Video: Belgium trip 2019 (and new motorcycle!)

Also, in case anyone is interested, here's a close up of my new tattoo which makes a couple of appearances in the video. I got it in May 2019, a year after my first one (the rainbow on my arm). It is based on a design from the east window of the St John's College chapel of an ancient symbol for Christ called a Chi Rho. So now I carry the New Testament Christ over my heart.

And I am now the owner of my own motorcycle! This is me half way home to Durham having been hanging out with some RAF chaplains down south for a few days. His name is Jimmy, and he is a Suzuki GSF600 Bandit. And yes, hanging out with the chaplains was pretty cool too, but no, me on the motorcycle did not mean it was all like Top Gun.

Video: a month in Johannesburg 2018

This is the final instalment of posts about my series of adventures over the summer. The first was a vlog of my pilgrimage to the Holy Land, the second was a video about my time as a volunteer for a month in Taizé - and now, here's my vlog of my four week placement in South Africa.

In real time, it's Reading Week of my first term in second year as an ordinand. I've settled back in and everything seems to be going quite well.

Video: a month in Taizé 2018

And so continues the series of posts about my adventures over the summer between my first and second years as an ordinand. 

The first was about my trip to the Holy Land, and now comes a slightly different style of video about my time as a 'permanent' volunteer in Taizé for five weeks.

The third and final instalment will be a vlog of my month in Johannesburg on placement with the cathedral. 

In real time (Oct 2018), I am now in induction week at the start of my second year. I landed in the UK Tuesday morning and was at college Wednesday afternoon, so no let up! 

But it's all worth it. I go wherever God calls me to be, even if that does make my schedule a bit hectic!

Video: Holy Land trip 2018

Right, one year down, two to go! I will write or video an update about my third term and how I'm doing come the start of second year, but for now I will be uploading videos of the adventures I've been having over the summer!

Just to give you an idea, I was in the Holy Land for a week, then I went to Taize for five weeks. I spent a week in Scotland with friends, I was at Greenbelt (and talking on a panel of all things!) and soon I will be flying out to Johannesburg for a month long placement!

Hopefully that excuses my lack of updates. You can see I'm busy doing ordinand-y shenanigans. 

So without further ado, the first video of my pilgrimage to the Holy Land!
(It's a tad long, but trust me, stick around for the hilarious ordinand double-act sketch!!)

Video: Taize Basel, European Meeting 2017

Video and photos: Taize 2017