that when the Mother of God met St. Elizabeth the saint blessed her vision for what was to come and the two of them dreamed dreams of revolutionary liberation; the might brought down, the weak lifted up, the hungry fed and the rich sent away empty.
#Advent2024

Flourishing in Babylon Black British Agency and Self-Determination by Joe Aldred - Paperback / softback - 9780334065067 Buy Flourishing in Babylon Black British Agency and Self-Determination by Joe Aldred Paperback / softback from SCM Press - ISBN: 9780334065067

"Flourishing in Babylon is an excellent read, equipping readers with the meditative and practical tools to begin choosing to flourish in a way that is faithful to the biblical text whilst challenging the status quo"

Lovely review of this in Baptist Quarterly:
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Image of a book lying on a white bench. Cover reads: Julia Watts Belser Loving Our Own Bones Rethinking disability in an ableist world

Reading this has genuinely transformed how I look at myself as a disabled, neurodivergent person

Watching Gino & Fred:Emission impossible.
They are learning about beavers. I think beavers should be included in Job. Who told the beavers how to build dams. Never mind about where is the snow stored.

Cute tabby cat. Crossing her paws. Relaxing on the sofa on a windy day.

Today her name is
Lady Bell.
The cat with many names.

It would be so great if you could RT my Etsy shop in the twoots below/above. My🌲 jewellery orders usually make up a significant part of my income at this time of yr but the X exodus has meant I’ve only received 1 order-pretty scary income-wise. A small boost would help so much. Thankyou🌿

Cute tabby cat lying on the floor on the top of the stairs

“Belly boos!”
Bell the cat with many names….

A cute tabby/ ginger cat who looks like she’s smiling

Hello Bluesky, meet Bell.
The cat with many names..

So excited to be able to talk about this now. Lizzie Hardwicke is back!
Can't wait for you to read VIPER IN THE NEST next April. 💚🐍🗡
@UA_Books @VERVE_Books @L_Macdougall