tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80981449206052910842024-03-18T22:57:37.142+00:00BetweenJonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.comBlogger6115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-63293864278324845052024-03-18T22:56:00.001+00:002024-03-18T22:56:59.110+00:00The Minories, Colchester<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1caRQYDda-m9-A4kEQsi4s09WJmvNLYfhiH_bg5nJP2yYt28_Hg6jtmx4s992X_WgTCfY0fXoaDmuGLxxzbUsxCzclthYh6WruzaQkZCx_lziV6GIehH5BAUin-ILtHYzge6AmjcLcTcwSmMxAaQ7uDZqk5L3ggslgRkQUPZeBJBM4JDhb3XLYLF1U0c/s4032/20240318_134922.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1caRQYDda-m9-A4kEQsi4s09WJmvNLYfhiH_bg5nJP2yYt28_Hg6jtmx4s992X_WgTCfY0fXoaDmuGLxxzbUsxCzclthYh6WruzaQkZCx_lziV6GIehH5BAUin-ILtHYzge6AmjcLcTcwSmMxAaQ7uDZqk5L3ggslgRkQUPZeBJBM4JDhb3XLYLF1U0c/s320/20240318_134922.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bb_GulBb2Su0m_4qfRpzsQ6Jg51FKBN2bUismEbfQhTzZj09XHd7MVHCFjl8UejcjNdKm_UCrje3nITnm_C9kdkJ2SfcDQRi-zwnKnobBhmirS3V4oXUNiUZmtG12oLEqbE4tT0COKxnI5jO4pr_-aY0Z17hkXHwnuEotHNbe9qTzI30slSnitEWPB8/s4032/20240318_135108.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bb_GulBb2Su0m_4qfRpzsQ6Jg51FKBN2bUismEbfQhTzZj09XHd7MVHCFjl8UejcjNdKm_UCrje3nITnm_C9kdkJ2SfcDQRi-zwnKnobBhmirS3V4oXUNiUZmtG12oLEqbE4tT0COKxnI5jO4pr_-aY0Z17hkXHwnuEotHNbe9qTzI30slSnitEWPB8/s320/20240318_135108.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrOXnmP4uQfjI3fxDAh7gBR6tzRwmQ6PGi_7MFMCVtexx6qdYSAYXa-uqboqg_K0kHmv84sXNrBJHYk0r9Ib5ozMSgx3e-3jhezWf52N8OrKERYGLRPBCKPB3OX9HIcsIW01bN4PCGo8CTPvzF41czrr7BVMl7nMJRZV6qq2sQJIsLtXRm-e7n8Vg0dhk/s4032/20240318_140952.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrOXnmP4uQfjI3fxDAh7gBR6tzRwmQ6PGi_7MFMCVtexx6qdYSAYXa-uqboqg_K0kHmv84sXNrBJHYk0r9Ib5ozMSgx3e-3jhezWf52N8OrKERYGLRPBCKPB3OX9HIcsIW01bN4PCGo8CTPvzF41czrr7BVMl7nMJRZV6qq2sQJIsLtXRm-e7n8Vg0dhk/s320/20240318_140952.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><a href="https://www.theminories.org/" target="_blank">The Minories</a> is an arts charity and gallery in an historic townhouse in central Colchester. 74 High Street has long been an essential part of any visit to the town centre, and in the warmer months its secluded garden is a particular delight. To discover its peace and calm for the first time is a memory that certainly seems to remain in many visitors’ hearts. Inside, in the galleries and reception rooms, elegant spaces can be found ideal for quiet, visual contemplation.<br /><br /></div><div>Clarence Victor Batte-Lay (1865-1935) was a Colchester man who had done well in the brewing business in Norfolk, and retired to Colchester where he built a collection of art and artefacts. His widow, Mrs Margaret Eleanor Batte-Lay, died in 1955 and left the collection and a sum of money to purchase ‘an ancient building of antiquarian or archaeological interest’ to house the collection, in memory of her husband, and ‘for the benefit and advantage of the inhabitants of Colchester’.<br /><br />“…The exhibitions held by the Trust from 1958 to 1993… numbered some four hundred. [This] represents an artistic achievement of which any gallery could be justifiably proud. Constable, Becker, Bawden, Nash, Bratby, Manet and contemporary artists such as John Doubleday, Anthony Atkinson, Guy Taplin, nine names chosen at random from this eclectic list, indicate the range and quality of the shows. The exhibitions included regular shows by the Colchester Art Society and Colchester School of Art and Design. And embraced sculpture, ceramics and textiles as well as paintings and prints.” (John Woods and Clifford Welch, Celebration of 50 Years of the Victor Batte Lay Trust, 2005)<br /><br /><a href="https://firstsite.uk/" target="_blank">Firstsite</a> occupied the Minories and ran a vibrant gallery and art centre throughout the 1990s and until 2009 when it moved into its new building next door. Then Colchester Institute took the lease and used the Minories to accommodate its postgraduate MA course in fine art. With the arrival of the Covid19 pandemic lockdown, the Institute closed the building and announced it would not reopen during the remainder of its lease. At this announcement, the Victor Batte-Lay Foundation decided the time had come to take back control of the Minories and, working with artists, arts organisations, community groups, public bodies, and the people of Colchester and North Essex, to reimagine the Minories as an arts centre for the post-Covid twenty-first century.<div><br /></div><div>The current exhibitions are:<br /><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://www.theminories.org/event/hayletts-gallery-contemporary-and-modern-british-original-prints" target="_blank">Hayletts Gallery: Contemporary and Modern British Original Prints</a><br />Saturday 16 – Sunday 24 March 2024, 10am - 4pm</b><br /><br />A selection of screenprints, etchings, woodcuts, linocuts and lithographs, incorporating works by many of the most noted artists from 1940’s to the current day. Includes prints by pioneering Essex artists:- Edward Bawden, Eduardo Paolozzi, John Nash, Humphrey Spender and Michael Rothenstein. There are also artworks by:- David Hockney, Bridget Riley, Henry Moore, Eric Ravilious, Barbara Hepworth, Paula Rego, Tracey Emin, Elisabeth Frink, Elizabeth Blackadder, Peter Blake, Mary Fedden, Edward Burra, Victor Pasmore, John Piper, Terry Frost, John Hoyland, Julian Opie, Marc Quinn, Albert Irvin, Craigie Aitchison, Anita Klein, Karolina Larusdottir, Patrick Caulfield, David Shrigley and Julian Trevelyan.</div><div><br /><b><a href="https://www.theminories.org/event/works-on-paper-from-victor-batte-lay-foundation-collection" target="_blank">Works on Paper from the Victor Batte-Lay Foundation Collection</a><br />Thursday 15 February – Sunday 24 March 2024, 10am - 4pm</b><br /><br />A exhibition of works on paper drawn from the Permanent Art Collection of the Victor Batte-Lay Foundation, who own the Minories. Featuring Dione Page, Blair Hughes-Stanton, Lucien Pissarro, Lisa Temple-Cox, John Nash, Paul Nash and John Bensusan-Butt.</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div>Dave Gahan - <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwcUi-Aok6Q" target="_blank">Kingdom</a>.</i></div>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-42973257516912453252024-03-16T13:22:00.000+00:002024-03-16T13:22:03.434+00:00Windows on the world (458)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5QpzjgTgj91ZtWbztfVvafMj6LIjGwXXAhTH8856hXjmKYLFz56an2sfBtu7VtMzaXdDAqHJI5QXey_7Y80gIB40ThwoniW4XM8hdL1WAD-fIHjYTZUs440v1HJq5a-jRXL-72Likl1Xdz9l7KruD3PR233WSAuRZkwCP43O5H1uUm4DDEqT9dI3-gxw/s4032/20240315_173528.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5QpzjgTgj91ZtWbztfVvafMj6LIjGwXXAhTH8856hXjmKYLFz56an2sfBtu7VtMzaXdDAqHJI5QXey_7Y80gIB40ThwoniW4XM8hdL1WAD-fIHjYTZUs440v1HJq5a-jRXL-72Likl1Xdz9l7KruD3PR233WSAuRZkwCP43O5H1uUm4DDEqT9dI3-gxw/s320/20240315_173528.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">London, 2024</p><p style="text-align: left;">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p style="text-align: left;">The Prayer Chain - <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXhSens25ig" target="_blank">I Believe</a>.</i></p>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-70625796140987759412024-03-16T13:04:00.005+00:002024-03-16T13:04:57.874+00:00Hannah Rose Thomas: Tears of Gold <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd4xjL7QjfGHqjLqzpWhAfMerrSMRWoQSJR0WQyYeYOhi7n8GdhRcxmO8biVdk4Sg9sagNEiZxVI2nyR9XRxxXc_ElW8Sw4TKEnGL4gSIX-v3K8mWQoKmed3rmeZlXfbgNumHg8TztaS7DS5gttYJHNsGs4L9yzC1Y7F1p_200tZMNgR_f7sJ-ww92WTs/s375/tearsofgolden3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd4xjL7QjfGHqjLqzpWhAfMerrSMRWoQSJR0WQyYeYOhi7n8GdhRcxmO8biVdk4Sg9sagNEiZxVI2nyR9XRxxXc_ElW8Sw4TKEnGL4gSIX-v3K8mWQoKmed3rmeZlXfbgNumHg8TztaS7DS5gttYJHNsGs4L9yzC1Y7F1p_200tZMNgR_f7sJ-ww92WTs/s320/tearsofgolden3.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAMMPS3z0RkeOPUwzXVmq8MHJUvgFlArzOYzvh40wyABMg6BeNMc6E-T9PuFqPh8Fsf1W6olykgAVwX3DVWtw2ot-qumS-CFyOLQ1Vq-XBVbYBjMHxPbX5zyFJnRug2jyF4o7JQz5z_JD55QcZuZGhLN22LnJgPjcdpN4hR34mFLpAbll9qj17x9jdCY/s602/HRT.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="602" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAMMPS3z0RkeOPUwzXVmq8MHJUvgFlArzOYzvh40wyABMg6BeNMc6E-T9PuFqPh8Fsf1W6olykgAVwX3DVWtw2ot-qumS-CFyOLQ1Vq-XBVbYBjMHxPbX5zyFJnRug2jyF4o7JQz5z_JD55QcZuZGhLN22LnJgPjcdpN4hR34mFLpAbll9qj17x9jdCY/w400-h283/HRT.png" width="400" /></a></div>Last night I was at <a href="https://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/events/tears-of-gold-exhibition-launch-at-garden-court-chambers" target="_blank">Exhibition Launch</a> for 'Tears of Gold' at <a href="https://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/" target="_blank">Garden Court Chambers</a>. This exhibition by the artist, author, and human rights activist <a href="https://hannahrosethomas.com/" target="_blank">Hannah Rose Thomas</a> features portraits of Yazidi women who escaped ISIS captivity, Rohingya women who fled violence in Myanmar, and Nigerian women who survived Boko Haram and Fulani oppression. Hannah’s most recent portraits depict survivors of the re-education camps in Xinjiang, China, and of conflicts in Afghanistan, Ukraine and the Gaza Strip.<br /><br />With these artworks, along with the associated publication <i><a href="https://www.plough.com/en/topics/justice/social-justice/tears-of-gold" target="_blank">Tears of Gold</a></i>, Thomas bears witness—painting by painting, relationship by relationship—to the singular stories shared by each individual, and by extension the trauma and recovery experienced by their communities.<br /><br />This body of work not only serves as a reminder to remain concerned about the ongoing persecution of people around the world based on their backgrounds and beliefs, but also reflects on the complexities and limits of empathy as we look to pursue justice more compassionately.<br /><br />Hannah Rose Thomas demonstrates the potential of caring and creative practices that take time to listen, learn, and focus a prayer-like attention on the suffering of others and in the process reveal a sense of interrelatedness, common vulnerability, and shared humanity that allows for healing and hope.<br /><br />Hannah Rose Thomas is a British artist and an UNESCO PhD Scholar at the University of Glasgow. She has previously organized art projects for Syrian refugees in Jordan; Yazidi women who escaped ISIS captivity in Iraqi Kurdistan; Rohingya refugees in Bangladeshi camps and Nigerian women survivors of Boko Haram. Her paintings of displaced women are a testament to their strength and dignity. These have been exhibited at prestigious places including the UK Houses of Parliament, European Parliament, Scottish Parliament, Buckingham Palace, Lambeth Palace, Westminster Abbey, the International Peace Institute in New York and The Saatchi Gallery.<br /><br />Her exhibition Tears of Gold was featured in the virtual exhibition for the UN’s Official 75th Anniversary, “The Future is Unwritten: Artists for Tomorrow.” Hannah was selected for the Forbes 30 Under 30 2019 Art & Culture; shortlisted for the Women of the Future Award 2020 and selected for British Vogue Future Visionaries 2022. Hannah’s debut art book Tears of Gold: Portraits of Yazidi, Rohingya and Nigerian Women was published in 2024, with a foreword by HM King Charles III.<br /><br />The book also presents Thomas' stunning portrait paintings of Yazidi women who escaped ISIS captivity, Rohingya women who fled violence in Myanmar, and Nigerian women who survived Boko Haram violence, alongside their own words, stories, and self-portraits. A final chapter features portraits and stories of Afghan, Ukrainian, Uyghur, and Palestinian women.<br /><br />These portraits, depicting women from three continents and three religions, are a visual testimony not only of war and injustice but also of humanity and resilience. Many of the women have suffered sexual violence; all have been persecuted and forcibly displaced on account of their faith or ethnicity.<br /><br />Hannah Rose Thomas met these women in Iraqi Kurdistan, Bangladeshi refugee camps, and Northern Nigeria while organizing art projects to teach women how to paint their self-portraits as a way to reclaim their personhood and self-worth. She gives women their own voice both by creating a safe space for them to share their stories and by using her impressive connections to make sure their stories are heard in places of influence in the Global North.<br /><br />Thomas uses techniques of traditional sacred art – early Renaissance tempera and oil painting and gold leaf – to convey the sacred value of each of these women in spite of all that they have suffered. This symbolic restoration of dignity is especially important considering the stigma surrounding sexual violence. Hannah’s work attests to the power of the arts as a vehicle for healing, remembering, inclusion, and dialogue.<br /><br />Long after the news cameras have moved on to the next conflict, this book shines a spotlight on the ongoing work of healing and restoration in some of the most vulnerable and marginalized communities around the world.<div><br /></div><div>Hannah's essay from the book can be read <a href="https://www.plough.com/en/topics/justice/nonviolence/portraits-of-survival" target="_blank">here</a>. My interview with Hannah for Artlyst can be read <a href="https://artlyst.com/features/artist-hannah-rose-thomas-tears-of-gold-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/" target="_blank">here</a>. My Church Times review of her UN75 exhibition is <a href="https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2021/19-february/books-arts/visual-arts/tears-of-gold-by-hannah-rose-thomas" target="_blank">here</a>. Hannah exhibited at <a href="https://ststephenwalbrook.net/" target="_blank">St Stephen Walbrook</a> in 2017 and posts about that exhibition are <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-divine-image.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-divine-image-private-view.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Hannah also participated in a <a href="https://www.heartedge.org/" target="_blank">HeartEdge</a> workshop on 'Art and Social Change' which can be viewed <a href="https://www.facebook.com/506026059544325/videos/1311775872513488" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div>Tim Hughes - <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVLBFJ2kekQ&list=OLAK5uy_nM0Fv9oqoz8Y3MzUGboGHgmOj_nKib3mg" target="_blank">We Won't Stay Silent</a>.</i></div>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-27623956452576016662024-03-16T12:31:00.003+00:002024-03-16T12:31:38.870+00:00Index of interviewsI've just had my first <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/jago-cooper-talks-to-jonathan-evens/" target="_blank">interview</a> for <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/">International Times</a> published. This interview is with <a href="https://www.sainsburycentre.ac.uk/about-us/#the-team">Jago Cooper</a>, Director of the the <a href="https://www.sainsburycentre.ac.uk/">Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts</a><br /><br />I have carried out a large number of other interviews for <a href="https://artlyst.com/">Artlyst</a>, <a href="https://artway.eu/artway.php?lang=en">ArtWay</a>, <a href="https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/">Church Times</a> and <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/">Seen&Unseen</a>. They provide a wide range of fascinating insights into the approaches and practices of artists, arts professionals, clerics, curators, poets and writers. <div><br /></div><div>They can be found at:<br /><br />Artlyst<a href="https://artlyst.com/features/sean-scully-a-humility-towards-nature-interview-rev-jonathan-evens/"></a><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/sean-scully-a-humility-towards-nature-interview-rev-jonathan-evens/"></a><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/sean-scully-a-humility-towards-nature-interview-rev-jonathan-evens/">Sean Scully A Humility Towards Nature</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/winslow-homer-american-passage-an-interview-with-biographer-bill-cross/">Winslow Homer: American Passage An Interview With Biographer Bill Cross</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/grayson-perry-tapestries-on-show-at-salisbury-cathedral-rev-jonathan-evens/">Grayson Perry Tapestries On Show At Salisbury Cathedral</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/sidney-nolans-africa-interview-andrew-turley-revd-jonathan-evens/">Sidney Nolan’s Africa: Interview With Andrew Turley</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/tates-ervin-bossanyi-stained-glass-window-mothballed-after-2011-redevelopment/">Ilona Bossanyi: Tate’s Ervin Bossanyi Stained Glass Window Mothballed After 2011 Redevelopment</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/20th-century-women-artists-challenging-conventions-britain-revd-jonathan-evens/">Louis Carreon: Sampling Art History</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/modus-operandi-successful-public-art-vivien-lovell-interviewed-revd-jonathan-evens/">Modus Operandi - What Makes Successful Public Art: Vivien Lovell Interviewed</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/genesis-tramaine-a-queer-devotional-painter-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Genesis Tramaine: A Queer Devotional Painter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/lakwena-maciver-review-interview-hastings-contemporary-revd-jonathan-evens/">Lakwena Maciver: Review-Interview Hastings Contemporary</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/nicola-ravenscroft-sculpture-with-a-peaceful-stillness-revd-jonathan-evens/">Nicola Ravenscroft - Sculpture With A Peaceful Stillness</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/artist-hannah-rose-thomas-tears-of-gold-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Artist Hannah Rose Thomas – Tears of Gold – Interview</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/marcus-lyon-human-atlas-explorations-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Marcus Lyon: Human Atlas Explorations</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/elizabeth-kwant-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Elizabeth Kwant Interview</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/helaine-blumenfeld-undulating-structures-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Helaine Blumenfeld: Undulating Structures</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/national-gallery-explores-sin-new-exhibition-interview-dr-joost-joustra-curator-revd-jonathan-evens/">National Gallery Explores ‘Sin’ In New Exhibition – Interview Dr Joost Joustra Curator</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/betty-spackman-posthumanism-debates-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Betty Spackman: Posthumanism Debates</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/christopher-clack-connecting-material-immaterial-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Christopher Clack: Connecting The Material And Immaterial</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/peter-howson-artlyst-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Peter Howson Artlyst Interview</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/marleen-hengelaar-rookmaaker-legacy-artway-revd-jonathan-evens/">Marleen Hengelaar-Rookmaaker On The Legacy Of ArtWay</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/alastair-gordon-testament-faith-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Alastair Gordon A Testament To His Faith</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/katrina-moss-chaiya-art-awards-interview-where-is-god-in-our-21st-century-world/">Katrina Moss Chaiya Art Awards Interview: Where is God in our 21st century world?