SANCTUARY: A little place to escape from the madness ;)

Random posts, recommendations and a little respite. Personal musings from a life of faith. Drop by any time to see if there’s anything new.

Easter 2025

First of all, happy Easter. Thank God for Easter. Iykyk.

As promised a little more about the egg I made for annual elephant family Big egg hunt (through central London) . I was very pleased to have received one of these huge blank eggs to work on as I saw it as an opportunity to explore just a small slice of what Easter is all about

My piece ‘Ascent’ is a representation of a mountain. Dotted Around it you will find twelve little figures climbing the mountain, overcoming various challenges as they ascend. I was inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy (which I read and enjoyed last year). For me, book two, on which my egg sculpture is based, is about that wonderful moment when Christ reminds us that our first task is to take the plank out of our own eye. Just As the climber ascends the mountain , each challenge represents some moral obstacle, within, some bit of their own plank. And the ascending in each case is therefore a triumph of virtue over vice. So, Reaching the summit represents the ultimate and true freedom. A pure heart. So when Elephant Family asked me to contribute an egg this Easter, there could be no better message, than this allegory.

I am incredibly grateful to Mandarin Oriental for showcasing my egg.

My humble sculpture is me , like the old lady at the temple, putting in my pittance. A reminder that, that’s part of what the climb is all about.

January 2025

Had a wonderful time on mastermind. When they asked me to take part I knew immediately that my specialist subject would be the Gospel of John. I read the Bible all the time, it never fails to amaze me, I think there is no greater anything than reading the Word of God I love it so. I treasure it, it’s my everything iykyk. So Mastermind was a small opportunity to be on screen and actually genuinely representing my faith. TV can be a pretty Godless place, so as I sat in that chair and listened to Clive having to read out bits of the Bible it made me smile. A small thing but it made me smile . I also loved that I didn’t know hardly any of the general knowledge questions, who cares about that 🤓. You can catch the entire episode online or scroll down this page to see my special subject round

This well made, word for word film of the Gospel of John is well worth a watch or two …too 😉

December 2024

Also, if you want to listen to Radio Four Christmas Day broadcast of How to Play ‘Peter and the Wolf’, which I took part in , it’s quite pleasant an d available here