David Perry
Holy Week 1: Shopping for Easter
Holy Week 1: Shopping for Easter
by David Perry
Holy Week 1: Shopping for Easter Reflection accompanying image “Shopping for Easter” The shops are full of Easter gifts. One of the local pubs is even displaying a large sign which says "Come and celebrate Easter with us". Good times lie ahead. Shoppers are spoilt for choice and…
Holy Week 2: Good Friday judges the Church
Holy Week 2: Good Friday judges the Church
by David Perry
Holy Week 2: Good Friday judges the Church Reflection accompanying image “The curtain of the temple was torn in two” and "You can't evict an idea". On Good Friday in Jerusalem, as Jesus died, we are told that the sky went dark, an earthquake struck, and the curtain in the Temple …
Holy Week 3: Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Cheap Monday?
Holy Week 3: Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Cheap Monday?
by David Perry
Holy Week 3: Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Cheap MondayReflection accompanying image “Carnaby street easter testimony” Walking down Carnaby Street in London you just can't miss the eye catching skull logo of the Cheap Monday Store. Such death-in-your-face design is an interesti…
Holy Week 4: Easter day is the datum point of our Faith
Holy Week 4: Easter day is the datum point of our Faith
by David Perry
Holy Week 4: Easter day is the datum point of our Faith Reflection accompanying image “Zero point datum on York Station” Waiting on York Station last week I happened upon the Zero Post. What I read on the plaque above it straightaway sparked off thoughts of Easter. "The centre of…
Zero point datum on York Station
Zero point datum on York Station
by David Perry
The Zero Post was the point from which distances were measured on the railways radiating out from York. Easter day is the zero point datum from which we measure everything to do with our faith. Image accompanying reflection "Holy Week 4: Easter day is the datum point of our Faith…
Imagining the Lectionary: opened up to the light of love (Lent 4B)