</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/apocalypse-now-michael-takeo-magruder-interviewed-revd-jonathan-evens/">Apocalypse Now: Michael Takeo Magruder Interviewed</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/jonathan-anderson-complex-religious-inspirations-behind-modernism-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Jonathan Anderson: Religious Inspirations Behind Modernism</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/caravan-interview-rev-paul-gordon-chandler-arts-peacebuilding/">Caravan – An Interview With Rev Paul Gordon Chandler On Arts Peacebuilding</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/art-awakening-humanity-alexander-de-cadenet-interviewed-revd-jonathan-evens/">Art Awakening Humanity A</a><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/art-awakening-humanity-alexander-de-cadenet-interviewed-revd-jonathan-evens/">lexander de Cadenet Interviewed</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/michael-pendry-new-installation-lights-st-martin-fields/">Michael Pendry New Installation Lights Up St Martin In The Fields</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/mark-dean-projects-stations-cross-videos-henry-moore-altar/">Mark Dean Projects Stations of the Cross Videos On Henry Moore Altar</a></li></ul>ArtWay<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://artway.eu/artway.php?id=1313&lang=en&action=show&type=current">David Miller - "Form welcomes the formless home"</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artway.eu/artway.php?id=1105&lang=en&action=show&type=current">Sophie Hacker - The Calling Window</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artway.eu/artway.php?id=1117&lang=en&action=show&type=current">Peter Koenig interview</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artway.eu/artway.php?id=1254&lang=en&action=show&type=current">Belinda Scarlett interview</a></li></ul><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/sean-scully-a-humility-towards-nature-interview-rev-jonathan-evens/"></a><div>Church Times<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2020/24-april/books-arts/visual-arts/art-review-looking-up-by-helaine-blumenfeld">Looking Up by Helaine Blumenfeld</a></li><li><a href="https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2021/20-august/features/features/proverbs-of-micah-purnell-poster-painter">Proverbs of Micah Purnell, poster painter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2020/29-may/books-arts/visual-arts/the-calling-window-by-sophie-hacker-for-romsey-abbey">The Calling Window, by Sophie Hacker for Romsey Abbey</a></li><li><a href="https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2021/8-october/books-arts/visual-arts/global-images-of-christ-challenging-perceptions-at-chester-cathedral">Global Images of Christ: Challenging Perceptions at Chester Cathedral</a></li><li><a href="https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2022/22-july/features/features/betty-spackman-the-art-and-the-conversation">Betty Spackman: The art and the conversation</a></li></ul><div>Seen and Unseen</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/devils-perspective" target="_blank">The Devil's perspective: Jonathan Evens interviews author Nicholas Papadopulos</a></li><li><a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/finding-human-amid-wreckage-migration" target="_blank">Finding the human amid the wreckage of migration: Shezad Dawood’s multimedia Leviathan exhibition at Salisbury Cathedral</a></li><li><a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/charm-tunes-eastern-edge" target="_blank">Charm in tunes on the eastern edge: Musician and priest Rev Simpkins discusses how music is an expression of humanity and his faith</a></li></ul></div><div>Also see my interviews with artist <a href="https://commissionformission.blogspot.com/2009/04/henry-shelton.html">Henry Shelton</a> <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2008/09/art-interview-henry-shelton-1.html">here</a> and <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2008/09/art-interview-henry-shelton-2.html">here</a> and <a href="https://davidhawkinsartist.com/">David Hawkins</a>, former Bishop of Barking, <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2008/09/art-interviews-bishop-of-barking-1.html">here</a>, <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2008/09/art-interviews-bishop-of-barking-2.html">here</a> and <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2008/09/art-interviews-bishop-of-barking-3.html">here</a>.</div><div><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>L.S. Underground - <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO8guOREQgk&list=PL04A76AEB80055C37&index=10" target="_blank">This Is The Healing</a>.</i></div>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-77603908735674759062024-03-16T11:45:00.001+00:002024-03-16T11:45:06.028+00:00International Times: Jago Cooper talks to Jonathan Evens - Living art and urgent questionsHere's my latest <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/jago-cooper-talks-to-jonathan-evens/" target="_blank">interview</a> which has been published by <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/">International Times</a>. This interview is with <a href="https://www.sainsburycentre.ac.uk/about-us/#the-team" target="_blank">Jago Cooper</a>, Director of the the <a href="https://www.sainsburycentre.ac.uk/">Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts</a>:<div> <br />"Building on these radical foundations, Dr Jago Cooper, as Director of the Sainsbury Centre, and his team have been helping people find new ways to move, feel, think, and activate themselves within the museum and build new relationships with living work of arts in their own way. These approaches include: a pay what you can afford entry scheme; curated journeys through the collection; a Handbook for Meeting Living Art which suggests practical steps and techniques; and a new Living Art exhibition that allows visitors, who don’t want digital or text-based approaches, to feel what is meant when thinking about living art."</div><div><br />Earlier I <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/what-is-truth-uncovering-hidden-or-erased-narratives/">reviewed</a> the <a href="https://www.sainsburycentre.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Spring_2024_5MB-compressed.pdf">'What is Truth?' season of exhibitions</a> for International Times and wrote an <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/life-more-important-art">article</a> for <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/">Seen and Unseen</a> - <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/life-more-important-art">'Life is more important than art'</a> - which reviews the themes of recent art exhibitions, such as those at the Sainsbury Centre, which tackle life’s big questions and the roles creators take.<br /><br />My earlier reviews for International Times were of: <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/a-parisian-epiphany-and-vision/">'Giacometti in Paris'</a> by Michael Peppiatt; the first <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/pissabed-prophet/">Pissabed Prophet</a> album - 'Zany in parts, moving in others, you’ll be hard pressed to find a more unusual, inspired & profound album this year. ‘Pissabed Prophet’ will thrill, intrigue, amuse & inspire' - and <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/holing-the-secular-ship/">'Religion and Contemporary Art: A Curious Accord'</a>, a book which derives from a 2017 symposium organised by the <a href="https://www.scholarschristianityhistoryart.org/">Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art</a>.<br /><br />Several of my short stories have been published by <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/">IT</a> including three about <a href="https://nicolaravenscroft.com/">Nicola Ravenscroft</a>'s <a href="https://nicolaravenscroft.com/mudcubs/">EarthAngel sculptures</a> (then called mudcubs), which we exhibited at <a href="http://wickfordandrunwellparish.org.uk/whats-on.html">St Andrew's Wickford</a> last Autumn. The first story in the series is '<a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-mudcubs-and-the-o-zone-holes/">The Mudcubs and the O Zone holes</a>'. The second is <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-mudcubs-and-the-clean-up-king/">'The Mudcubs and the Clean-Up King'</a>, and the third is '<a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-mudcubs-and-the-wall/">The mudcubs and the Wall</a>'.<br /><br />My other short stories to have been published by International Times are '<a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-black-rain/">The Black Rain</a>', a story about the impact of violence in our media, '<a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-new-dark-ages/">The New Dark Ages</a>', a story about principles and understandings that are gradually fading away from our modern societies, and '<a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-curious-glasses/">The curious glasses</a>', a story based on the butterfly effect.</div><div><br /></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div>Michael Knott - <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbcBGDdaU_A" target="_blank">Van Gogh</a>.</i></div>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-59629518582291627392024-03-12T21:02:00.000+00:002024-03-12T21:02:17.538+00:00Artlyst: Issam Kourbaj Kettle’s Yard And Heong Gallery CambridgeMy latest <a href="https://artlyst.com/reviews/issam-kourbaj-kettles-yard-and-heong-gallery-cambridge-revd-jonathan-evens/" target="_blank">exhibition review</a> for <a href="https://artlyst.com/">Artlyst</a> is on <i><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/british-museum-spotlight-loan-crossings-community-and-refuge-revd-jonathan-evens/" target="_blank">Issam Kourbaj: Urgent Archive</a></i> at <a href="https://artlyst.com/" target="_blank">Kettle’s Yard</a>, with its concurrent exhibition <a href="https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/cultural-life/heong-gallery/issam-kourbaj-you-are-not-you-and-home-not-home" target="_blank">‘You are not you, and home is not home’</a> at <a href="https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/" target="_blank">Heong Gallery</a>:<br /><br /><div>'As Andrew Nairne and Graham Virgo state in their joint Foreword to the catalogue, Kourbaj’s achievement is not simply his “remarkable artistic breadth” in creating work “so full of invention and purpose that its images and ideas reverberate well beyond the walls of any gallery” but his ability ‘to make us look, pause and imagine” that we might “consider our responsibility for the condition of others on our shared planet”.'</div><div><br /></div><div>For more on Issam Kourbaj click <a href="https://artlyst.com/features/british-museum-spotlight-loan-crossings-community-and-refuge-revd-jonathan-evens/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><br />Interviews -<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/sean-scully-a-humility-towards-nature-interview-rev-jonathan-evens/">Sean Scully A Humility Towards Nature</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/winslow-homer-american-passage-an-interview-with-biographer-bill-cross/">Winslow Homer: American Passage An Interview With Biographer Bill Cross</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/grayson-perry-tapestries-on-show-at-salisbury-cathedral-rev-jonathan-evens/">Grayson Perry Tapestries On Show At Salisbury Cathedral</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/sidney-nolans-africa-interview-andrew-turley-revd-jonathan-evens/">Sidney Nolan’s Africa: Interview With Andrew Turley</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/tates-ervin-bossanyi-stained-glass-window-mothballed-after-2011-redevelopment/">Ilona Bossanyi: Tate’s Ervin Bossanyi Stained Glass Window Mothballed After 2011 Redevelopment</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/20th-century-women-artists-challenging-conventions-britain-revd-jonathan-evens/">Louis Carreon: Sampling Art History</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/modus-operandi-successful-public-art-vivien-lovell-interviewed-revd-jonathan-evens/">Modus Operandi - What Makes Successful Public Art: Vivien Lovell Interviewed</a><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/genesis-tramaine-a-queer-devotional-painter-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Genesis Tramaine: A Queer Devotional Painter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/lakwena-maciver-review-interview-hastings-contemporary-revd-jonathan-evens/">Lakwena Maciver: Review-Interview Hastings Contemporary</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/nicola-ravenscroft-sculpture-with-a-peaceful-stillness-revd-jonathan-evens/">Nicola Ravenscroft - Sculpture With A Peaceful Stillness</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/artist-hannah-rose-thomas-tears-of-gold-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Artist Hannah Rose Thomas – Tears of Gold – Interview</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/marcus-lyon-human-atlas-explorations-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Marcus Lyon: Human Atlas Explorations</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/elizabeth-kwant-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Elizabeth Kwant Interview</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/helaine-blumenfeld-undulating-structures-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Helaine Blumenfeld: Undulating Structures</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/national-gallery-explores-sin-new-exhibition-interview-dr-joost-joustra-curator-revd-jonathan-evens/">National Gallery Explores ‘Sin’ In New Exhibition – Interview Dr Joost Joustra Curator</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/betty-spackman-posthumanism-debates-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Betty Spackman: Posthumanism Debates</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/christopher-clack-connecting-material-immaterial-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Christopher Clack: Connecting The Material And Immaterial</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/peter-howson-artlyst-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Peter Howson Artlyst Interview</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/marleen-hengelaar-rookmaaker-legacy-artway-revd-jonathan-evens/">Marleen Hengelaar-Rookmaaker On The Legacy Of ArtWay</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/alastair-gordon-testament-faith-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Alastair Gordon A Testament To His Faith</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/katrina-moss-chaiya-art-awards-interview-where-is-god-in-our-21st-century-world/">Katrina Moss Chaiya Art Awards Interview: Where is God in our 21st century world?