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 …
Dave Hop
Contemporary Bible CommunicatorTalk 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. …
Christmas Rewrite: The Night Before Christmas (revisited)
Sun 22 December 2019
I’ve posted this before, but thought it worth revisiting again as Christmas settles upon us… ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the houseNot a creature was stirring, not …
Film Friday: Official Secrets
Fri 8 November 2019
It is 2003 and Katharine Gun works for British Intelligence, translating secret documents. When she comes across a memo about blackmailing small UN states to vote for the UK-US invasion …
Monday Rewrite: Cows
Mon 4 November 2019
A little parable of sorts. Two friends are about to part company for the day. – Okay, I’ll see you on Sunday then… oh hang on, no. I’m taking my …
Extra: Extract from a re-imagining of John’s Gospel
Tue 3 September 2019
Chapter 6. The light is fading quickly now. Simon and James stand. ‘We’re going across the lake,’ says James. ‘Anyone else coming?’ They all are, even Mary. They’ve waited long …
Thursday Rewrite: The Hammer
Wed 21 August 2019
As the blacksmith hammers away, the metal blows raining down on the sharpening spikes, he has no idea. No idea that these callous bits of iron will one day pin …