by Cotham Parish Church | Nov 27, 2019 | Blog
Watching Brian Cox’s BBC2 show on the Planets earlier this year, I was struck afresh with the improbable miracle that is Earth – our blue, liveable, diverse, beautiful common home amongst a solar system of deeply inhospitable environments. That life developed in...
by Cotham Parish Church | Nov 27, 2019 | Blog
After living in the same house for 32 years, Andrew and I moved recently (exactly 7 weeks ago to the day as I write.) It was a well considered move; a pragmatic, downsizing and ‘future proofing ‘ plan and we were helped by a very good removal firm. However, the last...
by Cotham Parish Church | Nov 27, 2019 | Blog
Cliffs breaking through the haze and a narrowing sea, Soon will my eager gaze have sight of thee – England, the lovelier now for absence long Soon shall I see your brow, hear a lark’s song. Heart, curb thy beating – there! Channel cliffs glow, Eddystone,...
by Cotham Parish Church | Nov 27, 2019 | Blog
In 2013 Raynor Winn and her husband Moth lost their house. The story is in the book she wrote four or so years later – The Salt Path. She and her book attracted a lot of attention when it was published in 2018. She doesn’t say much about the house they lost but it...
by Cotham Parish Church | Nov 27, 2019 | Blog
‘Home’ is at the heart of faith and human longing. We know when we feel ‘at home’ and we know what it’s like to be homesick and to have a longing for home. Home is more than shelter, and a roof over our heads; home is core to our identity and belonging; it is...