</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/apocalypse-now-michael-takeo-magruder-interviewed-revd-jonathan-evens/">Apocalypse Now: Michael Takeo Magruder Interviewed</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/jonathan-anderson-complex-religious-inspirations-behind-modernism-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Jonathan Anderson: Religious Inspirations Behind Modernism</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/caravan-interview-rev-paul-gordon-chandler-arts-peacebuilding/">Caravan – An Interview With Rev Paul Gordon Chandler On Arts Peacebuilding</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/art-awakening-humanity-alexander-de-cadenet-interviewed-revd-jonathan-evens/">Art Awakening Humanity A</a><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/art-awakening-humanity-alexander-de-cadenet-interviewed-revd-jonathan-evens/">lexander de Cadenet Interviewed</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/michael-pendry-new-installation-lights-st-martin-fields/">Michael Pendry New Installation Lights Up St Martin In The Fields</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/mark-dean-projects-stations-cross-videos-henry-moore-altar/">Mark Dean Projects Stations of the Cross Videos On Henry Moore Altar</a></li></ul>Monthly diary articles -<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/the-art-diary-march-2024-revd-jonathan-evens/" target="_blank">The Art Diary March 2024</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/the-art-diary-february-2024-revd-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary February 2024</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/the-art-diary-january-2024-revd-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary January 2024</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/art-diary-december-2023-revd-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary December 2023</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/the-art-diary-november-2023-revd-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary November 2023</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/art-diary-october-2023-revd-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary October 2023</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/the-art-diary-september-2023-rev-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary September 2023</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/reviews/jeremy-deller-in-rennes-and-brittany-post-impressionism-diary-august-revd-jonathan-evens/">Jeremy Deller In Rennes And Brittany Post-Impressionism – August Diary</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/the-art-diary-july-2023-rev-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary July 2023</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/the-art-diary-june-2023-rev-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary June 2023</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/the-art-diary-may-2023-rev-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary May 2023</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/art-diary-april-2023-rev-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary April 2023</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/art-diary-march-2023-revd-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary March 2023</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/the-art-diary-february-2023-revd-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary February 2023</a></li><li><a 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Uri Gallery</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/refugee-artists-learning-from-the-lives-of-others-revd-jonathan-evens/">Refugee Artists: Learning from The Lives Of Others</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/religious-impulses-robert-rauschenberg-revd-jonathan-evens/">The Religious Impulses Of Robert Rauschenberg</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/christian-science-connection-within-british-modern-art-movement/">The Christian Science Connection Within The British Modern Art Movement</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/articles/artists-rebranding-the-christmas-tree-tradition-by-revd-jonathan-evens">Artists Rebranding The </a><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/articles/artists-rebranding-the-christmas-tree-tradition-by-revd-jonathan-evens">Christmas Tree Tradition</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/articles/art-impacted-by-a-radical-response-to-radicalisation-revd-jonathan-evens">Art Impacted - A Radical Response To Radicalisation</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/articles/the-art-of-st-martin-in-the-fields-by-revd-jonathan-evens">The Art of St Martin-in-the-Fields</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/articles/was-caravaggio-a-good-christian-by-revd-jonathan-evens-st-stephen-walbrook">Was Caravaggio A Good Christian?</a></li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div>Iona - <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwcE9PjrXuI&list=OLAK5uy_nNlbuw1ZwvOMVUleiPoKB0KFXJqhuMBXU&index=4" target="_blank">Edge Of The World</a>.</i></div>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-52547452925815586282024-03-09T19:58:00.002+00:002024-03-09T19:58:26.594+00:00Artlyst - The Art Diary March 2024My <a href="https://artlyst.com/features/the-art-diary-march-2024-revd-jonathan-evens/">March Art Diary</a> for <a href="https://artlyst.com/">Artlyst</a> includes exhibitions at Kettle’s Yard, Gallery 1957, Dulwich Picture Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, Compton Verney, Stanley Spencer Gallery, Benjamin Rhodes Arts and covers artists such as Isaam Kourbaj, Nidhi Khurana, Woody De Othello, Polly Braden, Matthew Askey, Steve Whittle, Patrice Moor and Josh Tiessen:<br /><br />"<a href="https://www.southendmuseums.co.uk/exhibitions/steve-whittle-'retrospective-%3A-1973-2023'" target="_blank">Steve Whittle’s retrospective</a> at the <a href="https://www.southendmuseums.co.uk/beecroft" target="_blank">Beecroft Gallery</a> in Southend includes a series of Stations of the Cross and other crucifixion and resurrection images. Additionally, there are images of churches, including St Peter’s Chapel at Bradwell. M.L. Banting writes: “Asking what had drawn him to this ancient Chapel, Whittle says it’s almost impossible to put into words, he’d felt a primal and immediate connection on his first visit and had to return again and again. That powerful pull has resulted in a number of works, including charcoals, pastels, paintings and collages, all of which portray the extraordinary sense, or spirit, of place – remote, lonely, glorious and powerful – the austere silhouette of the Chapel monumental against the sea and sky.”"<br /><br />Interviews -<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/sean-scully-a-humility-towards-nature-interview-rev-jonathan-evens/">Sean Scully A Humility Towards Nature</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/winslow-homer-american-passage-an-interview-with-biographer-bill-cross/">Winslow Homer: American Passage An Interview With Biographer Bill Cross</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/grayson-perry-tapestries-on-show-at-salisbury-cathedral-rev-jonathan-evens/">Grayson Perry Tapestries On Show At Salisbury Cathedral</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/sidney-nolans-africa-interview-andrew-turley-revd-jonathan-evens/">Sidney Nolan’s Africa: Interview With Andrew Turley</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/tates-ervin-bossanyi-stained-glass-window-mothballed-after-2011-redevelopment/">Ilona Bossanyi: Tate’s Ervin Bossanyi Stained Glass Window Mothballed After 2011 Redevelopment</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/20th-century-women-artists-challenging-conventions-britain-revd-jonathan-evens/">Louis Carreon: Sampling Art History</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/modus-operandi-successful-public-art-vivien-lovell-interviewed-revd-jonathan-evens/">Modus Operandi - What Makes Successful Public Art: Vivien Lovell Interviewed</a><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/genesis-tramaine-a-queer-devotional-painter-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Genesis Tramaine: A Queer Devotional Painter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/lakwena-maciver-review-interview-hastings-contemporary-revd-jonathan-evens/">Lakwena Maciver: Review-Interview Hastings Contemporary</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/nicola-ravenscroft-sculpture-with-a-peaceful-stillness-revd-jonathan-evens/">Nicola Ravenscroft - Sculpture With A Peaceful Stillness</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/artist-hannah-rose-thomas-tears-of-gold-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Artist Hannah Rose Thomas – Tears of Gold – Interview</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/marcus-lyon-human-atlas-explorations-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Marcus Lyon: Human Atlas Explorations</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/elizabeth-kwant-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Elizabeth Kwant Interview</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/helaine-blumenfeld-undulating-structures-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Helaine Blumenfeld: Undulating Structures</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/national-gallery-explores-sin-new-exhibition-interview-dr-joost-joustra-curator-revd-jonathan-evens/">National Gallery Explores ‘Sin’ In New Exhibition – Interview Dr Joost Joustra Curator</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/betty-spackman-posthumanism-debates-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Betty Spackman: Posthumanism Debates</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/christopher-clack-connecting-material-immaterial-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Christopher Clack: Connecting The Material And Immaterial</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/peter-howson-artlyst-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Peter Howson Artlyst Interview</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/marleen-hengelaar-rookmaaker-legacy-artway-revd-jonathan-evens/">Marleen Hengelaar-Rookmaaker On The Legacy Of ArtWay</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/alastair-gordon-testament-faith-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Alastair Gordon A Testament To His Faith</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/katrina-moss-chaiya-art-awards-interview-where-is-god-in-our-21st-century-world/">Katrina Moss Chaiya Art Awards Interview: Where is God in our 21st century world?</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/apocalypse-now-michael-takeo-magruder-interviewed-revd-jonathan-evens/">Apocalypse Now: Michael Takeo Magruder Interviewed</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/jonathan-anderson-complex-religious-inspirations-behind-modernism-interview-revd-jonathan-evens/">Jonathan Anderson: Religious Inspirations Behind Modernism</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/caravan-interview-rev-paul-gordon-chandler-arts-peacebuilding/">Caravan – An Interview With Rev Paul Gordon Chandler On Arts Peacebuilding</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/art-awakening-humanity-alexander-de-cadenet-interviewed-revd-jonathan-evens/">Art Awakening Humanity A</a><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/art-awakening-humanity-alexander-de-cadenet-interviewed-revd-jonathan-evens/">lexander de Cadenet Interviewed</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/michael-pendry-new-installation-lights-st-martin-fields/">Michael Pendry New Installation Lights Up St Martin In The Fields</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/features/mark-dean-projects-stations-cross-videos-henry-moore-altar/">Mark Dean Projects Stations of the Cross Videos On Henry Moore Altar</a></li></ul>Monthly diary articles -<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/the-art-diary-february-2024-revd-jonathan-evens/" target="_blank">The Art Diary February 2024</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/the-art-diary-january-2024-revd-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary January 2024</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/art-diary-december-2023-revd-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary December 2023</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/the-art-diary-november-2023-revd-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary November 2023</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/art-diary-october-2023-revd-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary October 2023</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/the-art-diary-september-2023-rev-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary September 2023</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/reviews/jeremy-deller-in-rennes-and-brittany-post-impressionism-diary-august-revd-jonathan-evens/">Jeremy Deller In Rennes And Brittany Post-Impressionism – August Diary</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/the-art-diary-july-2023-rev-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary July 2023</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/the-art-diary-june-2023-rev-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary June 2023</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/the-art-diary-may-2023-rev-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary May 2023</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/art-diary-april-2023-rev-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary April 2023</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/art-diary-march-2023-revd-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary March 2023</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/the-art-diary-february-2023-revd-jonathan-evens/">The Art Diary February 2023</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/surveying-new-exhibitions-with-a-spiritual-twist-january-2023-art-diary-revd-jonathan-evens/">Surveying New Exhibitions With A Spiritual Twist January 2023 Art Diary</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/christmas-the-art-of-faith-december-2022-diary-revd-jonathan-evens/">Christmas: The Art Of Faith December 2022 Diary</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/soulages-and-strange-clay-november-2022-art-diary-revd-jonathan-evens/">Soulages And Strange Clay November 2022 Art Diary</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/alexander-de-cadenet-and-michael-forbes-october-2022-diary-revd-jonathan-evens/">Alexander de Cadenet And Michael Forbes October 2022 Diary</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/spiritual-joseph-beuys-plus-september-diary-revd-jonathan-evens/">Spiritual Joseph Beuys Plus More: September Diary</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/holiday-snaps-end-of-summer-art-diary-revd-jonathan-evens/">Holiday Snaps – End Of Summer Art Diary</a></li><li><a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/#">Art Search: August 2022 Diary</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/re-imagining-essex-july-2022-diary-revd-jonathan-evens/">Re-imagining Essex July 2022 Diary</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/art-illuminating-spirituality-june-2022-diary-revd-jonathan-evens/">Art Illuminating spirituality June 2022 Diary</a></li><li><a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/search/label/artlyst#">Venice To London May 2022 Diary</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/jacob-epstein-louis-carreon-titus-kaphar-betty-spackman-april-2022-diary-revd-jonathan-evens/">Jacob Epstein, Louis Carreon, Titus Kaphar, Betty Spackman – April 2022 Diary</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/audrey-flack-carlo-crivelli-and-robert-indiana-march-diary-revd-jonathan-evens/">Audrey Flack Carlo Crivelli And Robert Indiana – March Diary</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/my-art-diary-and-other-thoughts-february-2022-revd-jonathan-evens/">My Art Diary And Other Thoughts February 2022</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/and-on-an-art-note-end-of-year-diary-2021-revd-jonathan-evens/">And On An Art Note: End Of Year Diary 2021</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/international-autumn-art-exhibition-reviews-revd-jonathan-evens/">International Autumn Art Exhibition Reviews</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/reviews/and-on-an-art-note-end-of-year-diary-2021-revd-jonathan-evens/">And On An Art Note: End Of Year Diary 2021</a></li></ul>Articles/Reviews -<br /><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/reviews/li-yuan-chia-friends-kettles-yard-cambridge-revd-jonathan-evens/">Li Yuan-chia And Friends Kettles Yard Cambridge</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/reviews/antony-gormley-explores-self-awareness-white-cube-bermondsey-revd-jonathan-evens/">Antony Gormley Explores Self Awareness White Cube Bermondsey</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/reviews/holbein-politics-religion-and-draughtsmanship-the-queens-gallery-rev-jonathan-evens/">Holbein: Politics Religion And Draughtsmanship – The Queen’s Gallery</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/reviews/r-b-kitaj-and-philip-guston-figurative-painting-celebrated-revd-jonathan-evens/">R B Kitaj And Philip Guston: Figurative Painting Celebrated</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/features/paula-rego-lord-harries-respond-art-religion-rev-jonathan-evens/">Paula Rego And Lord Harries Respond To Art And Religion</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/reviews/a-world-in-common-contemporary-african-photography-tate-modern-revd-jonathan-evens/">A World In Common: Contemporary African Photography Tate Modern</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/reviews/chris-ofili-exploring-sin-at-victoria-miro-rev-jonathan-evens/">Chris Ofili Exploring Sin At Victoria Miro</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/reviews/ai-weiwei-the-artist-of-resistance-the-design-museum-rev-jonathan-evens/">Ai Weiwei - The Artist of Resistance - The Design Museum</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/reviews/saint-francis-of-assisi-a-timely-exhibition-national-gallery-rev-jonathan-evens/">Saint Francis of Assisi A Timely Exhibition - National Gallery</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/reviews/why-critics-have-a-problem-with-the-pre-raphaelites-revd-jonathan-evens/">Why Critics Have A Problem With The Pre-Raphaelites?