We're back safely from a week staying with the Iona Community on the small Inner Hebridean island of Iona. We stayed in the Abbey along with 80 or so other supporters of Greenbelt. We had a great time, but have come back fairly tired still: living...
I suddenly realised that whilst I'd enjoyed Greenbelt and deliberately listened to and interacted with quite a variety of topics and artforms, could I say I was touched by God through it? My first response was negative. We didn't land up getting t...
Just read Jonny Baker's take on Greenbelt, and was interested to hear about some of the things that I missed. Including the Grace service they did, where they created a 'small in crowd' and a 'larger out crowd' that didn't get special treatment. N...
Continuing the rather random nature of Greenbelt life, here are 3 other things I or we did. Firstly, some ethical shopping, picking up a very nice cotton shirt for me from From the Source. Apparently all their items come from Laos using natural dy...
Time for Sunday's update. After the damp communion service, I stayed swaying to the beat of the Bombay Baja Indian Brass Band as they played in the Arena. Very funky rhythms, and catchy tunes. No wonder they've played all across Europe. I listened...
The most interesting photos of Greenbelt are now available at flickr.
Time to try some more creative stuff with my camera, particularly some long-exposure night shots, with the help of a tripod. Here are the best 3: Compare with this photo which I've since discovered on flickr, taken by Greenbelt official photograph...