Blog – The Holy Biscuit

Mixing Bowl

18th April 2019 By The Holy Biscuit

Last month at Mixing Bowl, Andii Bowsher put together a reflective evening inspired by the tradition of ‘Tenebrae’ services. Tenebrae means darkness or shadows, and services are sometimes called ‘A Service of Shadows’. Tenebrae can be seen as prayerful theatre, with ways to recognise the sadness and tragedies of the world within a framework of bittersweet […]

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Cupcakes and Torture Chambers

15th January 2019 By Huw Evans

‘Art. Hmm. Why are you bothering with that, when you could be evangelising, helping the poor, running a bible study? Or if you must do art, make sure it’s going to bring people to Jesus.’ *** In the 1990s I went to a lot of Bible Weeks. They were fun (at points), hard work (camping) and on occasion […]

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Who is my neighbour?

27th November 2018 By Huw Evans

When I was in junior school I enjoyed drawing maps for the streets between school and home. Our own road – a short cul-de-sac or close, named Little Youngs – usually appeared as a short-toed Christmas stocking dangling down from the main road. There were only 12 houses in the close, so when we heard […]

Commentary

Berlin Biennale 2018: not applause, but an alternative

7th November 2018 By Dominic White

In this blog, friend of Holy Biscuit Dominic White offers his view on this year’s Berlin Biennale. Dominic goes on to explore how he belives Christian artists could respond to making art, sharing it and building community in this often angry and broken world. He offers an interesting perspective on Christians in the arts which […]

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Four Bars Rest

19th October 2018 By Huw Evans

Rest. A big cup of tea and couple of dunky biscuits. A thirty second pause on the way up the hill. A rock-climber taking a few moments to straighten out cramped fingers. A glorious month between the football ending and the football starting again. A day of not working after six days of working. A […]

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PROCESS at HB: October 2018 – February 2019

12th October 2018 By The Holy Biscuit

Hello from the HB team! Rest. That elusive concept that never quite fulfils or refreshes. But what does it mean to truly rest? Jesus said ” Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” In his reflection on the (often misunderstood and easily manipulated) commandment to ‘Remember […]

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How Do I Look? Bodies and the Theotic Gaze

5th September 2017 By Dominic White

How do I look? We’re very concerned about how we look to others. Not least because we don’t know whether how they look – at us – will be kind. Every culture, every age, of course, has had its “standards” of beauty, many or all of which have caused suffering, especially to women. We might […]

Conference

Conjunctions: joining art, faith and community

25th May 2017 By Sarah Davies

At the end of April we held our “Conjunctions” study day, a collaboration between the Holy Biscuit, Sputnik (the arts initiative within Catalyst network) and St Dominic’s Priory (Catholic church in the Ouseburn). Three weeks on, it’s time to reflect on the day and share those reflections. Around 40 people, all involved in some kind of […]