Reflections of a Curlew: sport

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Friday, 10 June 2011

Jerusalem Awards Shortlist

The Boxing Vicar has been shortlisted for the Jerusalem Awards, series category. Awards ceremony on October 20th so fingers crossed...
CTVC helped fund this project so thanks to them.

Friday, 26 November 2010

Here are 3 short films/podcasts I made with Brian Branche - a C of E vicar who was also a champion boxer in his youth. He found the skills he learned in the ring helped him cope with situations he came across in some of the most challenging parishes in England. Brian is warm, thoughtful and this is a real insight into the connection between spirituality and sport.
Annette Dunn composed the music.

Why a Curlew?

I love curlew, they have the most beautiful, haunting call, inhabit that wild hinterland between land and sea and manage to look comical and lovely at the same time. They are also associated with an ancient celtic saint. Legend has it that St Beuno was sailing off the coast of Wales and dropped his book of sermons into the water. A curlew flew down, scooped up the book and took it to the shore to keep it safe. From then on St Beuno blessed all curlew and said they should be protected for ever, hence their nests are really difficult to find.

I wrote an article for The Tablet called Call of the Curlew, it was published in 2006.

Reflections of a Curlew

Friday, 10 June 2011

Jerusalem Awards Shortlist

Friday, 26 November 2010

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