It boggles my mind that Christians resist participating in a solemn feast (Dormition/Assumption of Mary) celebrated for ages by the vast majority of the universal Church, and robustly in old England—giving tribute to the holy death of Christ's mother—it beggars belief!

During a Parakelsis service in the evening a couple weeks ago, I noticed the cross lit up by the setting sun.

18 years ago, me wearing our twin girls in a baby sling whilst walking around chilly Chicago. 📷 Hannah

Baking day!

I am convinced. Iona is the Holy Land of the West.

"A family possessed of the means of production - the simplest form of which is the possession of land and of the implements and capital for working the land - cannot be controlled by others." ~Hilaire Belloc

Kenya knows! The Kenyan High Court has also now suspended Bill Gates immunity from prosecution. We need this to happen in the US and everywhere!

"If 'spirituality,' or the 'spiritual life,' concerns the whole of life in grace with prayer as its mainspring, then it is true to speak of prayer as life in its spiritual mode, as total human activity in its religious mode." (Martin Thornton, The Function of Theology, p. 27)

“No one is as good and merciful as the Lord; but even He does not forgive the one who does not repent.” Saint Mark the Ascetic

The icon of Saint Apostle James, the Brother of the Lord and the First Bishop of Jerusalem, on the Throne.

We are looking to recruit a Priest to serve in an Oswestry parish in Kingstanding, Birmingham. A fine legacy to build on, and great people! pathways.churchofengland.org/en/jobs/priest…

Allow me to cleanse the timeline with a poem.

I had the honour of being asked by His Majesty King Charles III to paint an icon of St Edward the Confessor (1003-1066 AD) for him to give as a gift to Pope Leo XIV on his state visit yesterday, 23rd October. The meeting and the exchange of gifts has been widely covered in the…

HAPPY RAPHAELMAS

"Bede devoted special attention to preaching, which he (like Gregory the Great) interpreted broadly enough to include evangelism, catechetical instruction, and pastoral care." (Arthur Holder, Biblical Exegesis and Mystical Theology in the Venerable Bede, p. 97)

Every. Single. Time.

Baking day!