Author Archives: Barrie Cooper

The phrase I’ve used as the heading for this blog speaks for itself, I think! There’s a smattering of stories involving caves in the Bible. Some involve running away from danger, or God, or self. Caves become places of confrontation and change and new perspectives. It has much to do with the light and darknessContinue reading “Caving in….”

A big subject is the title of the blog for today! I’m making an assunption that we all get through our days with some degree of faith and hope. We may have days with a greater dose of each, other times we may struggle or find it difficult to find either. This photograph I tookContinue reading “Faith and hope..”

Jesus spoke a lot about water. Real and metaphorical. See how many times it crops up in his conversations and teaching. With 60% of an adult human body comprised of water, it’s a pretty inescapable reality. To be frank, I rarely think about it, but that doesn’t take away its importance for life and theContinue reading “Thirst..”

Well actually, the Aysgarth Falls in North Yorkshire. But there are lots of places in the Bible where we read of God pouring out the Spirit on all people! The words resonate with this photograph that I took about 3 years ago. The noise of the water was overwhelming and the power of the massContinue reading “‘I will pour out my Spirit…”

A statement of the absolutely obvious, I hope you will agree! These particular rocks can be found on the south coast of the Isle of Arran, which rests in the Firth of Forth. I love the island, because it is full of contrasts. We are living through a time of change and reasessment; personally andContinue reading “Rocks”

So many questions! The world seems overwhelmed by the need for answers. Where do we find these elusive answers? We can search in our own consciousness, but if you are anything like me, I just hop onto a roundabout with a whirl of disjointed thoughts. Which sometimes is OK and other times is not helpful.Continue reading “?”

The play of light drew me to take this photograph. The mix of shadows and light, illumination and darkness, just seemed to speak to me about the times we have and are passing through. I’m sure that the days and months ahead will have many twists and turns to deal with. My reason for startingContinue reading “Gates and Shadows…”

I heard the noise from the flock of geese, before I saw them, a couple of days ago. Slowly, as my eyes became accustomed to the clouds and light, the ‘strings’ of geese could be seen to be masters of the air!! Constantly changing and seemingly embracing the joy of movement, as they negotiated theContinue reading “Moving and changing”

Hardly a selling point….the window was there at one time, but seems to have lost it’s purpose. Recognisable as a window surround, but with an inability to let light in. Can we actually still call it a window?! Faith can feel a little like this. Some want faith to be certain and hedged about withContinue reading “Room with a view!”

…the rain has gone. I can see all obstacles in my way’.…..the opening words of, ‘I can see clearly now‘, released as a single in 1972, by Jonny Nash. A simple but well cratfted song. The lyric continues with these words…‘Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind….it’s going to be a bright sunshiningContinue reading “I can see clearly now….”