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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
![Ten thousand billion suns - A scintilla of God’s Universe](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMp3Fb8TKCu8UrDO4Tn8W3d2HNIE_K5ZHIuE5ZwaTqa3KhwrjqoO7FeBJNZCF84AWHuwBQVWUumTidy0rO4X3GmdjkCsmBapziyvEjFHq6L8aoueiz0JVy_YM55MFPYOhaqTIIH4rxdCA/s1600/Ten+thousand+billion+suns+Scintilla+2.jpeg)
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)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDfbOOM4uinIzQrAycBiOwiTF7GrEO3wYlXsBTjm93F9W-Fu0ZVR1xOHnjoiBBXIM9CvaLo93yj73E1CDCEjpUTxp3zqMYtxqVJtVQZYd0YGkU_PpaSf21lmuiLIw8wrwNIb4vonvnw4/s420/Gaseous+cosmic+threads.jpg)
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
![Thinking about the Brain](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCMIIRrFaDW8QZQmSYRTSZbx0lUu4TfCGhwKGayw0TT7aDptV3Huvt81FsSch3g-GkyyXof7obvXk7nAt6-X3UUG7KjjixaTPlS4FynGJYnka9HJHHz3gASvzrFn0yNKIb49bjcwdgAj8/s1600/Neuron+sections.jpeg)
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 (CGI by Trevor Thorn)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5teNoHHJITcNrh0yTL8IM-4YVg5-HPGrCK-0ODHKpQimrtRUCDZ015_o9FC77hVqUb4Ei8BhvZFL63mcEa7NbBXP9vcLQVtzSGQ2GfK9YGOjfoAOzWk4hg-baVpvYmPOO2CVvzz1_D8/s1600/Cosmic+Egg+and+Cross.jpeg)
Source: Expand the image to reveal its heart
Rainbow spiral (CGI)
Cross and simple Prayer rope (Photo)
![Cross and simple Prayer rope (Photo)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWaW9_U9PQ7eEu5v-yAYb5Cbj0HSmr3ju5eFlFgc8CdAx0dStEPt7mGypjbpZJoai0YD-2yPMPaFAx0RDV7bGQOIdaMWAinLKxJJweMZsDJ_K9TuJsCQaVUxdjoL7-hC1wlj6PRecbKwM/s420/cross+and+simple+prayer+rope.jpg)
Cross and simple prayer rope: make one like this to use as an aid to using ‘The Jesus Prayer'
Sing of God and Science - ‘Wordle’ Icon
Cross of Nails (CGI)
Rosemary For Remembrance: Download for Holy week & Eastertide.
![Rosemary For Remembrance: Download for Holy week & Eastertide.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCQGN8tLgMHe-ccebL12FOu4YT_pqZID5QvdJoaVsxDZU5JZr7Tm3-COWe2_jOfEceyynTQgnIAlHJl5PgA2Woc7dw1bHcV_MGg5GOpyA3ZePE02ZcqulFN4Q8mkwHBLYVQUBL7Le6Pvg/s1600/RforR+p1A5+COVER.jpg)
This modest cost download from Wild Goose Publishing contains a poem linking Christ’s Nativity and Crucifixion, A meditation for Good Friday, an imagined reflection of a close follower of Jesus (Bleak Sabbath) and a chidren’s/ congregational activity for Easter day. Click on the image to take you to the Wild Goose order page.
Calvary - Lifeblood of the Cosmos
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Calvary - Lifeblood of the Cosmos
Gaseous exoplanet atmosphere
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Gaseous exoplanet atmosphere - imagined image (Acrylic to CGI)
Alpha Omega bookmarks 1(Cross-stitch embroideries)
Ancient Storms
![Ancient Storms](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8evxxUyEYyuLPRrc92OiO3TiNCN2FlzF_whHekdCZg_gpOrjJwKe7wjeoIWaY1ZuSfYwyrKL4qnA-PktbeigruMFgN7LhThnqFKfZopi4HUToyY5AUTR6i_BA7H4-owSEztEx7XHNQM/s1600/Ancient+Storms.jpg)
Ancient Storms: Imagined image (CGI)
Cross and Orbits
Nails and Thorns
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This image for Holy Week is the work of a long-standing friend, sadly now dead, Ruth Bradford. Ruth drew this a few years ago and said 'This picture came as a result of a Lent Course I did with my Cluster Group at church. We worked through "He Chose the Nails" by Max Lucardo. When talking about the crown of thorns he spoke of the meaning of thorns in the Bible being the results of sin.'
Living With Integrity Logo
![Living With Integrity Logo](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYl6X98XIEuJ3L8GQ0r89THUujCkAOjSkMBUFwjXP-MEVOJYQs9FsfIUxLAXgUcfIEmwZOUQSdsFYCgEO0DGDX4tBs9ncx8Gvrkq7IS3b-w1AjxcSYwHNjsX9qXi2W13ZUD7Mp0ut9UJE/s1600-r/LWI+modified+logo+2.jpg)
Living With Integrity/ Care for Our Common Home logo posted ahead of Climate Change talks Dec 2015.
