Carried a full bag of God for ages. One day realised it was empty. Dumped the bag, travelled lighter, contents still with me. #ikonstory Can you write your own God story? For Greenbelt 2011 tweet with #ikonstory, no links though!
Not just the leaving prayer this year but a whole 5 minutes. Cue balloons. You will need one modelling balloon, preferably a long one, and a pump. Blow it up all the way taking about how we fill ourselves with information over the year. Then let it go, (the children love this bit) and mention that we hope they don’t lose all they have learnt over the summer like the balloon lost its air. Start again. This time inflate to 3/4 and tie off. The make the following bubbles whilst talking about all the different, unconnected things one might...
Can you hear the cry of the city? ‘ Big Issue ‘ ‘ Big Issue ‘ Is the cry of the street vendor and they are right, there are so many Big Issues. And Yet, There is a way of walking in the city, purposeful, focussed, absent. Does the ‘Shelter Cymru’ fund-raiser, (with the red bib and clipboard) make this even more ironic? As dogs with their companions occupy vacant doorways – how many there are, yet how silent the city. Gangs of smokers lurk at back entrances to offices, the new staff room. Eager concert goers queue by...

A.R.T Private Garden. For visits and more information please contact … etc This sign doesn’t do justice to the glories which are contained within its walls! Walking the paths, every sense is assaulted with sights, sounds, smells, tastes, colours, textures. Mint, pepper and citrus, all come together. Some plants in flower, some in fruit, some shoots barely showing through the ground. The mind is overwhelmed by the diversity. Try to do one thing at a time they say – this garden does 500 things at once. It must be a female garden! All plants are working in harmony and...