John Partis
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Christian Hope and the Imagination
Here are a few lines I wrote long ago in 1974. I rediscovered them in an old journal while attempting some decluttering! The words were written immediately after visiting the medieval church of St Clements at Rodel in the Outer Hebrides. Rodel is a small village at the southern tip of the Isle of Harris.…
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Regeneration – The Wye Double Digger and Nicodemus
In 1972 I was elated to find myself a first year undergraduate at London University’s Agricultural College in the very English village of Wye in Kent. I was embarking on a three year honours degree in Horticultural Science. The place was buzzing, famous for its long history of training farmers and scientists from all over…
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Reunited!
Friendships are strange things. Usually they evolve slowly, the best ones stand the test of time. But sometimes they seem to take on a life of their own. That’s what happened between Ellie and Cat. They were both 18 when they were freshers at university in the South of England. Both embarking on the same…
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Living with a vivid imagination
Do you write poetry? Are you a storyteller? I am. I only passed three of my School exam subjects when I was 15, but one of those was English Literature. I have always loved both reading and writing stories and still prefer reading a good book to watching a film – it allows me to…
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Great Expectations?
Not long ago I found myself thinking that as a Christian I should be more expectant. Expectant particularly of the supernatural, the ministry of the Holy Spirit in my life and in those around me, with miraculous signs and wonders in our services and meetings. And then in a more analytical moment I realised that…
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The Well-watered Garden – Part 2
This is Part 2 of the short story “The Well-watered Garden”. In Part 1 we discovered Henry Jones and his wife Claire had recently been reunited as man and wife after separately and miraculously encountering the risen Jesus Christ. They have discovered a living dynamic relationship with Jesus Christ and recommitted themselves to each other.…
