Gerard Kelly's Blog

For some time now I’ve tried to keep up with two blogs – this one and my regular ‘godseesdiamonds‘ blog on tumblr. Much as I’d love to keep posting on both, I just can’t do it. My work and writing commitments leave so little time for blogging that I just keep watching the weeks go […]

“A quarter of the U.S. population — and 40 percent of the population of New York, where my novel is set — self-identify as Catholic. One of the most striking features of the city is that there are churches everywhere, from one of the world’s largest cathedrals to hundreds of storefront churches. And a bit […]

We spent several days recently at The Cwn near Chepstow, home of Breathe Ministries and Phil and Mary-Anne Joiner. A truly beautiful place… I wrote this whilst there… Find me in this forest God. Where bluebells bend in reverence may I too bow. Where garlic wild and white sends its scent to stir my senses […]

May the God you have worshipped, Without knowing his name, Whisper a word For you to know him by. The concealed be revealed to you, The invisible unveiled, Untold stories Be unfolded before you. May the statues you have sculpted, In your search for satisfaction, Be a springboard to new freedoms, Not a grave to […]

  This is the proposed cover for The Boy Who Loved Rain… can’t wait to see it on shelves in November…

faith.in.words 2.0 will take place at Bethanie in Normandy, France from September 25th to 28th 2014. Once again we’ll kick off with an amazing dinner on Thursday evening and end with an incredible lunch on the Sunday. Our 2014 theme will be: i    n    s    i    d    e     […]

The Full Monty: Hebrews 11:1 – 40 (to read if you have time to take-in the whole story) The Continental Option: Hebrews 11:8-11 (read this if you only have time for a few, key verses) One Shot Expresso: Hebrews 11:9 “And even when he reached the land God promised him, he lived there by faith—for he was […]

Is Good Friday a day of sacrifice? Or might it be the day the age of sacrifice ended? The concept of sacrifice was deeply embedded in the Jewish world, as it was in the primitive, pagan cultures it had emerged from. Sacrifice meant that God, or the gods, could only be appeased by some appropriate offering. […]

The Full Monty: Judges 13, 14, 15 and 16 (to read if you have time to take-in the whole saga) The Continental Option: Judges 4:1-16 (read this if you only have time for one, key episode) One Shot Expresso: Judges 5:12 - “Wake up, Deborah, wake up! Wake up, wake up, and sing a song! Arise, Barak! Lead your […]

The Full Monty: Daniel 1:1 – 6:28  (to read if you have time to take-in the whole story) The Continental Option: Daniel 1:1-21 (read this if you only have time for a few, key verses) One Shot Expresso: Daniel 1:19, 20 “ The king talked with them, and no one impressed him as much as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, […]