</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/reviews/religion-and-spirituality-in-post-impressionism-national-gallery-revd-jonathan-evens/">Religion and Spirituality in Post Impressionism National Gallery</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/reviews/black-artists-from-the-american-south-royal-academy-rev-jonathan-evens/">Black Artists From The American South Royal Academy</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/reviews/donatello-the-divine-fused-with-the-human-va-revd-jonathan-evens/">Donatello: The Divine Fused With The Human V&A</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/reviews/lucian-freud-and-his-circle-surveyed-in-two-london-exhibitions/">Lucian Freud And His Circle Surveyed In Two London Exhibitions</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/reviews/a-question-of-clay-strange-clay-hayward-gallery-revd-jonathan-evens/">A Question Of Clay: Strange Clay – Hayward Gallery</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/reviews/william-kentridge-merging-politics-with-aesthetics-ra-revd-jonathan-evens/">William Kentridge: Merging Politics With Aesthetics – RA</a></li><li><a href="https://artlyst.com/reviews/winslow-homer-beyond-the-sea-national-gallery-revd-jonathan-evens/">Winslow Homer: Beyond The Sea – National Gallery</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/hidden-depths-the-woman-in-the-window-dulwich-picture-gallery-revd-jonathan-evens/">Hidden Depths: The Woman in the Window – Dulwich Picture Gallery</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/features/heavenly-visions-churches-as-spaces-for-contemporary-art-revd-jonathan-evens/">Heavenly Visions: Churches As Spaces For Contemporary Art</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/in-the-black-fantastic-londons-best-summer-exhibition-hayward-gallery/">In The Black Fantastic London’s Best Summer Exhibition</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/hew-locke-and-the-christian-roots-of-carnival-tate-britain-revd-jonathan-evens/">Hew Locke And The Christian Roots Of Carnival – Tate Britain</a><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/les-lalanne-schutte-and-gursky-london-spring-exhibition-highlights-revd-jonathan-evens/">Les Lalanne, Schütte And Gursky London Spring Exhibition Highlights</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/sensuous-sickert-and-philpot-two-major-uk-solo-exhibitions-rev-jonathan-evens/">Sensuous Sickert and Philpot Two Major UK Solo Exhibitions</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/raphael-the-human-and-divine-national-gallery-rev-jonathan-evens/">Raphael The Human And Divine – National Gallery</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/damien-hirst-the-visceral-reality-of-death-revd-jonathan-evens/">Damien Hirst The Visceral Reality Of Death</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/ali-cherri-artist-in-residence-national-gallery-revd-jonathan-evens/">Ali Cherri: Artist in Residence National Gallery</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/surrealism-outside-usual-story-tate-modern-revd-jonathan-evens/">Surrealism Outside The Usual Story – Tate Modern</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/previews/marcus-lyon-creates-fields-of-vision-at-st-martin-in-the-fields-london/">Marcus Lyon Creates Fields of Vision At St Martin-in-the-Fields London</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/van-gogh-self-portraits-the-infinite-and-the-ordinary-revd-jonathan-evens/">Van Gogh Self Portraits The Infinite And The Ordinary</a></li><li><a href="https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/marvellous-icons-the-london-jesuit-centre-revd-jonathan-evans/">Marvellous Icons: The London Jesuit Centre</a></li><li><a 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Radicalisation</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/articles/the-art-of-st-martin-in-the-fields-by-revd-jonathan-evens">The Art of St Martin-in-the-Fields</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artlyst.com/articles/was-caravaggio-a-good-christian-by-revd-jonathan-evens-st-stephen-walbrook">Was Caravaggio A Good Christian?</a></li></ul>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div>The Waterboys - <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os9xPDRLfmM" target="_blank">Spirit</a>.</i></div>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-52246034902471466322024-03-09T17:21:00.003+00:002024-03-09T17:21:32.729+00:00Windows on the world (457)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a 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href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVq1z8ISSIM" target="_blank">Oh Wonder</a>.</i></p>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-32684952994652318202024-03-09T17:18:00.000+00:002024-03-09T17:18:06.789+00:00International Times: What is Truth? Uncovering hidden or erased narrativesMy latest <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/what-is-truth-uncovering-hidden-or-erased-narratives/" target="_blank">review</a> published by <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/">International Times</a> is on the <a href="https://www.sainsburycentre.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Spring_2024_5MB-compressed.pdf" target="_blank">'What is Truth?' season of exhibitions</a> at the <a href="https://www.sainsburycentre.ac.uk/" target="_blank">Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts</a>:<br /><br />'The postmodern attempt to uncover hidden or erased narratives is the primary driver for this 6-month investigation, as doing so gets us closer to the full picture which is, in Gibson’s words, the truth. The existential concern within this investigation is about the extent to which fake narratives and censorship may prevent that fuller realisation of the truth from being achieved. In Newsome’s words, this is necessary as it signals “that all these images, conversations, artists, and ideas are joined because interconnectedness is the true nature of all beings”.'<br /><br />I also wrote an <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/life-more-important-art">article</a> for <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/" target="_blank">Seen and Unseen</a> - <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/life-more-important-art">'Life is more important than art'</a> - which reviews the themes of recent art exhibitions, such as those at the Sainsbury Centre, which tackle life’s big questions and the roles creators take.<br /><br />My earlier reviews for IT were of: <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/a-parisian-epiphany-and-vision/" target="_blank">'Giacometti in Paris'</a><i> </i>by Michael Peppiatt; the first <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/pissabed-prophet/">Pissabed Prophet</a> album - 'Zany in parts, moving in others, you’ll be hard pressed to find a more unusual, inspired & profound album this year. ‘Pissabed Prophet’ will thrill, intrigue, amuse & inspire' - and <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/holing-the-secular-ship/">'Religion and Contemporary Art: A Curious Accord'</a>, a book which derives from a 2017 symposium organised by the <a href="https://www.scholarschristianityhistoryart.org/">Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art</a>.<br /><br />Several of my short stories have been published by <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/">IT</a> including three about <a href="https://nicolaravenscroft.com/">Nicola Ravenscroft</a>'s <a href="https://nicolaravenscroft.com/mudcubs/">EarthAngel sculptures</a> (then called mudcubs), which we exhibited at <a href="http://wickfordandrunwellparish.org.uk/whats-on.html">St Andrew's Wickford</a> last Autumn. The first story in the series is '<a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-mudcubs-and-the-o-zone-holes/">The Mudcubs and the O Zone holes</a>'. The second is <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-mudcubs-and-the-clean-up-king/">'The Mudcubs and the Clean-Up King'</a>, and the third is '<a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-mudcubs-and-the-wall/">The mudcubs and the Wall</a>'.<br /><br />My other short stories to have been published by International Times are '<a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-black-rain/">The Black Rain</a>', a story about the impact of violence in our media, '<a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-new-dark-ages/">The New Dark Ages</a>', a story about principles and understandings that are gradually fading away from our modern societies, and '<a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-curious-glasses/">The curious glasses</a>', a story based on the butterfly effect.<div><br /></div><div>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div>Lies Damned Lies - <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNIJdNIcS4c" target="_blank">So Many Ways</a>.</i></div>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-86780859908819939962024-03-06T13:16:00.006+00:002024-03-06T13:16:58.026+00:00Fulfilling the LawHere's the sermon I shared at <a href="https://wickfordandrunwellparish.org.uk/whats-on.html" target="_blank">St Andrew's Wickford</a> this morning:<br /><br />Jesus said, ‘Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfil’ (<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5.17-20&version=NRSVA" target="_blank">Matthew 5.17-20</a>). What did it mean for Jesus to fulfil the Law? After all, he debated aspects of the Law, criticised the Pharisees for their interpretation, and excused his disciples from certain aspects of the Law. <br /><br />The Law received by Moses introduced a system for the sacrifice of animals but also did two other things. First, in the Ten Commandments, it gave minimum standards for the maintenance of good relations within society – do not murder, do not steal, do not covet etc. Second, in the greatest commandment, it set love for God, others and oneself as the goal to which all the other laws, including those concerning sacrifices, pointed. The Law was given not that people became of obsessed with the keeping of its minutiae but that people moved from the base point of not harming others to the point or goal of the Law, to love God, others and oneself. <br /><br />A helpful illustration for the way in which he wanted his disciples to learn to use the commandments is that of learning to drive a car. As part of learning to drive, we should quickly come to do most things ‘automatically’; changing gear, using the brakes, etc., and also develop the “virtues” of a good driver; looking out for other road users, not allowing ourselves to be distracted, etc. This equates to taking on board and applying the positive commandments (the ‘thou shalts’ which are primarily to do with respect for others). These are virtues for us to learn and practice in order that they then become second nature. <br /><br />Then, continuing our driving analogy further, the Highways Agency also construct crash barriers which, if we don’t drive appropriately, ensure that damage is limited; and rumble strips, which make a loud noise on the tyre if we drift to the edge of the roadway. The negative commandment (the ‘Thou shalt nots’) are like those crash barriers and rumble strips. Ideally, we won’t need them because we will have learned to develop the virtues commanded by the Law and will drive down the moral highway appropriately. But the rules are there so that when we start to drift, we are at once alerted and can take appropriate action. <br /><br />The Law, then, is there to keep us safe. The ‘Thou shalt not’s’ of the Ten Commandments are all to do with limiting the harm we do to others; do not murder, commit adultery, steal, bear false witness or covet. These are minimum standards of behaviour which enable society to function because respect and toleration exist. If we all abide by the Law, then we do not harm each other. That is good, but, by itself, it is not enough because the Law also wants us to learn to love one another. That’s where our learning the virtues – the positive commandments – comes in; but that can’t be simply about learning by rote or following the letter of the Law. To genuinely love we need to obey the spirit of the Law, not simply the letter of the Law. <br /><br />Jesus taught that the heart of the Law is found in words from the Book of Deuteronomy: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and, ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ The intent of the law is that we live well together. The best way in which to live well together is that we love; therefore love fulfils the intent of the law. But the law cannot legislate for love therefore we must go beyond the strict letter of the law in order that we truly love. On the basis of Jesus’ liberating teaching, St Augustine was able to write: ‘Love, and do what you will’ because when the ‘root of love be within’ there is nothing that can spring from that root, but that which is good. <br /><br />To understand the way this model of learning and law works, another road based illustration is helpful; that of parents teaching their children the rules of the road. Take a moment to think back to when you were a very young child. To begin with the rules of the road are very restrictive; we would never cross a road without a responsible adult and would always cross at a crossing while holding someone’s hand. As we grew, however, we were taught new rules for crossing the road; for me, that was the Green Cross Code with Tufty – which taught us to stop, look and listen. Now, the aim was that I would begin to judge for myself when it was safe to cross the road. Eventually, the rules with which we began – don’t cross on your own, don’t cross unless you are at a crossing – are left behind because we have learnt how to cross the road safely using our own initiative; initiative meaning that we do ‘the right things without being told’. <br /><br />We learnt to use initiative because we not only learnt the rules but also learnt to apply them in our lives and situations. From that point onwards, we are no longer restricted just to crossing the road at specific crossing places but can cross wherever we judge it to be safe to do so. So, we have gone beyond the rules by learning and applying the rules. In other words, we have found the true purpose of those rules which our parents enforced when we were young. In the same way, we need the Law to prevent harm but prevention of harm, by itself, does not guarantee good relations. For that, we need to genuinely love others and love takes us beyond the laws which prevent harm. <br /><br />When we understand the purpose of the Law in this way, we are then able to improvise responses to situations not specifically covered by the Law on the basis of the virtues we have practised and the parameters which the Law sets. <br /><br />Jesus is the supreme example of someone faithfully improvising on the basis of the true purpose of the Law. When the practices of his day would have prevented him from healing on the Sabbath, he went ahead and healed anyway. When the practices of his day discriminated in favour of husbands over wives, he taught a tightening of the Law in order to give added protection to women. When he was asked, ‘Who is my neighbour’, he told a story about love for those who are our enemies. <br /><br />As we have heard, he was clear that he had not come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; instead he had come to fulfil them by enabling us to live according to the spirit of the Law, rather than the letter of the Law. He embodied everything the Law of Moses was designed to do, by embodying love in all its forms and depth; even to the extent of sacrificing his own life that we might live and love. As Jesus embodied the law of love himself, it is as we come close to him, loving him and learning from him, that we too can embody the law of love. Jesus is a person and a relationship and any law that doesn’t have that will end up becoming arbitrary but, with Jesus, the Law becomes truly loving and truly lively.<div><br /></div><div>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div>Mike Scott - <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEElpRbeLOE" target="_blank">Bring 'Em All In</a></i>.</div>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-4522678186379904982024-03-06T08:02:00.002+00:002024-03-06T08:02:31.556+00:00'How the incomer's eye sees identity' at Ben Uri Online My article <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/how-incomers-eye-sees-identity">'How the incomer’s eye sees identity'</a> for <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/">Seen and Unseen</a> explaining how curating an exhibition for the Ben Uri Gallery & Museum gave me the chance to highlight synergies between ancient texts and current issues has now been <a href="https://issuu.com/benurigallery/docs/seenandunseen">shared</a> by the <a href="https://benuri.org/">Ben Uri Gallery</a>. Click <a href="https://issuu.com/benurigallery/docs/seenandunseen">here</a> to read the article:<br /><br />'The combination of images and texts I selected from the Ben Uri Collection enabled a range of different reflections, relationships and disjunctions to be explored. These include the aesthetic, anthropological, devotional, historical, sociological and theological. The result is that significant synergies can be found between the ancient texts and current issues. In this way, stories and images which may, at first, appear to be describing or defining specific religious doctrines can be seen to take on a shared applicability by exploring or revealing the challenges and changes bound up in the age-old experience of migration. This was important in writing for an audience including people of all faiths and none, and in writing for an organisation which seeks to surpass ethnic, cultural and religious obstacles to engagement within the arts sector.'