🥁 And our 2025 review is out! 🍿
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2025 was a year of 🩺 #listening, 🧪 #research, and 🧗 #scaling for LibLynx, and we've got big plans in progress for 2026! Here are 3 key metrics that reflect our achievements in the last year:
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Our 2025 year in review!
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📖 Read the full review to see how these indicators fit into the wider global picture and what they reveal about steel decarbonisation in 2025: https://bit.ly/497PSyZ
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3/3
Bright, multicoloured fireworks exploding against a black night sky. In the lower left is the text ‘Happy New Year 2026!’ in orange. In the lower right is the Open Table logo with the words ‘OPEN TABLE’ beneath it.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Love and thanks from all in the Open Table Network for your solidarity and support in 2025 #2025review
My gaming look back over the past year is more about how we got here then what I played. But worth reading for potential words of warning into the new year! www.digitallydownloaded.net/2026/01/tren... #2025review
Happy 2026! 🎉✨
Just posted a TikTok ranking my top 10 favorite games I played in 2025. What a great year of gaming 💕
Here it is if you wanna check it out!
#2025review #goty2025
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A circular illustration divided vertically in half. On the left, a barren landscape with dry soil and a leafless tree; on the right, a green landscape with rolling hills and a full leafy tree. A white dove carrying an olive branch flies above the circle. Beneath the image is the text ‘Garden of Peace’ and ‘Isaiah 32:14–18’.
GARDEN OF PEACE: A reflection for the Season of Creation in September was THE most viewed new post on my blog in 2025: abravefaith.com/2025/09/02/garden-of-peace-a-reflection-for-the-season-of-creation-2025 #2025review
Stained-glass windows from St Beuno’s Rock Chapel designed by Claire Mulholland. Seven tall, narrow stained-glass panels displayed side by side, each filled with abstract flowing shapes and circular forms. The colours move across the spectrum from warm yellows, oranges, and reds on the left to blues, purples, and greens on the right, creating a rainbow-like progression.
REFUGE & STRENGTH: Details of our LGBT+ Christian retreat in November at St Beuno's Spirituality Centre in north Wales was THE most viewed post on the OTN website in 2025: bit.ly/RefugeStrengthRetreat25 #2025review. We are likely to offer another weekend in Autumn 2026 - dates TBC.
Crowd gathered outside a red-brick church during a Pride parade. People wear and wave rainbow and trans pride flags, including a large rainbow-coloured cross held aloft. Supporters stand on the church steps and balcony cheering, while participants of all ages celebrate together in the street.
'THIS was a painful reminder that our belief in an inclusive God often makes us a target for those with opposing views.'
Kate's reflection on love and resistance at #ChesterPride was the 2nd most viewed post on the OTN website in 2025: bit.ly/ChesterPride25 #2025review
A wide view inside a church or chapel showing a large round wooden table in the foreground. Dozens of small white origami cranes are carefully arranged on the table in the shape of a cross. Wooden chairs, a lectern, and musical instruments are visible in the background, creating a quiet, reflective worship setting.
TRANSFIGURATION and Hiroshima: A reflection on peace was the 2nd most viewed new post on my blog in 2025: abravefaith.com/2025/08/06/transfiguration-and-hiroshima-a-reflection-on-peace #2025review
Library of the UK Supreme Court building in London. Quotation on display from Martin Luther King Jnr: ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.’
Screenshot of an online form titled ‘UK Christians for Trans Rights – Open Letter to MPs’. The page contains an introductory statement expressing solidarity with transgender, non-binary, and intersex communities, inviting church leaders and members to sign an open letter. It includes a link to view current signatories, a sign-in email shown as network@opentable.lgbt , and a required form field asking for the signer’s name, role, church, and location.
RESPONSES to the UK Supreme Court ruling on the definition of 'biological sex' were joint 3rd most viewed posts on the OTN website in 2025: a statement from LGBT+ organisations bit.ly/SupremeCourtUK0425 and an open letter to Parliament from UK Christians: bit.ly/UKchristiansTransRights #2025review
An indoor display featuring an Open Table banner reading ‘Open Table – Come as you are’ and ‘Safe sacred space for LGBTQIA+ Christians,’ with the Open Table rainbow logo. Beside it is a flipchart covered in handwritten prayers and messages, including a heart-shaped heading reading ‘Our prayer for LGBT+ History Month.’ A transgender pride flag hangs in the background.
NATIONAL CHURCH shares LGBT+ History Month prayer - My reflection on what inspired the prayer the Methodist Church shared with churches in February was the 3rd most viewed new post on my blog in 2025: abravefaith.com/2025/02/03/national-church-shares-lgbt-history-month-prayer #2025review
A hand-drawn illustration of a large glass jar with a lid, filled with encouraging words and phrases. Text on the jar reads: ‘You matter,’ ‘You’re doing a great job,’ ‘God is with you,’ ‘I’m inspired by you,’ ‘You are growing into wonderful people,’ ‘You are stronger than you know,’ and ‘I am so proud of you.’ The jar is surrounded by small stars and radiating lines on a pale background.
ENCOURAGING WORDS build community spirit - My reflection at a church where a minister was preparing to leave was the 4th most viewed new post on my blog in 2025: abravefaith.com/2025/08/04/encouraging-words-build-community-spirit #2025review
Four printed books titled Sunday Scriptures for Reading Aloud are arranged on a wooden surface, showing different formats and sizes. Text at the top reads: ‘Now in three editions: A4 Luxury Hardback, A4 Standard Lectern, A5 Home Paperback.'
