For Pentecost: A Very Special Festival
Fri 21 May 2021
Pentecost 2021 A Very Special Festival by Rev H James Clarke We had come down from Damascus for the Festival of Weeks…. we went into the city early because we …
Dave Hop
Contemporary Bible CommunicatorBarbed Wire Faith
Thu 20 May 2021
There’s a figure here in no man’s land, Always present, and forever at hand, Unafraid of the cratered haze, Understands our difficult days. Knows riots and howls and the lives …
For Ascension Day – It Was a Glorious Morning (by James Clarke)
Thu 13 May 2021
It was a truly glorious morning. We walked up the Mount of Olives, Joanna, Mary Magdalene, Jesus’ mother, and a few others of the women with me, as we had …
Knockin’
Tue 4 May 2021
Father take this cup from me, Yet not my will be done but yours, This sacrifice – it weighs on me, This call to open heaven’s door. They’ll nail me …
Nine Witness Stories for Holy Week
Mon 29 March 2021
Nine Witness Stories for the days of Holy Week, 2021 By James Clarke These stories were commissioned by Hereford Diocese for their Holy Week Internet project. Shared with permission. + …
For Easter: The Son
Mon 29 March 2021
Heat, bugs, and temptation, 40 days, the pressure on, then Starts his mission, jampacked, A rollercoaster that’s a fact. Stories, wisdom, healing… A man down through the ceiling, Meets a …
Talk on the Four Friends ripping up a roof – Mark 2 v 1-12
Mon 1 February 2021
Monday Rewrite: About Monsters
Mon 1 February 2021
There are monsters, often small, but they cast a large shadow. Outlines that stalk us through the hours, down the corridors of the years. Wearing us down, eating into our …
Emmanuel – A Christmas reading
Fri 1 January 2021
Christmas Story: A Snowy Night
Wed 23 December 2020
There was a chilly bite in the air as I walked further up the hill. As if I was being wrapped in a blanket that had come straight out of …
Tuesday Extra: A Tale of the Unexpected
Tue 22 December 2020
It’s hard to concentrate at the moment, half the time I don’t know if I’m hammering or chiselling. My head’s like a maze of endless corridors, the thoughts going round …
A Short Piece About Hope
Tue 24 November 2020
A new reflection: Trust
Thu 5 November 2020
A new video from Simeon Wood and myself. A reflection on the theme of Trust… To know peace for the day’s travelling, For the mountains we must climb, And …
I believe, help me…
Fri 14 August 2020
Taking some time out from my usual creative posts this week I read a little of Pete Greig’s book God on Mute, and it led me to reflect again on the …
Jaws for Thought
Fri 7 August 2020
A lighthearted tail of something or nothing. Barely an anecdote really, yet also about fears we hold and the way talking with another can sometimes help… The great fish moved …
The Prodigal Son retold with music and narrative
Fri 3 July 2020
A retelling by Simeon Wood and Dave Hopwood.
The Boy with the Tortoishell Glasses
Tue 23 June 2020
A short 2-minute video about my latest writing, a kind of autobiography… There are more details about the book here.
A Few Thoughts on Pentecost
Sun 31 May 2020
A talk given in this recent online service for Roundswell church – to see the whole service click here.
Ascension Reflection
Thu 14 May 2020
A reflection on the moment when Jesus says goodbye to his friends, affirms them and promises the help of God’s Holy Spirit, by Simeon Wood and myself…
This Easter
Fri 10 April 2020
A new telling of the Easter account. Music by Simeon Wood. This Easter (The narrative) They gather, talk, eat, squabble, the usual things. Have no idea what’s around the corner. …