"Let there be an opening into the quiet that lies beneath the chaos,where you find the peace you did not think possible and see what shimmers within the storm."Jan Richardson

It’s night. A dark time. The disciples are afraid. So afraid they’ve locked the doors. Voluntary self-isolation, you might say. And what does Jesus do? He comes and he stands among them.Suggested music: Emmanuel (Hillsong): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKYkhGDEQXs

"We are obviously in highly uncertain times and collectively have entered the wilderness of unknowing. We have essentially been thrust on a pilgrimage, not of our choosing." Christine Volters Painter  Show notes Suggested music: Leonard Cohen: “The Window”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVeEmsAGHvw Why do you stand by the window Abandoned to beauty and pride The thorn of the night in your bosom The spear of the age in your side Lost in the rages of fragrance Lost in the rags of remorse Lost in the waves of a sickness That loosens the high silver nerves Oh chosen love, Oh frozen love Oh tangle of matter and ghost Oh darling of angels, demons and saints And the whole broken-hearted host Gentle this soul And come forth from the cloud of unknowing And kiss the cheek of the moon The New Jerusalem glowing Why tarry all night in the ruin And leave no word of discomfort And leave no observer to mourn But climb on your tears and be silent Like a rose on its ladder of thorns Oh chosen love, Oh frozen… Then lay your rose on the fire The fire give up to the sun The sun give over to splendour In the arms of the high holy one For the holy one dreams of a letter Dreams of a letter's death Oh bless thee continuous stutter Of the word being made into flesh Oh chosen love, Oh frozen love … Gentle this soul

Anxious speculation dressed up as news is an online constant. What's the alternative? God understands we gaze, it's in our nature. But what's worthy of our gaze?

When God says, Be still and know that I am God, he’s talking about a knowing of God that is deeper than our thoughts, than our feelings, a knowing of God that is of our very deepest places, that is a union, a participation in the divine community of God.

In our very first Peacecast we ask, at a time of lockdown, homeschooling and slimmed down options, How do we keep alive, invigorated even expectant in a time of monotony?