St Cuthbert’s/ Hobthrush Island
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Beautiful islet off Lindidfarne - song of seals as background music
Eastertide Garden Glory
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Joy ablaze in the Garden
'Scientists in Congregations' Award
!['Scientists in Congregations' Award](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAZOdvkpsJAK_3s9I66ixcVwBthtjEXyn-AiBwhBUwJTbiEBULvLj4rPgFB__mSDi0bpGFqN1dGoYbdvaThWQqj01o-tEEpyViVXpKHWswMqwM4feMz2JjOg6hewtK4iSVKUzXhuHy9sg/s1600/Sing+of+God+and+Science+CERTIFICATE.jpg)
Delighted to be able to display the certificate awarded for the ‘Sing of God and Science’ project designed for use in church primary schools. Especially delighted with the affirmation of the awarding body (Durham University) in the centre of the certificate. Click on the image to take you to a sample of the songs that will be incorporated into the full collection later this year.
Creation by Joanna Tulloch
Close encounter
![Close encounter](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMkPyS_gN5PJMshE3Mw-6DS_eFInbA1TMhBVRhbqKEr_w3Dl7sXigXCNGpemj5YGNRVVcJWioSv4nLAtL5WvEESClikLJFCvl1I9O2zbDjt_uTVGvC_l8fJX5yDL2twcbAvYDHBTcrYWU/s1600/dusty+galaxy+collision+ikon+WIP.jpg)
Close encounter: Imagined image (CGI)
Poppy Nebula (Imagined image): Acrylic & mixed media
Ikon Galaxy (Imagined image: CGI)
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Cosmic Ikon 2 (Imagined image: CGI)
Ex Nihilo (Imagined image: Acrylic)
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If you enjoy the images shown above and in THE GALLERY below, you can view them and several similar as a fullscreen slideshow at
Crib, Cross and Star. (CGI)
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This image is intended to place Christ at the focal point of the Universe. The manger is deliberately oversized compared with most manger images: it is for cattle, not designed for a baby! It is a reminder of how often we want to make the story a 'comfortable' one - when at its origin it was almost certainly, inherently uncomfortable!
St Peter-on-the-Wall,Bradwell 7th Century Chapel of Saint Cedd (Watercolour)
The Hermit's Cell: IONA (Watercolour)
Liberating Forces (Imagined image: CGI)
Mull across the Sound of Iona (Watercolour)
Cross and Sunflower (Sculpture by Lilo Bauer-Frietag)
![Cross and Sunflower (Sculpture by Lilo Bauer-Frietag)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-EP3fT2r0Th4teWmIL7PKNsDi9mO75ZRT2nG6fBdNoD1HF2i_wrLTIbyVSV2AJ5tpTab_X0diQfFAa5hlAf2jZtawhi_OJv87n5NG_Y27caDz17Q4-QUKrHzBQulxC6uXxjX0C8wh90/s1600/LILO%27s+CROSS.jpg)
This 'New Life' Cross featuring the sunflower motif superimposed on the cross was made by Lilo Bauer-Frietag of Washington DC whom I 'met' in a spirituality group discussion on the web
Galilee - Lakeside Communion (Photo) Altar top
Cosmic Ikon 4 Nativity Star (CGI)
![Cosmic Ikon 4 Nativity Star (CGI)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQxSMnhIyzjEqwpOHQtdjd1UqZVSHwDDTKQcQZAuI9df32YOY1FK_lBerxybVNA7zoBHtkY6rDKlN5CsJYCSZcVBDJeF9rRa3MMr-SAHq-YbgdFY7YrPIPiCc_BTlhKhWnUECrgHwwUM/s1600/Ikon+Nativity+Star++NO+text.jpg)
Nativity Star - Cosmic Ikon 4: The Gold of the sky represents God's Lordship over time and space and the cross at the centre foretells the future of the Christ child
Nativity Star Ikon (CGI)
Galaxy of Galaxies (Cross-stitch embroidery)
Heart of Gold Galaxy (Watercolour)
Cross and Nebula (Pastel)
Alpha Omega bookmark Cross-stitch embroidery)
Galaxy 3 (Embroidery)
Starburst 1 (Imagined image: CGI)
Black Hole (Cross-stitch embroidery)
Cross in Spiral (Imagined image:Pastel)
'Lord of Infinity’ Cross (CGI)
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This simple Cross motif has been fashioned for this blogsite to symbolise 'Christ, the Lord of Infinity' comprising a straight upright intersected by the mathematical sign for infinity. Click on the image to take you to the poem 'Alpha and Omega' which also reflects Christ's place at the centre of the Cosmos.