Living Open Source

A while ago I reviewed a number of online sources of royalty-free images. While most of these permit you to use images created by others, being certain of what rights you have to reuse and redistribute is not that clear and you nearly always need to contact the originator before you use the image for [...]

Matthew’s version of the transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-13) like the other gospels has Peter exhibiting his usual purpose-driven self, trying to suggest a programme of tent building when confronted with the glory of God. In Matthew’s version God interrupts Peter’s little project proposal (and PowerPoint presentation?), “While he was still speaking”, prompting a more appropriate response [...]

I had the privilege of attending a lecture by the Archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday night at Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral – an event planned as the year of Capital of Culture begins here in Merseyside. You can read the full text of the lecture on the archbishop’s web site.
The Archbishop argued that the present [...]

Perhaps this week’s text would go something like this:
Jesus walked into the office and saw two brothers called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were frantically coding their latest WordPress theme for they were web designers. “Come follow me,” Jesus said “and I will make you fishers of men”. At once they left their keyboards [...]

I’ve just started a new Lectionary Flickr group for anybody that is interested. If you have a Flickr account you can join this visual and creative way of reflecting on the lectionary readings each week. Simply upload your images to a Flickr account, join the Lectionary group and then in the Flickr Organiser you can [...]

I’ve been a bit slack with my lectionary images recently, but here is one for this week’s gospel reading in John 1:29-42 (or to 51 if you want the fuller picture!). A reminder that Jesus simply calls us to follow – be a disciple, that’s all.

Thanks to Haltadefinizione you can now view Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper better than you could if you went to see it yourself at Milan’s Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie. Scanned at 16 million pixels and using 1277 shots, it is really quite impressive.