Advent – Shieldfield Art Works

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Now and Not Yet: Welcome to Planet Earth

25th December 2015 By Shieldfield Art Works (SAW)

Reflections for Advent. No. 25 Image above: David McCulloch, Welcome to Planet Earth 2012 “The Word became Flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14 (NIV) no sparkle here no sparkle there […]

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Now and Not Yet: Annunciation

22nd December 2015 By Shieldfield Art Works (SAW)

Reflections for Advent, No. 22 Image above: James & Lesley Sutton, Annunciation 2015 “This clay maquette depicts Mary pondering her calling to bring the Christ child to birth in the presence of the angel Gabriel. As with Mary, we are each of us called to participate in bringing God to birth in the world through […]

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Now and Not Yet: Long Winter

19th December 2015 By Shieldfield Art Works (SAW)

Reflections for Advent, No. 19 LONG WINTER White slides to clear, translates late morning. The milk of mist slides at sky’s end to clefted heaps of snow: they shift, blot into pavements where pocks of lichen splay, greening the day. I leave the cups and bowls, their fatty film, the taste of yesterday, and peer […]

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Now and Not Yet: Mini Expectations

18th December 2015 By Shieldfield Art Works (SAW)

Reflections for Advent, No. 18 Image above: Kuba Ryniewicz, Mini Expectations 2015 All of our lives are in God’s hand, nothing is beyond the tenderness of God’s touch. Not the things that we hold up high for all to see. Not the things we hold close in the quiet of our hearts. God knows all […]

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Now and Not Yet: Deep

15th December 2015 By Shieldfield Art Works (SAW)

Reflections for Advent, No. 15 Image above: Louise Todd, ‘Deep’ 2015 Stalks of grass stick up out of the shadows into the light, themselves casting shadow. We see the vegetation in the light first, we are drawn to it. The dark under the grass and into the hedgerow is dismissed before we even consciously register that our brains have played that […]

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Now and Not Yet: Realm

14th December 2015 By Shieldfield Art Works (SAW)

Reflections for Advent, No. 14 Image above: Lucy Adlington, Realm 2015 A sacred place, a place of generosity, a place to communicate, share and illuminate. I was given the keys to a church the beginning of Spring 2015 as a place to practice music. A time that was both personally overwhelming and consuming, this space […]

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Now and Not Yet: What Next?

11th December 2015 By Shieldfield Art Works (SAW)

Reflections for Advent, No. 11 Image above: Ruth H, What Next? 2015 I don’t know what to do now. What next?… When I posted this question on Facebook, I got 22 ‘likes’ in 12 hours (1). Not bad. This collective empathy for uncertainty and indecision was echoed in the comments: ‘Join the club!!’ said one […]

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Now and Not Yet: Shadow Play

6th December 2015 By Shieldfield Art Works (SAW)

Reflections for Advent, No. 6 Advent, time of preparation. For what do we prepare? Son of Man, Prince of Peace, Light of the World. God human. God vulnerable. God here. The light of the world casts a shadow. No. I cast a shadow. His light shines on me and my darkness shows its face. My shadow […]