<br /><br />To see <a href="https://benuri.org/exhibitions/81/overview/">'Exodus & Exile: Migration Themes in Biblical Images'</a> click <a href="https://benuri.org/exhibitions/81/overview/">here</a>, to read my related essay '<a href="https://issuu.com/benurigallery/docs/debt_owed_to_jewish_art?fr=xKAE9_wMDAw">Debt Owed to Jewish Refugee Art</a>' click <a href="https://issuu.com/benurigallery/docs/debt_owed_to_jewish_art?fr=xKAE9_wMDAw">here</a>, for my post about the exhibition and essay click <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2023/11/ben-uri-gallery-exodus-exile-migration.html">here</a>, and for more on the Ben Uri Gallery click <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/search/label/ben%20uri%20gallery">here</a>.<div><br /></div><div>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div>Leonard Cohen - <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxI3wnjb4wY" target="_blank">Tower Of Song</a>.</i></div>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-87192486481765557202024-03-03T20:55:00.001+00:002024-03-03T20:55:55.443+00:00Tryin' to throw your arms around the world<div>At the last <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/search/label/unveiled" target="_blank">Unveiled</a> evening I gave a lecture 'Tryin’ to throw your arms around the world' in which I talked about the spirituality of the rock band U2. The talk set out the main characteristics of U2’s spirituality, examines their roots, makes links between their spirituality and themes in contemporary theology and, considers three reasons why U2’s spirituality has connected with popular culture.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>To read 'Tryin' to throw your arms around the world' click here - <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2009/02/tryin-to-throw-your-arms-around-world-1.html">1</a>, <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2009/02/tryin-to-throw-your-arms-around-world-2.html">2</a>, <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2009/02/tryin-to-throw-your-arms-around-world-3.html">3</a>, <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2009/03/tryin-to-throw-your-arms-around-world-4.html">4</a>, <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2009/03/tryin-to-throw-your-arms-around-world-5.html">5</a>, <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2009/03/tryin-to-throw-your-arms-around-world-6.html">6</a>, <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2009/03/tryin-to-throw-your-arms-around-world-7.html">7</a></div><div><br /></div>My co-authored book <a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/http://www.lulu.com/shop/peter-banks-and-jonathan-evens/the-secret-chord/paperback/product-20492394.html"><i>The Secret Chord</i></a> explored aspects of a similar interplay between faith and music (and the Arts, more broadly). Posts related to the themes of <i>The Secret Chord </i>can be found <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/search/label/the%20secret%20chord">here</a>. <div><br /></div><div>Check out the following too to explore further:<div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2023/02/god-gave-rock-and-roll-to-you.html">God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You</a></li><li>Jesus Music - <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2024/01/jesus-music.html" target="_blank">1</a> & <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2024/01/jesus-rock-2.html" target="_blank">2</a></li><li><a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-jesus-rock-revolution-and-jesus.html">The Jesus Rock Revolution and the Jesus Movement</a></li><li><a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2023/11/when-jesus-met-hippies.html">When Jesus Met Hippies</a></li><li><a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-rough-guide-to-christian-art.html">A Rough Guide to Christian Art</a></li><li><a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2022/01/looking-down-wrong-end-of-telescope.html">Looking down the wrong end of a telescope</a></li><li><a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2014/09/pops-holy-rollers.html">Pop's holy rollers</a></li><li><a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2012/02/perhaps-most-underrated-band-ever.html">Perhaps the most underrated band ever</a></li><li><a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2018/04/rock-gets-religion.html">Rock gets Religion</a></li><li><a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2014/01/ed-kowalczyk-and-scott-stapp-angels-on.html">Ed Kowalczyk and Scott Stapp: Angels on a razor</a></li><li><a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2020/01/hidden-gems-bill-fay-malcolm-morley.html">Hidden Gems - Bill Fay & Michael Morley</a></li><li><a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2010/05/salt-sweetners.html">Salt and Sweetners</a></li><li>The mystery at the heart of music - <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-mystery-at-heart-of-music.html">1</a> and <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-mystery-at-heart-of-music-2.html">2</a></li><li><a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2023/04/inspiration-from-psalms.html" target="_blank">Inspiration from the Psalms</a></li></ul></div><div>Read also my dialogues with musician and poet <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Scott_(poet)">Steve Scott</a> <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2009/12/steve-scott-dialogues-1-nicholas.html">here</a>, <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2010/02/steve-scott-dialogues-2-networking.html">here</a>, <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2010/02/steve-scott-dialogues-3-novelists.html">here</a>, <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2010/03/steve-scott-dialogues-4-torrance-gunton.html">here</a>, and <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2010/06/steve-scott-dialogues-5-art-evangelism.html">here</a>, plus my other posts on <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/search/label/ccm">CCM</a>. In a series of <a href="https://www.deus-ex-musica.com/blog/2022/4/14/four-pop-songs-for-easter">blog posts</a> for <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/search/label/deus%20ex%20musica#">Deus Ex Musica</a> I shared rock and pop songs for <a href="https://www.deus-ex-musica.com/blog/2022/4/14/four-pop-songs-for-easter">Easter</a>, <a href="https://www.deus-ex-musica.com/blog/2022/3/4/four-pop-songs-for-lent">Lent</a>, <a href="https://www.deus-ex-musica.com/blog/2022/1/5/on-taylor-swifts-hymnlike-lockdown-song-epiphany">Epiphany</a> and <a href="https://www.deus-ex-musica.com/blog/2022/2/6/brand-new-day-bob-dylan-van-morrison">New Year</a>. Also see my Seen and Unseen articles on <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/day-night-and-dawn-nick-caves-lyrics">Nick Cave</a>, <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/charm-tunes-eastern-edge">Rev Simpkins</a> and <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/corinne-bailey-raes-energised-and-anguished-creative-journey">Corinne Bailey Rae</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2008/05/god-gave-rock-n-roll-to-you-1.html">Rock ‘n’ Roll</a> merged blues (with its spiritual strand) and Country music (tapping its white gospel) while Soul music adapted much of its sound and content from Black Gospel. For both, their gestures and movements were adopted from Pentecostalism. Some, such as <a href="http://rockhall.com/inductees/jerry-lee-lewis/bio/">Jerry Lee Lewis</a> and <a href="http://rockhall.com/inductees/sam-cooke/bio/">Sam Cooke</a>, felt guilt at secularising Gospel while others, like <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2008/05/god-gave-rock-n-roll-to-you-1.html">Johnny Cash</a>, arrived at a hard earned integration of faith and music. All experienced opposition from a Church angry at its songs and influence being appropriated for secular ends. This opposition fed a narrative that, on both sides, equated rock and pop with hedonism and rebellion. The born again <a href="http://www.cliffrichard.org/">Cliff Richard</a> was often perceived (both positively and negatively) as the only alternative. Within this context the Biblical language and imagery of <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/bob-god-n-blood.html">Bob Dylan</a> and Van Morrison was largely overlooked, although Dylan spoke eloquently about the influence of scripture within the tradition of <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2008/02/american-music.html">American music</a> on which he drew.</div><br />With the majority of Soul stars having begun singing in Church, many of the most effective integrations of faith and music were found there with <a href="http://rockhall.com/inductees/marvin-gaye/bio/">Marvin Gaye’s</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDQ_EA5DJqI"><i>What’s Going On</i></a> and the Gospel-folk of the <a href="http://rockhall.com/inductees/the-staple-singers/bio/">Staple Singers</a> being among the best and most socially committed examples. Gospel featured directly with <a href="http://www.billypreston.net/">Billy Preston</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Hawkins">Edwin Hawkins Singers</a> and <a href="http://www.arethafranklin.net/us/home">Aretha Franklin’s</a> gospel albums. Mainstream use of Christian themes or imagery in rock were initially either unsustained (e.g. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Faith">Blind Faith’s</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIcESt9eYRk">‘Presence of the Lord’</a> and <a href="http://www.spiritinthesky.com/">Norman Greenbaum’s</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aZsF7v0pNw">‘Spirit in the Sky’</a>) or obscure (e.g. <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/electric-eden-and-new-folk-revival.html">C.O.B.’s</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JizN-mBfal8"><i>Moyshe McStiff and the Tartan Lancers of the Sacred Heart</i></a> and <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/under-appreciated-songwriters.html">Bill Fay’s</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RffL1sxoWP4"><i>Time of the Last Persecution</i></a>). <br /><br />However, this changed in three ways. First, the Church began to appropriate rock and pop to speak explicitly about Christian faith. This led to the emergence of a new genre, <a href="http://www.schooloftherock.com/html/a_brief_history_of_contemporar.html">Contemporary Christian Music</a> (CCM), with interaction between CCM and the mainstream. Mainstream artists such as <a href="http://philipbailey.com/loveisreal/">Philip Bailey</a>, <a href="http://www.carrieanddavidgrant.co.uk/biography/">David Grant</a>, <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2008/05/god-gave-rock-n-roll-to-you-1.html">Al Green</a>, <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2008/02/larry-norman-rip.html">Larry Norman</a> and <a href="http://www.candi-staton.com/">Candi Staton</a> developed CCM careers while artists originally within CCM such as <a href="http://www.delirious.co.uk/flash/">Delirious?</a>, <a href="http://www.martynjoseph.net/">Martyn Joseph</a>, <a href="http://www.todayschristianmusic.com/artists/buddy-miller/features/meet-the-millers/">Julie Miller</a>, <a href="http://samphillips.com/">Leslie (Sam) Phillips</a>, <a href="http://www.sixpencehq.com/">Sixpence None The Richer</a> and <a href="http://www.switchfoot.com/">Switchfoot</a> achieved varying levels of mainstream exposure and success. Second, the biblical language and imagery of stars like Bob Dylan, Van Morrison and <a href="http://brucespringsteen.net/">Bruce Springsteen</a> began to be understood and appreciated (helped to varying degrees by explicitly ‘Christian’ periods in the work of Dylan and Van the Man). Third, musicians such as <a href="http://www.afterthefire.co.uk/biog.htm">After The Fire</a>, <a href="http://www.thealarm.com/">The Alarm</a>, <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/under-appreciated-songwriters.html">T. Bone Burnett</a>, <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/perhaps-most-underrated-band-ever.html">The Call</a>, <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/under-appreciated-songwriters.html">Peter Case</a>, <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/pacing-cage-bruce-cockburn.html">Bruce Cockburn</a>, <a href="http://extreme-band.com/site/">Extreme</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_Cowboys">Galactic Cowboys</a>, <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/under-appreciated-songwriters.html">Innocence Mission</a>, <a href="http://www.kingsxrocks.com/">Kings X</a>, <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/under-appreciated-songwriters.html">Maria McKee</a>, <a href="http://buddymiller.com/">Buddy & Julie Miller</a>, <a href="http://www.moby.com/">Moby</a>, <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/under-appreciated-songwriters.html">Over The Rhine</a>, <a href="http://www.deaconblue.com/">Ricky Ross</a>, <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/under-appreciated-songwriters.html">16 Horsepower</a>, <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/tryin-to-throw-your-arms-around-world-1.html">U2</a>, <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/under-appreciated-songwriters.html">The Violent Femmes</a>, <a href="http://www.gillianwelch.com/">Gillian Welch</a>, <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/under-appreciated-songwriters.html">Jim White</a>, and <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/under-appreciated-songwriters.html">Victoria Williams</a> rather than singing about the light (of Christ) instead sang about the world which they saw through the light (of Christ). As rock and pop fragmented into a myriad of genres, this approach to the expression of faith continues in the work of <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/bibb">Eric Bibb</a>, <a href="http://www.blessidunionofsouls.net/">Blessid Union of Souls</a>, <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/ed-kowalczyk-and-scott-stapp-angels-on.html">Creed</a>, <a href="http://www.brandonflowersmusic.com/splash">Brandon Flowers</a>, <a href="https://myspace.com/goodcharlotte">Good Charlotte</a>, <a href="https://myspace.com/benharper">Ben Harper</a>, <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/novel-and-album.html">Michael Kiwanuka</a>, <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/ed-kowalczyk-and-scott-stapp-angels-on.html">Ed Kowalczyk</a>, <a href="http://www.lifehousemusic.com/">Lifehouse</a>, <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/ed-kowalczyk-and-scott-stapp-angels-on.html">Live</a>, <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/low">Low</a>, <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/under-appreciated-songwriters.html">Neal Morse</a>, <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/fear-fallibility-and-faith-in-mumford.html">Mumford and Sons</a>, <a href="http://www.robertrandolph.net/">Robert Randolph and the Family Band</a>, <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/ed-kowalczyk-and-scott-stapp-angels-on.html">Scott Stapp</a>, <a href="http://www.socialdistortion.com/">Social Distortion</a>, and <a href="http://joninbetween.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/under-appreciated-songwriters.html">Woven Hand</a>.<div><div><div><br /></div> I've created a <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3wNvVbxoUBoCRVWP2ihxc7?si=01bf62b5e22f4f1f">playlist</a> on Spotify called <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3wNvVbxoUBoCRVWP2ihxc7?si=01bf62b5e22f4f1f">'Closer to the light'</a>. <a href="https://cockburnproject.net/songs&music/cttl.html" target="_blank">'Closer To The Light'</a> is a song by Bruce Cockburn that he said "was written addressed to the late <a href="https://markheard.net/" target="_blank">Mark Heard</a> ... He was a fantastic songwriter. His death sent a shockwave through our whole community, and what that did in me was that song." As a result, 'Closer to the Light' is a song that straddles both CCM and mainstream artists suggesting that both can bring us closer to the light. Similarly, this playlist, which includes blues, choral, classical, country, folk, gospel, jazz, pop, rap, rock, and soul music, aims to straddle music from both CCM and the mainstream which also brings us closer to the light.</div><div><br /></div><div>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div>Bruce Cockburn - <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b2QRg_xCbk" target="_blank">Closer To The Light</a>.</i></div></div></div></div>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-79162321111864543602024-03-03T19:28:00.002+00:002024-03-03T19:28:49.638+00:00Windows on the world (466)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSavkFrRbIdQhFTdZkGjcnHd5-LErTOwFIFhrDYwEfJ3Awt1FIULvL-DK7mQxcs2RxquOyY5A8T3Dx4r7ukfhrV7bzeDgiwdEq1_IoMZE167F58eDfP5mVlQizlmybg0ARVxZTeEVpV9kz3Ar1AWudEf70gnd8kifmjpPkwSo5lM2lD6BaeckhKoa67M/s4032/20240302_143917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSavkFrRbIdQhFTdZkGjcnHd5-LErTOwFIFhrDYwEfJ3Awt1FIULvL-DK7mQxcs2RxquOyY5A8T3Dx4r7ukfhrV7bzeDgiwdEq1_IoMZE167F58eDfP5mVlQizlmybg0ARVxZTeEVpV9kz3Ar1AWudEf70gnd8kifmjpPkwSo5lM2lD6BaeckhKoa67M/s320/20240302_143917.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cambridge, 2024</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Hothouse Flowers - <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDRv5eMIKKM&list=OLAK5uy_lASJfufVS7Rk5XeGEf-09hdBfy-fUsZLM" target="_blank">Isn't It Amazing</a>.