Author Archives: Barrie Cooper

Yesterday, we left off by ‘looking out’ from the door of the ancient church at Goodmanham. It seems to me to be something of a parable for the situation the world finds itself in, during these days of the pandemic. The whole moment distills itself down to two words; faith and hope It is easyContinue reading “Hope and Fear”

These two words, Hope and Fear perhaps give us a reasonable summary of what the world has travelled through for the past few months and into the future. Billions of people trying to make sense of the Covid epidemic and the path into the future; whilst mourning those who have died, and continue to doContinue reading “Hope and fear”

Sometimes, words can be a little intrusive. I give you this image which I photographed last year, in Tenby, South Wales. And a poem… Welcome; hear the still small voice just beyond the senses; beyond the obvious. the ‘real’, the comfortable, the safe. The arms of welcome and offering. No payment in instalments, or favourableContinue reading “Welcome”

I was tempted to just leave you with the photograph! It was taken a couple of years ago in a local nature reserve. Like any photograph, it captures a moment in time; I wish was able to replay what I was thinking while I composed the shot. I can guess, but to be honest I’dContinue reading “Reflection”

This bell can be found in the north west corner of the Isle of Arran, in Scotland. Arran is for Helen and I, our favourite place. The juxtaposition of so many elements that just speak to one’s heart and soul. The bell stands just s few metres away from the corrugated iron chapel, which isContinue reading “Calling…”

Photograph taken in a small but wonderful museum on the Kintyre Peninsula in Scotland; in a place called Kilmartin. It is a very rich place for archaeology from the early days of settlement. This is part of what was once a standing cross which had been broken up and buried, we know not why. However,Continue reading “Amazing love”

There’s lots of interconnectedness all around us; sometimes we have to have a jolt to make us aware! This photograph was taken last year at Cragside in Northumberland. Helen and I were walking in the woods below the house, when suddenly this little deer stepped into our vision; and ours into hers. We each stoppedContinue reading “Connection”

Sunrise this morning.A moment full of expectancy and hope. May your day be blessed. The muser will return tomorrow!

‘We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.’..Robert Louis Stevenson. The two swans I photographed a couple of weeks ago are travellers over great distances as they migrate and return each year. The diversity of the human journey is justContinue reading “Travelling”

‘Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and eat with you, and you with me.’ The voice of Jesus to the Apostle John, in the Book of Reveleation. Simple, but with profound consequences if we place ourselves as the listener. Here’sContinue reading “Doors”