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Catherine Bird is Superintendent of the Methodist Church in the London Borough of Hackney. She regularly speaks at the Greenbelt festival, attracting large audiences. Catherine was ordained as a Presbyter in the Methodist Church in 1997, having previously worked in social policy and research in the voluntary sector. She served for 15 years as part of the World Methodist Council during which she Chaired its Committee for Social and International Affairs, and is an experienced Spiritual Director and leader of retreats, including in 2013 for Embrace (formerly Biblelands). Cathy is an experienced writer of liturgy and hymns, and her work has been used widely in various forms of worship and published in The Preacher (Journal of the College of Preachers), Magnet and the Methodist Recorder. She is also the writer of study material for the story telling initiative “Applecart”.
Demonised and feared, darkness has long been associated with evil and despair, while light has come to be venerated, worshipped even. With her new book, author Catherine Bird seeks to challenge those long held assumptions. ... A fascinating read ... intelligent and accessible. -- Henry Austin * The Independent * Cathy Bird is in love with darkness! She can’t wait to put the clocks back in October and leave behind the long summer days in order to embrace the gifts of the night. … Cathy is not trying to turn the light off completely, but rather to question the commonly held understanding that light is good and darkness is bad – and to open our eyes to the presence of God in the darkness. … I found this book deeply moving, beautifully written and – even though this seems like the wrong metaphor – illuminating! It has encouraged me to treasure the darkness and has also stimulated some thinking about her sister, silence, and how we need to give more space to her amidst all our words and music. -- The Revd Nicola Vidamour * The Methodist Recorder * As someone who has not always been at ease with darkness, I found this book fascinating. It has opened up new images for me and I would thoroughly recommend it. -- The Revd Elizabeth Clark * Country Way * A personal and betrothed narrative, conveying the beauty, wellbeing, benevolence, inner warmth and inspiration that darkness can and should bring. -- Kim Holmén, International Director, Norwegian Polar Institute Catherine Bird redefines darkness as a liberative concept with transformative affects for liturgy, spirituality and mission. -- Professor Robert Beckford, Canterbury Christ Church University This close but accessible study asks readers to think about darkness in ways that have been seldom explored. I warmly recommend it to all who are willing to question their assumptions, and to look at familiar day and night experiences in a new way. -- The Revd Graeme Watson, author of Strike the Cloud Powerfully inverts our customary imagery surrounding light and dark … Projects such as this serve to challenge the complacency of cultural thinking and lazy theology that stigmatises an essential ingredient of God’s purposes for creation. -- The Revd Richard Greatrex * The Church Times *
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