</i></div><br /><p></p>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-18846971320580576442024-03-01T07:51:00.001+00:002024-03-01T07:51:33.208+00:00Seen and Unseen: A day, night and dawn with Nick Cave’s lyricsMy latest <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/day-night-and-dawn-nick-caves-lyrics">article</a> for <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/">Seen & Unseen</a> is <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/day-night-and-dawn-nick-caves-lyrics" target="_blank">'A day, night and dawn with Nick Cave’s lyrics'</a> in which I review <a href="https://adamsteiner.uk/" target="_blank">Adam Steiner</a>’s <i><a href="https://adamsteiner.uk/darker-with-the-dawn-a-book-about-nick-cave/" target="_blank">Darker With The Dawn — Nick Cave’s Songs Of Love And Death</a> </i>and explore whether Steiner's<i> </i>rappel into Cave’s art helps us understand its purpose:<br /><br />'Steiner is also very good when discussing the influence of the Bible on Cave’s work. He briefly outlines Cave’s journey with the Bible from chorister at Wangaratta Cathedral through his choice at 22 to mine its stories to inform his songwriting and on to his rediscovery of the New Testament and the “seduction of Christianity” when writing an Introduction’ to The Gospel According to Mark for the Canongate Pocket Canons. As Steiner notes, “Early on in his career Cave embraced the vitality and urgency of the Old Testament”, while the New Testament “introduced a more personal revelation … an awakening to the possibilities of self-transformation”.'<br /><br /><div>Read also my co-authored book with <a href="http://www.afterthefire.co.uk/biog.htm">Peter Banks</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_the_Fire">After the Fire</a>, <a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/peter-banks-and-jonathan-evens/shop/jonathan-evens-and-peter-banks/the-secret-chord/paperback/product-1pey2g67.html?page=1&pageSize=4">‘The Secret Chord’</a>, which has been described as an impassioned study of the role of music in cultural life written through the prism of Christian belief. For more of my writings on music click <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/search/label/the%20secret%20chord">here</a>.<br /><br />My first <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/life-more-important-art">article</a> for Seen and Unseen was <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/life-more-important-art">'Life is more important than art'</a> which reviews the themes of recent art exhibitions that tackle life’s big questions and the roles creators take.<br /><br />My second <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/corinne-bailey-raes-energised-and-anguished-creative-journey">article</a> <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/corinne-bailey-raes-energised-and-anguished-creative-journey">'Corinne Bailey Rae’s energised and anguished creative journey'</a> explores inspirations in Detroit, Leeds and Ethiopia for <a href="https://corinnebaileyrae.com/">Corinne Bailey Rae</a>’s latest album, <a href="https://corinnebaileyrae.com/blackrainbows">Black Rainbows</a>, which is an atlas of capacious faith.<br /><br />My third <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/charm-tunes-eastern-edge">article</a> was an interview with musician and priest <a href="https://revsimpkins.com/">Rev Simpkins</a> in which we discussed how music is an expression of humanity and his faith.<br /><br />My fourth <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/beyond-christmas-cards-guide-seasons-art-past-and-present">article</a> was a guide to the Christmas season’s art, past and present. Traditionally at this time of year “great art comes tumbling through your letterbox” so, in this article, I explore the historic and contemporary art of Christmas.<br /><br />My fifth <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/finding-human-amid-wreckage-migration">article</a> was <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/finding-human-amid-wreckage-migration">'Finding the human amid the wreckage of migration'</a>. In this article I interviewed <a href="https://shezaddawood.com/">Shezad Dawood</a> about his multimedia <a href="https://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/arrangements/leviathan-art-exhibition/">Leviathan exhibition</a> at <a href="https://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/">Salisbury Cathedral</a> where personal objects recovered from ocean depths tell a story of modern and ancient migrations.<br /><br />My sixth <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/preview-link/node/618/f6b05182-a724-4b95-929f-d39565fb9612">article</a> was '<a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/preview-link/node/618/f6b05182-a724-4b95-929f-d39565fb9612">The visionary artists finding heaven down here</a>' in which I explored a tradition of visionary artists whose works shed light on the material and spiritual worlds.<br /><br />My seventh <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/how-incomers-eye-sees-identity">article</a> was <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/how-incomers-eye-sees-identity">'How the incomer’s eye sees identity'</a> in which I explain how curating an exhibition for <a href="https://benuri.org/">Ben Uri Online</a> gave me the chance to highlight synergies between ancient texts and current issues.<div><br /></div><div>My eighth <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/infernal-rebellion-and-questions-it-asks">article</a> was <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/devils-perspective" target="_blank">'Infernal rebellion and the questions it asks'</a> in which I interview the author Nicholas Papadopulos about his book <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2024/02/The%20Infernal%20Word:%20Notes%20from%20a%20Rebel%20Angel">The Infernal Word: Notes from a Rebel Angel</a>.<br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div>Nick Cave - <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk9bU_n23_w" target="_blank">There Is A Kingdom</a>.</i></div></div>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-55408824162850869772024-02-25T22:55:00.000+00:002024-02-25T22:55:02.798+00:00Receiving blessing to be a blessingHere's the reflection I shared during Evensong at <a href="https://wickfordandrunwellparish.org.uk/whats-on.html" target="_blank">St Catherine's Wickford</a> today:<br /><br />Instead of starting at the very beginning, a very good place to start this sermon is with the ending of our service. The prayer of blessing at the end of this service aims to ‘crystallize all that has gone before’ in this service and ‘focus it into a commissioning for all we shall set our hand to once we depart.’ It sends us out to be a blessing to others by making ‘the whole world a Eucharist.’ Being a blessing is what I’d like to explore briefly with you this evening. <br /><br />We come to be blessed in order that we become a blessing to others. That is the pattern in today’s Old Testament reading (<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+12.1-4&version=NRSVA" target="_blank">Genesis 12.1-4a</a>) where we read of God saying to Abraham, ‘I will bless you … so that you will be a blessing … and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ <br /><br />We might wonder how one person can become a blessing to all the families of the earth? The answer is, in the same way as Jesus did through the Last Supper. Abraham set out on a journey to the Promised Land which formed the people of God, who were called into being to be a blessing to other nations. In so doing, he gave all who follow after him a path to follow, a story to inhabit, a people to which to belong and a mission to which they are called. The people of Israel followed that path and inhabited that story when they left slavery in Egypt to journey through the wilderness to enter the Promised Land and established themselves there so that, when Solomon was on the throne, other nations came to learn the wisdom of God. Jesus followed that path and inhabited that story when he walked through the valley of the shadow of death to set a banqueting table for all peoples in the mansions of heaven. We become a blessing to others when we take that same story and experience of belonging out with us from church into our daily lives by seeking to make the whole world a Eucharist. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/people/revd-dr-sam-wells/" target="_blank">Sam Wells</a>, Vicar of <a href="https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/" target="_blank">St Martin-in-the-Fields</a> has said that: ‘The mission statement of the church is to make the world a Eucharist. So faithful service means practices that look like worship—those that gather people and form them as one body, that reconcile and open lives to repentance and forgiveness, that proclaim truth and reveal God’s story, that embrace need and unleash gifts, that express thanks and are open to the Holy Spirit, that share food and wash feet.’ ‘It means extending God’s invitation to all, bringing all to repentance and joining in creation’s praise. It means proclaiming the truth of God through the history of the world and the dynamics of the universe and sharing discernment within the silence of God. It means articulating human need and enabling reconciliation. It means restoring a good relationship between humanity and its ecological home, stirring the heart, setting about work in a spirit of thanksgiving, discovering power under the authority of the Spirit, confronting evil with confidence in the sovereignty of God and sharing in the generous economy of God so that nothing is wasted. Thus all the practices of worship become the habits of discipleship.’ <br /><br /><a href="https://ntwrightpage.com/" target="_blank">Tom Wright</a> says that, ‘Blessing is not primarily about what God promises to do to someone. It is primarily about what God is going to do through someone ... Blessed are the meek, [Jesus says,] for they will inherit the earth: in other words, when God wants to sort out the world, to put it to rights once and for all, he doesn’t send in the tanks, as people often think he should. He sends in the meek; and by the time the high and mighty realise what’s happening, the meek, because they are thinking about people other than themselves, have built hospitals, founded leper colonies, looked after the orphans and widows, and, not least, founded schools, colleges and universities, to supply the world with wise leaders. <br /><br />What is God going to do through you? How might you be a blessing to others? It’s not a done deal! The people of Israel had to be exiled from the Promised Land before they returned to their vocation to bless others. God came into the world as a human being because humanity was oppressing, rather than blessing, others. Around our world too many nations are building walls and creating hostile environments instead of blessing others. So, we desperately need churches that will be the catalysts preparing us to be a blessing to others; and worship is the crucible in which such change begins. As <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo" target="_blank">St Augustine</a> wrote: 'You are the Body of Christ. In you and through you the work of the incarnation must go forward. You are to be taken. You are to be blessed, broken and distributed, that you may be the means of grace and vehicles of eternal love'; that you may be a blessing.<div><br /></div><div>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div>Carmel - <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdkICCKBxV8" target="_blank">God Put Your Hand On Me</a>.</i></div>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-17546310816127950712024-02-25T10:13:00.001+00:002024-02-25T10:13:01.676+00:00Windows on the world (465)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOygsp4QFfZPg1SCtezdVedl-6ZZXzAezS44rTE1LyIMNhTqDEqp5dkZFJ5MUx3ErUBcOYRURrBoLzPNWrxb1BDbITdLYQdvgPctcUxmnLdOc0tUSHkv4bihk6hMaV3VmQ1YtXadiH6PToV2KeLLJOJVC2_5BUAyFu7mSWEJFE1EQnbKwnbJaMWQjMiM/s4032/20240119_121648.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOygsp4QFfZPg1SCtezdVedl-6ZZXzAezS44rTE1LyIMNhTqDEqp5dkZFJ5MUx3ErUBcOYRURrBoLzPNWrxb1BDbITdLYQdvgPctcUxmnLdOc0tUSHkv4bihk6hMaV3VmQ1YtXadiH6PToV2KeLLJOJVC2_5BUAyFu7mSWEJFE1EQnbKwnbJaMWQjMiM/s320/20240119_121648.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> London, 2024</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Delirious? - <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoGZPAPBSxw&list=OLAK5uy_mqxtVbC2TovZAWsQYvKm_Fy0OdRXnix4w&index=3" target="_blank">Give What You've Got</a>.</i></div><p></p>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-71800345731631175642024-02-25T09:28:00.004+00:002024-02-25T22:55:34.810+00:00Love Life Live LentHere's the sermon that I've shared at <a href="https://wickfordandrunwellparish.org.uk/whats-on.html" target="_blank">St Catherine's Wickford</a> this morning:<br /><br />It's a funny thing about humility <br />as soon as you know you're being humble, <br />you're no longer humble <br />it's a funny thing about life <br />you've got to give up your life to be alive <br />you've got to suffer to know compassion <br />you can't want nothing if you want satisfaction <br /><br />it's a funny thing about love <br />the harder you try to be loved, <br />the less lovable you are <br />it's a funny thing about pride, <br />when you're being proud <br />you should be ashamed <br />you find only pain if you seek after pleasure <br />you work like a slave if you seek after leisure <br /><br />Some wise words there from the singer-songwriter, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoJ1RDFgMs4&list=OLAK5uy_kvCja6cbayoxa3lYJFqmacpV9LY-jB5cI" target="_blank">T. Bone Burnett</a>, which quote one of the things that Jesus said in today’s Gospel reading (<a href="Mark 8: 31-38" target="_blank">Mark 8: 31-end</a>). Whoever loses his life will find it or you’ve got to give up your life to be alive. <br /><br />Much of what we do in life is actually about saving our own lives – all the time that we spend thinking about our comfort, security and pleasure and all the time we spend accumulating money and possessions for ourselves. We all do it because it is our normal way of life – scientists such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Selfish_Gene" target="_blank">Richard Dawkins</a> explain that we are born with selfish genes that get us ready to live in a world that is about the survival of the fittest while the Bible speaks about being slaves to sin and doing the things we hate. In different ways, the same thing is being said; that our gut instinct is to look out for ourselves, to look after No. 1. <br /><br />Jesus turns that way of thinking on its head by saying those who want to save their lives will lose them and that those who lose their lives will save them. He fleshes out that thought by asking does a person gain anything if he wins the whole world but loses his life. We think immediately of the story Jesus told about a farmer with a bumper harvest which he immediately stored so that he could live off it in plenty for the rest of his life and who then died that same night without enjoying any of it. That story was told again in our newspapers a few years ago in the story of a man who had a special coffin built so that he could be buried together with his collection of pornographic magazines. What use they will be to him as both the magazines and his body decay is anyone’s guess! <br /><br />So, seeking to save your own life doesn’t help you when you are faced with death and it doesn’t deliver what it promises in life either. Since the Second World War, economists tell us that in this country our GDP (or Gross Domestic Product) has shot up by leaps and bounds while the happiness of the population has stagnated. Despite economic growth, happiness in the West has not grown in the last 50+ years. All that seeking after material pleasures and possessions, all that looking after No. 1, is not actually making any of us any happier. As Jesus said, whoever wants to save his own life will lose it. <br /><br />If Jesus is right about that half of the equation, then maybe he’s also right about the other; you've got to give up your life to be alive. After all, that is what he did for each one of us by going to the cross. He gave up his own life in order that we could get out of slavery to sin and really live. This is what he began to teach his disciples at the beginning of today’s Gospel reading; “The Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected … He will be put to death but three days later he will rise to life.” <br /><br />Peter was like us he couldn’t see it. It sounded like Jesus had got things all the wrong way round. Peter didn’t want Jesus to die and so he rebuked him. But it was Jesus who actually understood the right way of living life – that we come alive when we give ourselves away – and so he rejected Peter’s arguments as coming from the Devil himself. <br /><br />What is life like when we give ourselves away? What is life like when we lose our life for Jesus and the Gospel? One way of thinking about those questions might be to look online for the Church of England’s <a href="https://www.gooder.me.uk/books/love-life-live-lent-be-the-change/" target="_blank">'Love Life Live Lent' booklets</a>. These are a past Lent initiative but the booklets are still available. The initiative was based on the idea of Lent as a time to step back from daily life and think about bigger things. The Live Lent Booklets help us turn towards God's love and kingdom. The booklets help us change the world for the better during Lent one small action at a time! <br /><br />They do so by giving fifty suggestions for actions people can take during Lent, including ideas for environmental conservation and improving personal relationships. They encourage us to reject consumerism and materialism and instead embrace generosity and kindness, for example by leaving money in shopping trolleys, giving people hugs, giving up a place to someone who is in rush in traffic or a queue and doing chores for others. <br /><br />The booklet was originally produced by the Diocese of Birmingham where 70,000 copies were given out. Commending the booklets Archbishop John Sentamu said; “I would urge as many people as possible to join in with the proposed programme of generous actions that encourage kindness to ourselves, our neighbours and our planet. Recent research has shown that generosity is a key ingredient in making neighbourhoods flourish and I think this Lent programme could help us become a more generous church – individually and as the body of Christ. The programme will not be easy but it will be fun and I am sure it will start to change our lives as God calls us onward in a corporate pilgrimage of faith, transforming us and building his kingdom of love, peace and justice.” <br /><br />Living life by giving yourself away, by losing your life, is a wonderful thing. There is nothing to be ashamed of in a lifestyle like that. It makes sense in a world where the problems caused by a ‘me first’ attitude are becoming all too apparent. It is about really loving life and living it to the full by overflowing with generosity and kindness. It is to follow in Jesus’ footsteps, to live out his new way of being human, and to make <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2010/08/selfless-gene.html" target="_blank">an evolution against evolution</a>. “If anyone wants to come with me,” Jesus said, “he must forget self, carry his cross, and follow me.” We have often thought about that in terms of self-denial but what ‘Love Life Live Lent’ helps us see is that it is actually about generosity, giving ourselves away. If you are not sure whether you can make that change wholesale, why not look at the booklet, try out some of the suggestions for a day at a time and see if they don’t seriously affect you and the world we live in. <br /> <br /> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<div><br /></div><div>T. Bone Burnett - <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zex5X65fI0" target="_blank">Trap Door</a>.