A REVIEW of a new inclusive language Bible translation with a gender-neutral God, Sunday Scriptures for Reading Aloud, was the fourth most viewed post on the OTN website in 2025: bit.ly/SSRAreview0525 #2025review
2025 was the year of live music, and walking the Pilgrims Path to Holy Island, both amazing experiences. I didn't fail. I lived. And life doesn't conform to lists!
I'll still do a goal list for 2026. It helps me focus, but I won't be consumed by it.
#2025recap #2025review #goals
Archbishop Cherry wearing a purple clerical shirt and collar, a silver cross necklace, and a dark jacket stands smiling in front of a wooden church door with leaded glass panels.
THE CHURCH IN WALES elected its first female archbishop in July - Bishop of Monmouth Cherry Vann, who has been a Patron of the Open Table Network (OTN) since 2020. Our news report was the fifth most viewed post on the OTN website in 2025. READ MORE: bit.ly/ArchbishopCherry0725 #2025review
Text reads: 2025, Silver's art summary. A black background is split into 12 slanted rectangles in two rows of 6. Each is labeled with a month and includes a snippet of an artwork done by Silver that month. Jan - a woman with teal hair holding a purple violin Feb - a young boy with brown hair and orange bandana Mar - two women facing off in a "versus" pose Apr - self portrait May - a deer man going in for a kiss with a half-orc Jun - another self portrait Jul - Ryuga, a dragon mage vtuber Aug - a chibi drawing of a purple platypus with a knife. Ralphypus, a vtuber Sep - Deedlit, from Record of Lodoss War Oct - Oliver, a purple mage vtuber Nov - a sparkling white and blue goddess from Final Fantasy 14 Dec - Calynn Frost's original character, Fenfen, fishing like the umamusame Seiyun Sky
I am proud of how much FUN art I created this year!
Featuring: @merisaurum.bsky.social @vesperfortune.bsky.social
@njchefvt.vtubers.social @ralphypusvt.bsky.social @oliveroswald.bsky.social @frogshop.bsky.social
Thank you for letting me draw you (or your characters) !
#art #2025review
Flame Nebula in Orion
Aurora Borealis dancing over the woods
Interstellar vistor Comet 3I/Atlas
Cresent Moon and Sunset
My four favorite shots of the night sky from 2025
#Nature #Astronomy #AstroPhotography #Photography #NewYearEve #NewYear #2025review #2025rewind #2025recap
Watercolour pencil image of a koi.
Pencil image of a statuette.
Watercolour pencil and oil pencil sketch of a stone marker.
Ink portrait.
Creative Year In Review Thread
December was inspired by our travels in Japan, but also with a desire to try and recapture my sketching skills
#2025review
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12/12
Vertical anamorphic panoramic photo of the fireworks during the Ebisukō Festival in Nagano.
Anamorphic panoramic photo of a gate at Togakushi Okusha, Nagano.
Anamorphic panoramic photo of Matsumoto Castle.
Anamorphic panoramic photo of autumn leaves on a pond at the Oyama Shrine, Kanazawa.
Creative Year In Review Thread
November and we were finally in Japan
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11/12
Pencil image of the floating Torii at Miyajima.
Pencil image of a statue.
Black and white anamorphic panoramic photo of pedestrians.
Black and white anamorphic panoramic photo under the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Creative Year In Review Thread
October was inspired by our upcoming trip to Japan and practice with the anamorphic lens
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10/12
Watercolour painting of a moose in a Mounties uniform.
Ink sketch of a starfish.
Ink sketch of a bird of paradise.
Ink sketch of a polar bear and seal.
Creative Year In Review Thread
September was inspired by our Toronto trip
I also started on my Inktober images
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9/12
Black and white photo of Niagara Falls.
Photo of a cloud over the ocean, seen from a plane whilst approaching Sydney Airport.
Black and white anamorphic panoramic photo of a street scene in Sydney.
Ink sketch of a scene from My Friend Totorro.
Creative Year In Review Thread
We stayed a few days more into August in Ontario to see Niagara Falls
There was a wonderful cloud photo from the plane on the way home
My anamorphic obsession begins!
I Ghiblied my Inktober prompt
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8/12
Pastel image of a beach at sunset
Watercolour painting of a figure in a canola field at night.
Ink portrait.
Ink portrait.
Creative Year In Review Thread
I made the first pastel image I liked in July, and the first night landscape painting I was proud of
A conference in Toronto gave me subjects to sketch, which is kind of how my art side statted
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7/12
Ink and brush sketch of George! (small white fluffy dog).
Ink and brush sketch of George! (small white fluffy dog).
Charcoal sketch of George! (small white fluffy dog).
Watercolour panting of a palm trees at night.
Creative Year In Review Thread
June saw me work through my George! images
A good deal of these are now framed and hanging!
I broke out the mini watercolour pad
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6/12
Pencil sketch of George! (small white fluffy dog).
Charcoal sketch of George! (small white fluffy dog).
Charcoal sketch of an oyster shell.
Charcoal sketch of a broken turban shell.
Creative Year In Review Thread
George! continued to inspire me through May, as well as the reference photos I collected on our holiday down the coast in April
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#art
5/12