Foundation http://foundationbristol.org An alternative church community in Bristol Sun, 17 Mar 2013 23:44:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Psalms http://foundationbristol.org/?p=939 http://foundationbristol.org/?p=939#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2013 23:43:43 +0000 Chris D http://foundationbristol.org/?p=939 A covered cross with candles in front

The Cross covered for Passion Sunday

A meditation on the Book of Psalms. A reflection on their place in the bible and the different styles, voices and characters expressed in the Psalms.

Coordinating: Chris D

]]> http://foundationbristol.org/?feed=rss2&p=939 0 Switching Off http://foundationbristol.org/?p=937 http://foundationbristol.org/?p=937#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:47:19 +0000 Chris D http://foundationbristol.org/?p=937 A meditation on switching off spirituality, the best moments in life, the moments before life ends – and the music of Elbow.

Coordinating: Rob T

]]> http://foundationbristol.org/?feed=rss2&p=937 0 Lent 3 http://foundationbristol.org/?p=931 http://foundationbristol.org/?p=931#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:44:23 +0000 Chris D http://foundationbristol.org/?p=931 A service based on an Anglican service for Lent 3.

Coordinating: Craig P

]]> http://foundationbristol.org/?feed=rss2&p=931 0 Fear http://foundationbristol.org/?p=928 http://foundationbristol.org/?p=928#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:22:32 +0000 Chris D http://foundationbristol.org/?p=928 A reflection on how fear can affect our lives and how we can overcome it.

Coordinating: Adam B

]]> http://foundationbristol.org/?feed=rss2&p=928 0 Jesus and the bucket list http://foundationbristol.org/?p=923 http://foundationbristol.org/?p=923#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:32:07 +0000 Chris D http://foundationbristol.org/?p=923 BandWfieldandsky

What would you do if you were informed you only had a short time left to live, say a month or two? Jesus knew he was going to die and spent his last free evening serving others. This was the basis of this service involving lists from bucketlist.com and wooden play bricks.
Coordinating: Chris D.

]]> http://foundationbristol.org/?feed=rss2&p=923 0 Prayer http://foundationbristol.org/?p=916 http://foundationbristol.org/?p=916#comments Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:18:59 +0000 Chris D http://foundationbristol.org/?p=916 image

A service based around one persons experience of the Experimental Theology blog and some bible readings. The blog is at http://experimentaltheology.blogspot.co.uk/

Coordinating: Nigel H

]]> http://foundationbristol.org/?feed=rss2&p=916 0 Saint Brendan http://foundationbristol.org/?p=910 http://foundationbristol.org/?p=910#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2013 12:18:07 +0000 Chris D http://foundationbristol.org/?p=910 Looking out to sea from a beach

Looking out to sea from a beach

 

A service looking forward across the sea to the future, imagining the journey that Saint Brendan undertook. Service includes St Brendan’s prayer and Francis Drake’s prayer.

Coordinating: Anna McM and Chris D.

]]> http://foundationbristol.org/?feed=rss2&p=910 0 Birth Pains http://foundationbristol.org/?p=905 http://foundationbristol.org/?p=905#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:14:46 +0000 Chris D http://foundationbristol.org/?p=905 Journey“This Birth was / Hard and bitter agony for us, like Death, our death.”  T.S. Eliot, Journey of the Magi.

Just as the birth of Jesus disrupted the old order for the Magi, and meant the death of their old lives, so too the sign of transformation in us is often “hard and bitter agony”.  So it may be that your present suffering is the handmaiden of some new and better way of being.

Coordinating: Tim S
]]> http://foundationbristol.org/?feed=rss2&p=905 0 Filmdation in 2012 http://foundationbristol.org/?p=898 http://foundationbristol.org/?p=898#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2012 09:54:23 +0000 Chris D http://foundationbristol.org/?p=898 Between “The Mission” in January and “It’s a Wonderful Life” in December we watched a number of other films including:

Roman Holiday (IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046250/)

Annie Hall (IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075686/)

Manhattan (IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079522/)

Crimes and Misdemeanors (IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097123/)

Chinatown (IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071315/)

]]> http://foundationbristol.org/?feed=rss2&p=898 0 Filmdation (December 2012) http://foundationbristol.org/?p=892 http://foundationbristol.org/?p=892#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:04:22 +0000 Chris D http://foundationbristol.org/?p=892 Its_A_Wonderful_Life_Movie_PosterDecember’s film was a “It’s a Wonderful Life”. This is a heartwarming 1946 Christmas classic featuring the great James Stewart.

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