CELEBRATING THE RICHNESS OF BEAUTY, SCIENCE and FAITH - expressed in poetry, prose, meditations and simple image by Trevor Thorn and occasional guest contributors
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Thursday, 23 April 2015
Invitations issued to Cambridge University colleges
Will include one Hymn and two poems from this blog. DO come if you are in the area and want to join with others to celebrate so much of what surrounds us day by day.
And if you can, please display the poster above (simply click on it once or twice to get a printable version): See also last blog entry.
And if you are elsewhere in the world and would like to see the material to consider whether you could use it in your own church or school context, do please ask for it to be sent to you at
crossandcosmos@gmail.com
25th April. The Bishop of Huntingdon has generously commented on his blog
Here’s a super informal act of worship at Ely Cathedral on May 10th, “celebrating the wonders of creation revealed by science” with guest speakers neurologist Revd Professor Alasdair Coles and astronomer Dr Frank Flynn. My good friends Trevor Thorn and Jan Payne are behind it and quality is guaranteed
Wildfires: Evidence of Climate Chaos
Wildfires: Evidence of Climate Chaos
Cascade of Stars and Gas (Imagined image: CGI)
Butterfly Nebula (CGI)
Ten thousand billion suns - A scintilla of God’s Universe

It is currently thought that the Universe has at least 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars! Hence the use of the word ‘scintilla’ for a mere ten thousand billion.
Cross and Particle Accelerator (CGI)
Nebula (Embroidery)
Nativity Star (CGI)
Orange Galaxy
Cosmic Ikon 8 Moth
Cosmic Ikon 8: Moth Nebula(imagined-acrylic) The Gold field of deep space is intended to convey the Lordship of Christ over the whole of the Cosmos
Surprise garden rose (Photo)
This beautiful head of roses in our garden, which are giving off a delightful perfume in the morning sun, seems a fitting picture to link to the sonnet 'Evolution and Beauty'. Let the picture take you there. It is a surprise because it is growing high on a bush of otherwise pure yellow roses: amazing!
Cross and Vortex
Gaseous Cosmic Threads (Mixed media)

Gaseous Cosmic Threads: Mixed media - acrylics and painted threads
Cosmic Icon 7 Summerflower
Cosmic Icon 7 - Summerflower Nebula (Acrylic)
Cosmic Labyrinth (CGI)
Cross of Autumn Leaves (cropped Photo)
IONA: The Marble Quarry (Photo)
Celtic cross candle (Photo)
Light of the World amidst stars (CGI)
Iona from Fionnphort (Watercolour)
My Mesh Mask for Radiotherapy
Double Celebration
St Neots Sunset (Photo)
Gabriel - written/painted by Pam, my wife in 2015
Maple Leaf Nebula (CGI)
Beauty in the Garden - June 2016
Beauty in the Garden - June 2016
Aurora Imagined over Iona (Watercolour & pastel)
First posted here on Adomnan’s day (23rd September) 2015. An imagined natural phenomenom that could be seen to resonate mystically with the idea of Iona being a ‘thin place’ where heaven brushes earth.
Assisi Sunset
Assisi Sunset
Thinking about the Brain

This image is formed from a small section of neural pathways posted by the Koch Institute, clipped, part inverted and stitched together. It is intended to impart a sense of our extensive, but still partial understanding of what goes on in that awesome part of our bodies, our brains. By clicking on the image, you will be taken to a celebratory poem/song ‘For Amazement by Beauty’ about all of our senses.
Source (CGI by Trevor Thorn)

Source: Expand the image to reveal its heart
Rainbow spiral (CGI)
Cross and simple Prayer rope (Photo)

Cross and simple prayer rope: make one like this to use as an aid to using ‘The Jesus Prayer'