</i></div>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-9462573569172892862024-02-23T07:39:00.003+00:002024-02-23T08:43:43.557+00:00Art review: Saad Qureshi: Conversations before the End of Time at the Djanogly Gallery, NottinghamMy latest <a href="https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/23-february/books-arts/visual-arts/art-review-saad-qureshi-conversations-before-the-end-of-time-at-the-djanogly-gallery-nottingham" target="_blank">exhibition review</a> for <i><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#">C</a><a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/search/label/church%20times#">hurch T</a><a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2022-11-05T09:28:00Z&max-results=7#">imes</a></i> is on <i><a href="https://www.lakesidearts.org.uk/exhibitions/event/5933/saad-qureshi.html" target="_blank">Saad Qureshi: Conversations before the End of Time</a></i> at the <a href="https://www.lakesidearts.org.uk/" target="_blank">Djanogly Gallery</a>, Nottingham:<br /><br /><div>'IMAGES and ideas of heaven and hell continue to inspire <a href="https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/topics/art">artists</a> and to engage the wider public. Two examples include the opulent and intricate paradisaical enamel paintings of Raqib Shaw and Pablo Bronstein’s Hell in its Heyday series from 2021. With “Conversations before the End Of Time” at the Djanogly Gallery, Saad Qureshi is exploring both ends of the spectrum.'<br /><br />Click to read my pieces on <a href="https://artlyst.com/features/venice-to-london-may-2022-diary-revd-jonathan-evens/" target="_blank">Raqib Shaw</a> and <a href="https://artlyst.com/reviews/pablo-bronstein-world-vision-hell-revd-jonathan-evens/" target="_blank">Pablo Bronstein</a>. See how looking through a rebel angel’s eyes opens up some surprising new angles on faith with my <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/devils-perspective" target="_blank">interview</a> with author Nicholas Papadopulos for <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/devils-perspective" target="_blank"><i>Seen and Unseen</i></a>. An earlier review of an exhibition at the Djanogly Gallery can be read <a href="https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2022/21-october/books-arts/visual-arts/art-review-michael-forbes-blk-this-blk-that-a-state-of-urgency-at-the-djanogly-gallery-nottingham" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div><br />Other of my pieces for <a href="https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/">Church Times</a> can be found <a href="https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/search-results?query=evens">here</a>. My writing for <a href="https://artway.eu/artway.php?type=search&lang=en">ArtWay</a> can be found <a href="http://www.artway.eu/artway.php?type=search&lang=en">here</a>. My pieces for <a href="https://www.artlyst.com/">Artlyst</a> are <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2019/07/artlyst-art-faith-church-patronage-and.html">here</a>, those for Seen & Unseen are <a href="https://www.seenandunseen.com/contributors/jonathan-evens">here</a>, and those for <a href="https://www.artandchristianity.org/">Art+Christianity</a> are <a href="https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Evens%2c+Jonathan-a11717">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div>U2 - <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HDPenYIPtg" target="_blank">The Fly</a>.</i></div>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-36048393097328217302024-02-17T21:04:00.003+00:002024-02-17T21:04:38.160+00:00Windows on the world (464)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVWZBFU5YHySpDpxGAdqy20WhT9x4xDA277BTzS5pPLB-COQU8ybRl4EhtyPDfDjH0rSzB17nYXE0mfqU4Ek3W6s1Rk1um336-2V0xvWy2c76y37OLT-f0MdqcurAzjw7XVY6KNBcobtC1VKO78OZ3tv_XfZts_VZeMNj2JBm8U7aKtvnN79kf1E7KdQ/s4032/20240115_115955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVWZBFU5YHySpDpxGAdqy20WhT9x4xDA277BTzS5pPLB-COQU8ybRl4EhtyPDfDjH0rSzB17nYXE0mfqU4Ek3W6s1Rk1um336-2V0xvWy2c76y37OLT-f0MdqcurAzjw7XVY6KNBcobtC1VKO78OZ3tv_XfZts_VZeMNj2JBm8U7aKtvnN79kf1E7KdQ/s320/20240115_115955.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">London, 2024</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>AD - <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_AkBS_Y_C8&list=PLPcTOx34g9XTdpBsD5DO7446RTFjBFC5l" target="_blank">All Creation Sings</a>.</i><br /> <p></p>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-52402659826106039752024-02-17T20:51:00.006+00:002024-03-09T17:18:40.779+00:00International Times: A Parisian Epiphany and VisionMy latest <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/a-parisian-epiphany-and-vision/" target="_blank">review</a> published by <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/">International Times</a> is on <i><a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/giacometti-in-paris-9781526600974/" target="_blank">Giacometti in Paris</a></i> by <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/michael-peppiatt/" target="_blank">Michael Peppiatt</a>:<div><br /></div>'This double portrait of the artist and the city he loved is Peppiatt’s letter of introduction for his readers to an artist whose idiosyncratic life and loves lie hidden behind the intense focus and in-your-face realism of the standing figures and heads he created.'<div><div><br /></div><div>My earlier reviews for IT were of the first <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/pissabed-prophet/" target="_blank">Pissabed Prophet</a> album - 'Zany in parts, moving in others, you’ll be hard pressed to find a more unusual, inspired & profound album this year. ‘Pissabed Prophet’ will thrill, intrigue, amuse & inspire' - and <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/holing-the-secular-ship/" target="_blank">'Religion and Contemporary Art: A Curious Accord'</a>, a book which derives from a 2017 symposium organised by the <a href="https://www.scholarschristianityhistoryart.org/">Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art</a>.<br /><br />Several of my short stories have been published by <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/">IT</a> including three about <a href="https://nicolaravenscroft.com/">Nicola Ravenscroft</a>'s <a href="https://nicolaravenscroft.com/mudcubs/">EarthAngel sculptures</a> (then called mudcubs), which we exhibited at <a href="http://wickfordandrunwellparish.org.uk/whats-on.html">St Andrew's Wickford</a> last Autumn. The first story in the series is '<a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-mudcubs-and-the-o-zone-holes/">The Mudcubs and the O Zone holes</a>'. The second is <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-mudcubs-and-the-clean-up-king/">'The Mudcubs and the Clean-Up King'</a>, and the third is '<a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-mudcubs-and-the-wall/">The mudcubs and the Wall</a>'.<br /><br />My other short stories to have been published by International Times are '<a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-black-rain/">The Black Rain</a>', a story about the impact of violence in our media, '<a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-new-dark-ages/">The New Dark Ages</a>', a story about principles and understandings that are gradually fading away from our modern societies, and '<a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-curious-glasses/">The curious glasses</a>', a story based on the butterfly effect. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div>Kerry Livgren - <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZd5pVie-Bw" target="_blank">To Live For The King</a>.</i></div>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-7840877648464268272024-02-14T16:27:00.000+00:002024-02-14T16:27:03.864+00:00Fasting that questions our security and leads to benefit for othersHere is the sermon that I shared at <a href="https://wickfordandrunwellparish.org.uk/whats-on.html" target="_blank">St Andrew's Wickford</a> this morning as part of our Eucharist for Ash Wednesday with the imposition of ashes (a second service will be held at <a href="https://wickfordandrunwellparish.org.uk/whats-on.html" target="_blank">St Mary's Runwell</a> this evening at 8.00 pm):<br /><br />Fast from hurting words and say kind words. <br />Fast from sadness and be filled with gratitude. <br />Fast from anger and be filled with patience. <br />Fast from pessimism and be filled with hope. <br />Fast from worries and have trust in God. <br />Fast from complaints; contemplate simplicity. <br />Fast from pressures and be prayerful. <br />Fast from bitterness; fill your hearts with joy. <br />Fast from selfishness and be compassionate. <br />Fast from grudges and be reconciled. <br />Fast from words be silent and listen. <br /><br />These are words that have been attributed to <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/biography/documents/papa-francesco-biografia-bergoglio.html" target="_blank">Pope Francis</a>, although the source for these words has yet to be fully established. Nevertheless, Pope Francis has made similar or equivalent comments. <br /><br />He says first of all that: ‘We must be careful not to practice a formal fast, or one which in truth “satisfies” us because it makes us feel good about ourselves. Fasting makes sense if it questions our security, and if it also leads to some benefit for others, if it helps us to cultivate the style of the Good Samaritan, who bends down to his brother in need and takes care of him. Fasting involves choosing a sober lifestyle; a way of life that does not waste, a way of life that does not “throw away”. Fasting helps us to attune our hearts to the essential and to sharing. It is a sign of awareness and responsibility in the face of injustice, abuse, especially to the poor and the little ones, and it is a sign of the trust we place in God and in his providence.’ <br /><br />In saying this he was following the teaching of his predecessors, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" target="_blank">Paul VI</a>, in his 1973 Message for Lent, said that Lent is a time of renunciation and penance but is also “a time of communion and solidarity”. As a result, invited us to listen to the exhortations of the prophet Isaiah (<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=isaiah+58%3A+1-12&version=NRSVA" target="_blank">Isaiah 58: 1-12</a>): “This, rather, is the fasting that I wish: … sharing your bread with the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the homeless; clothing the naked when you see them, and not turning your back on your own.” Such exhortations, noted Pope Paul, “echo the anxieties of the people of today,” and thus, “each individual truly shares in the sufferings and misery of all.” <br /><br />Pope Francis also says that we fast and do penance: ‘in order to free ourselves from dependencies regarding what is passing, and to train ourselves to be more sensitive and merciful. It is an invitation to simplicity and to sharing: to take something from our table and from our assets in order to once again find the true benefit of freedom.’ As a result, ‘Fasting reunites us to ourselves. Lent invites us to look inside our heart, with fasting, which frees us from attachment to things and from the worldliness that numbs the heart.’ <br /><br />‘Fasting is not a diet. Indeed, it sets us free from the self-centred and obsessive quest of physical fitness, in order to help us to keep in shape not only our bodies but our spirit as well. Fasting makes us appreciate things for their true worth. It reminds us in a concrete way that life must not be made dependent upon the fleeting landscape of the present world. Nor should fasting be restricted to food alone. Especially in Lent, we should fast from anything that can create in us any kind of addiction. This is something each of us should reflect on, so as to fast in a way that will have an effect on our actual lives.’ <br /><br />These arguments and the words with which we began are sometimes criticised as we should not simply abstain from sinful behaviour for a period such as Lent, but should always seek to lay aside our sinfulness. However, that is to misunderstand what Pope Francis is advocating. His argument is that we begin to abstain from sin in Lent in order to continue throughout our lives. <br /><br />Finally, Pope Francis argues that ‘Prayer, charity and fasting need to grow “in secret” (<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+6%3A+1-21&version=NRSVA" target="_blank">Matthew 6: 1-21</a>), but that is not true of their effects. Prayer, charity and fasting are not medicines meant only for ourselves but for everyone: they can change history. First, because those who experience their effects almost unconsciously pass them on to others; but above all, because prayer, charity and fasting are the principal ways for God to intervene in our lives and in the world. They are weapons of the spirit and, with them, we implore from God that peace which men and women are incapable of building by themselves.’ <br /><br />So: Fast from hurting words and say kind words. <br />Fast from sadness and be filled with gratitude. <br />Fast from anger and be filled with patience. <br />Fast from pessimism and be filled with hope. <br />Fast from worries and have trust in God. <br />Fast from complaints; contemplate simplicity. <br />Fast from pressures and be prayerful. <br />Fast from bitterness; fill your hearts with joy. <br />Fast from selfishness and be compassionate. <br />Fast from grudges and be reconciled. <br />Fast from words be silent and listen. <br /><br /><div>This sermon uses material from: <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/popefrancishomilies/fasting">https://sites.google.com/view/popefrancishomilies/fasting</a> and <a href="https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-03/the-popes-and-the-lenten-fast-training-the-will-in-good.html#:~:text=There%20are%20three%20key%20elements,example%20of%20the%20Good%20Samaritan">https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-03/the-popes-and-the-lenten-fast-training-the-will-in-good.html#:~:text=There%20are%20three%20key%20elements,example%20of%20the%20Good%20Samaritan</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJXe6B7g5gE" target="_blank">Forty Days And Forty Nights</a>.</i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-13818730285675509052024-02-13T20:32:00.000+00:002024-02-13T20:32:17.188+00:00Review - 'Modern Fog' by Chris EmeryMy first <a href="https://tearsinthefence.com/2024/02/13/modern-fog-by-chris-emery-arc-publications/" target="_blank">review</a> for <a href="https://tearsinthefence.com/" target="_blank"><i>Tears in the Fence</i></a> is of <a href="https://www.arcpublications.co.uk/books/chris-emery-modern-fog-690" target="_blank">'Modern Fog'</a> by <a href="https://www.saltpublishing.com/collections/chris-hamilton-emery" target="_blank">Chris Emery</a>: <div><br />'Modern Fog, through its “poems about landscape and animals and distant fictions” is primarily a collection about giving up “on who you think you are”, “to become something new, something estranged, maybe even something redeemed from the silly paraphernalia of midlife identity” – a time when a new vulnerability can emerge.'</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Tears in the Fence</i> is an internationalist literary magazine based in the U.K. Publishing a variety of contemporary writers from around the world, it provides critical reviews of recent books, anthologies and pamphlets and essays on a diversity of significant modern and contemporary English and American poets. Each issue features a number of regular columnists adding wide focus and independent thought on the contemporary poetry world. A wide range of book and pamphlet reviews are also published on the magazine’s blog. <br /><div><br />My poetry reviews for <a href="https://stridemagazine.blogspot.com/">Stride Magazine</a> include a <a href="https://stridemagazine.blogspot.com/2022/08/fresh-directions.html">review</a> of two poetry collections, one by <a href="http://www.mariopetrucci.com/">Mario Petrucci</a> and the other by <a href="http://www.poetrypf.co.uk/davidmillerbiog.html">David Miller</a>, a <a href="http://stridemagazine.blogspot.com/2023/02/fascinating-and-feisty.html">revie</a><a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/search/label/stride#">w</a> of <a href="https://www.arcpublications.co.uk/books/adcock-and-pujol-duran-temporary-archives-665"><i>Temporary Archive: Poems by Women of Latin America</i></a>, a <a href="http://stridemagazine.blogspot.com/2023/04/moments-of-transition.html">review</a> of <a href="https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/fukushima-dreams-by-andrea-moorhead/"><i>Fukushima Dreams</i></a> by <a href="https://www.thetemzreview.com/andrea-moorhead.html">Andrea Moorhead</a>, a <a href="http://stridemagazine.blogspot.com/2023/06/jonathan-evens-takes-flight.html">review</a> of <a href="https://www.hatjecantz.com/products/64923-endangered-sky"><i>Endangered Sky</i></a> by <a href="https://www.kellygrovier.com/">Kelly Grovier</a> and <a href="https://www.lissongallery.com/artists/sean-scully">Sean Scully</a>, <a href="https://stridemagazine.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-questioning-hope-of-transcendence.html?q=evens">review</a> of <a href="https://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?owner_id=170">John F. Deane</a>'s <a href="https://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9781800173590"><i>Selected & New Poems</i></a>, and a <a href="https://stridemagazine.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-well-of-solitude.html">review</a> of <a href="https://suehubbard.com/gods-little-artist/"><i>God's Little Angel</i></a> by <a href="https://suehubbard.com/">Sue Hubbard</a>. <div><br /></div><div>To read my poems published by Stride, click <a href="http://stridemagazine.blogspot.com/2022/11/jonathan-evens-frames-and-names.html">here</a>, <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/search/label/stride#">here</a>, <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/search/label/stride#">here</a>, <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/search/label/stride#">here</a>, and <a href="https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/search/label/stride#">here</a>. My poems published in <a href="https://amethystmagazine.org/">Amethyst Review</a> are: <a href="https://amethystmagazine.org/2023/05/22/runwell-a-poem-by-jonathan-evens/">'Runwell'</a>, <a href="https://amethystmagazine.org/2020/06/20/are-are-not-a-poem-by-jonathan-evens/">'Are/Are Not'</a>, <a href="https://amethystmagazine.org/2020/07/13/attend-attend-a-poem-by-jonathan-evens/">'Attend, attend'</a> and <a href="https://amethystmagazine.org/2022/04/08/maritain-green-beckett-and-anderson-in-conversation-down-through-the-ages-a-poem-by-jonathan-evens/">'Maritain, Green, Beckett and Anderson in conversation down through the ages'</a>. Read my <a href="https://artway.eu/content.php?id=3489&lang=en&action=show">ArtWay interview</a> with artist, musician and poet David Miller <a href="https://artway.eu/content.php?id=3489&lang=en&action=show">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div>Additionally, several of my short stories have been published by <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/">International Times</a>, the Magazine of Resistance, including three about <a href="https://nicolaravenscroft.com/">Nicola Ravenscroft</a>'s <a href="https://nicolaravenscroft.com/mudcubs/">mudcub sculptures</a> (now known as Earth Angels), which we exhibited at <a href="http://wickfordandrunwellparish.org.uk/whats-on.html">St Andrew's Wickford</a> last Autumn. The first story in the series is '<a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-mudcubs-and-the-o-zone-holes/">The Mudcubs and the O Zone holes</a>'. The second is <a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-mudcubs-and-the-clean-up-king/">'The Mudcubs and the Clean-Up King'</a>, and the third is '<a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-mudcubs-and-the-wall/">The mudcubs and the Wall</a>'. My other short stories to have been published by International Times are '<a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-black-rain/">The Black Rain</a>', a story about the impact of violence in our media, '<a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-new-dark-ages/">The New Dark Ages</a>', a story about principles and understandings that are gradually fading away from our modern societies, and '<a href="https://internationaltimes.it/the-curious-glasses/">The curious glasses</a>', a story based on the butterfly effect.</div><div><br /></div><div>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB2LthSgeLI" target="_blank">Meet The Poet: Chris Emery</a>.</i><br /><div><br /></div></div></div>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-66612182992309330482024-02-13T08:53:00.000+00:002024-02-13T08:53:05.540+00:00Stations of the Cross<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7aQHpXgGqK-hAI_PJtGK20LN2TxFEGahNQT88RabWtGwm6CMtovz8jGNKH4qdi0t_9-UyOIdmewLJWsdwIfmcXQm6eV9VdFgYsVaJLlWYlCiSFyB5Xb_nFrkZhdLvOdfH-x5JaZbvBUAohzDsqsYGD5Eb5NzFLLd50Jsb8xOp6ohvrxCm-06LRn-3QvY/s376/The%20Passion%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="308" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7aQHpXgGqK-hAI_PJtGK20LN2TxFEGahNQT88RabWtGwm6CMtovz8jGNKH4qdi0t_9-UyOIdmewLJWsdwIfmcXQm6eV9VdFgYsVaJLlWYlCiSFyB5Xb_nFrkZhdLvOdfH-x5JaZbvBUAohzDsqsYGD5Eb5NzFLLd50Jsb8xOp6ohvrxCm-06LRn-3QvY/w328-h400/The%20Passion%202.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdsyfRirkBXKW4xP9JkTsSIqJv5XILzH9wfQu5sdQC3Ir1TSr91TAR9ns0v-O8yd5LeJ_BFgbbjmPhVfMzahgzh3-cQuDtddCYT6S8lLu-KbtwFOdbtuUFtcO4ikLMeINehM0N2Tedo4zx3WEapgA5a9XMe1si0Nmh3ckuS2ys2wwYqmhOGLjSQ9koYCU/s789/Mark%20of%20the%20Cross.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="562" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdsyfRirkBXKW4xP9JkTsSIqJv5XILzH9wfQu5sdQC3Ir1TSr91TAR9ns0v-O8yd5LeJ_BFgbbjmPhVfMzahgzh3-cQuDtddCYT6S8lLu-KbtwFOdbtuUFtcO4ikLMeINehM0N2Tedo4zx3WEapgA5a9XMe1si0Nmh3ckuS2ys2wwYqmhOGLjSQ9koYCU/w285-h400/Mark%20of%20the%20Cross.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiowp7505xDTZFWNH0Q9xVVL63FFRcX5EQh94Wcfe2rbJebuXU_xtP8GshdpD53ztimKV-WnsT_rHBDfLB6DDqhOS_m92Gio83OwGmCgix6NOatddQaqEhvNRaEa2-pZGvB8hEeVr_KOFEDA8y5_0K3itPnJHncelInu-_lTRu_8PKKGITFPUrY2qZc4ZY/s632/Lent%20Course%202024%20cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="556" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiowp7505xDTZFWNH0Q9xVVL63FFRcX5EQh94Wcfe2rbJebuXU_xtP8GshdpD53ztimKV-WnsT_rHBDfLB6DDqhOS_m92Gio83OwGmCgix6NOatddQaqEhvNRaEa2-pZGvB8hEeVr_KOFEDA8y5_0K3itPnJHncelInu-_lTRu_8PKKGITFPUrY2qZc4ZY/w353-h400/Lent%20Course%202024%20cover.jpg" width="353" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgLuAI-yk1ZOk_-P568zYEoG7sE8hKv3iHJNVsLD6hyMGoAyjuhjsArc7f3N-Me3vm_qgJ7BtNoyPgL7zw1JG17TOC54gBpTPoGYGxRjmLHnZwVjzvZP-7PA-_4P0eLGjf2rnAwponY3hIvvU2bMZO-oWctqIEwLSRvfE0QcL_mqj5P3D5pj1WY9Ewn8Q/s790/Lent%20Course%202024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="583" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgLuAI-yk1ZOk_-P568zYEoG7sE8hKv3iHJNVsLD6hyMGoAyjuhjsArc7f3N-Me3vm_qgJ7BtNoyPgL7zw1JG17TOC54gBpTPoGYGxRjmLHnZwVjzvZP-7PA-_4P0eLGjf2rnAwponY3hIvvU2bMZO-oWctqIEwLSRvfE0QcL_mqj5P3D5pj1WY9Ewn8Q/w295-h400/Lent%20Course%202024.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>This year the Ministry Team in the <a href="https://wickfordandrunwellparish.org.uk/whats-on.html">Wickford and Runwell Team Ministry</a> have once again written our own Lent Course, which looks more deeply into the Stations of the Cross which we use during Holy Week, including images, readings, reflection and prayer. <br /><br />These sessions will be offered on Tuesday evening and Thursday afternoon and evening, depending on numbers, starting the week of 19th February. We also have the opportunity to share these sessions with <a href="http://christchurchwickford.weebly.com/">Christ Church</a>, giving additional days and times (Tuesday mornings and Wednesday evenings). <br /><br /><a href="https://www.theworshipcloud.com/view/written/mark-of-the-cross">Mark of the Cross</a> and <a href="https://www.theworshipcloud.com/view/written/the-passion-2-1">The Passion</a> are collections of images, meditations and prayers by <a href="http://commissionformission.blogspot.com/2009/04/henry-shelton.html">Henry Shelton</a> and myself on The Stations of the Cross. They provide helpful reflections and resources for Lent and Holy Week. These collections can both be found as downloads from <a href="https://www.theworshipcloud.com/">theworshipcloud</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.theworshipcloud.com/view/written/mark-of-the-cross">Mark of the Cross</a> is a book of 20 poetic meditations on Christ’s journey to the cross and reactions to his resurrection and ascension. The meditations are complemented by a set of semi-abstract watercolours of the Stations of the Cross and the Resurrection created by Henry Shelton.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.theworshipcloud.com/view/written/the-passion-2-1">The Passion: Reflections and Prayers</a> features minimal images with haiku-like poems and prayers that enable us to follow Jesus on his journey to the cross reflecting both on the significance and the pain of that journey as we do so. Henry and I have aimed in these reflections to pare down the images and words to their emotional and theological core. The mark making and imagery is minimal but, we hope, in a way that makes maximum impact.<br /><br />Jesus dies on the cross<br /><br />The sun is eclipsed, early nightfall,<br />darkness covers the surface of the deep,<br />the Spirit grieves over the waters.<br />On the formless, empty earth, God is dead.<br /><br />Through the death of all we hold most dear, may we find life. Amen.<br /><div><br style="background-color: #539bcd; color: #bbbbbb; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /></div>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<div><br /></div><div>U2 - <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5EL9ducPao" target="_blank">Windows In The Skies</a>.</i></div>Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098144920605291084.post-80808635768250358222024-02-10T21:00:00.000+00:002024-02-10T21:00:01.154+00:00Windows on the world (463)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkV9TJx_rguZ1z3sdrH-CC39zxkCrFfsvflsgnpm1YCgfoOmtnvwF4LhImEgm9j7vWWctwoCD_QtYHQAm7EJ8Lduuw-qT8nnV5zABt5dcPdovFKH3QBrq0YN4IJCHcWcJVR3sEH-WozApnw22YlxsZaHzwmnp79zfF0KFYo7b7_lRnGy5h-OESSf_d9w/s4032/20240119_121708.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It is Christ-centred, for all ages, based on creativity, hospitality and celebration.</p><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/414639564322709/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22home%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22your_upcoming_events_unit%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D" target="_blank">Pancake Party</a><br /><a href="https://wickfordandrunwellparish.org.uk/st-catherines.html" target="_blank">St Catherine’s Hall</a>, 120 Southend Road, Wickford SS11 8EB<br />Tuesday 13th February, 2.00 - 4.00 pm</b>Drop in between 2pm and 4pm or stay all afternoon and help raise funds for St Catherine’s tower restoration. £4 to include 2 pancakes and unlimited tea or coffee. Gluten free available on request.<br /><br /><b>Salvation Army Band & Choir</b><br /><br />Wickford Salvation Army Band and Choir will be performing at St Andrew's at 3.30 pm on Sunday 17 March to raise funds for St Andrew's. All are welcome.<br /><br /><b>Take Note in concert<br />Saturday 20 April, 3.00 pm<br />St Andrew’s Church, 11 London Road, Wickford SS12 0AN</b><br /><br />Take Note are an all-male a Cappella group of up to 12 singers formed in 2015. They sing many genres of music across many eras in four-part harmony. Their wide-ranging repertoire includes traditional male voice choir numbers, popular songs from the 50s and 60s sung in close harmony doo wop style, comedy items and other a Cappella arrangements that they think will appeal to their audiences.<div><br />This concert is a fundraiser for St Andrew’s Church. No tickets required. Donations requested on the day.<br /><br /><b>Quiet Days in 2024 - <a href="https://wickfordandrunwellparish.org.uk/st-marys.html" target="_blank">St Mary’s Runwell</a></b><br /><br />Reflect in the magnificent mediaeval building that is St Mary’s Runwell, and relax in its beautiful churchyard. St. Mary’s is often described by visitors and by regular worshippers as a powerful sacred space to which they have been drawn. Experience this yourself, while also exploring its art and heritage. <br /><br />Themes for 2024 include: Psalms, Women in the Bible, Nazareth Community’s Rule of Life, Faith Pictures, and Jesus Music. <br /><br />All are 10.30 am – 3.30 pm. Runwell Rd SS11 7HS.<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Saturday 27 April – Jesus Music: </b>Reflect on the person of Jesus plus praise and prayer to him, through the Jesus Music of the 1960’s and 70’s. Led by Revd Jonathan Evens. </li><li><b>Wednesday 22 May – Women in the Bible: </b>Spend time getting to know the women whose lives made a significant contribution to the story of God’s relationship with his people. Led by Revd Sue Wise.</li><li><b>Saturday 15 June – Faith Pictures: </b>Helps us see where God has been present in our lives, how we can talk about that confidently, and how God is active in the world around us and wants us to join in with Him. The focus will be on Traveller’s Tales and Talking Pictures. Led by Gail and Stephen.</li><li><b>Wednesday 10 July – Psalms: </b>Time to immerse yourself in the prayerfulness, rich imagery and poetry of the psalms. Led by Revd Sue Wise.</li><li><b>Saturday 14 September – The 7S’s of the Nazareth Community:</b> Silence, Sacrament, Scriptures, Service, Sharing, Sabbath, Staying as a personal Rule of Life. Led by Revd Jonathan Evens.</li></ul>Cost: £8.00 per person, including sandwich lunch (pay on the day). To book contact <a href="mailto:jonathan.evens@btinternet.com">jonathan.evens@btinternet.com</a> / 07803 562329 (27/04, 15/06, 14/09) or <a href="mailto:sue.wise@sky.com">sue.wise@sky.com</a> / 07941 506156 (22/05, 10/07). Parking available at the Church Hall – Church End Lane, Runwell SS11 7JQ. Nearest station: Wickford (1.3 miles). Buses: 8, 10, 94, 94A, 94B, X10. <a href="http://wickfordandrunwellparish.org.uk/">http://wickfordandrunwellparish.org.uk/</a> </div><div><br /></div><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/378687571536337/378710854867342?active_tab=about" target="_blank">Being With course</a></b><div><b>Tuesday evenings from 23 April - 25 June, 7.30 pm</b></div><div><b>St Andrew's Wickford</b></div><div><br /></div>Have you ever wondered…<div><br />If all the meaning, beauty and goodness you have found in life so far could help you discover something that holds it all together?<br /><br /></div><div>If there is a God, wouldn’t God be best discovered with others?<br /><br /></div><div>Being With ⁄ A Course Exploring Christian Faith and Life<br /><br /></div><div>We believe God's desire is to be with you and that God has been at work in your life from day one. We are looking forward to discovering that with you.<br /><br /></div><div>Discovering Christian faith in a positive and inclusive group. No special knowledge or religious language needed. Just what you have learned in life so far. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1563803214471834/1563825471136275/?active_tab=about" target="_blank">Kintsugi Hope Wellbeing Group</a></b></div><div><b>12 Thursday evenings from 9 May, 7.30 pm</b></div><div><b>St Andrew's Wickford</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Kintsugi Hope is a charity based in the UK striving to make a difference to
peoples mental wellbeing. </div><div><br /></div><div>"Kintsugi' (⾦継ぎ) is a Japanese technique for
repairing pottery with seams of gold. The word means 'golden joinery' in
Japanese. This repairs the brokenness in a way that makes the object more
beautiful, and even more unique than it was prior to being broken. Instead of
hiding the scars it makes a feature of them.
“We want to see a world where mental and emotional health is understood
and accepted, with safe and supportive communities for everyone to grow
and flourish." </div><div><br /></div><div>Kintsugi Hope Wellbeing Groups </div><div><br /></div><div>A Kintsugi Hope Group is a safe and supportive space for people who feel or have
felt overwhelmed, providing tools for self-management in a facilitated peer
mentoring style setting. It consists of a structured yet flexible series of 12 weeks
of content, which includes group and individual activities designed to help
participants to accept themselves, to understand their value and worth, and
grow towards a more resilient and hopeful future. Issues covered include;
disappointment, loss, anxiety, anger perfectionism, shame and resilience.
Feedback so far has been amazing. </div><div><br /></div><div>Our new group starts on Thursday May 9th, 7.30pm
at St Andrew’s Church, London Road, Wickford
For more information and to register for the Group
contact Revd Sue Wise on
07941 506156 or sue.wise@sky.com </div><div><br /></div><div>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div> </div>Mumford & Sons x Pharrell Williams - <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaDHJaJ6b9c" target="_blank">Good People</a></i>.Jonathan Evenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04271900336455993298noreply@blogger.com0