Last Thoughts: Unleash your Creativity

New year, new issue, new vicar for the benefice — and an old request. 

Contributions to the magazine have been a little thin on the ground in recent months. While I’m always happy to fill the magazine and flatter my ego with my own photos and whatever else I can scrape together, I’d really like to see more people feel they can contribute. 

ShoreLine has become a little utilitarian of late: most of our articles are in support of something, or advertising something. And that’s fine! That’s part of the role of a parish magazine. But, in the past, we’ve also played host to poetry, reflective writing and art, and I’d like to see that happen again.

Community despite Facebook

Yes, some of the role of the parish mag has been consumed by Facebook, at least for day-to-day communication. But that’s not without its problems: it’s still relying on a single company, controlled by one man and dependent on algorithms. 

So, here’s my appeal: please give thought to anything you can write or create that you’d like to share with the ever-changing community that attends our church. A parish mag should reflect all aspects of our congregation: fun and serious, reflective and exciting, spiritual and intellectual.

I’m more than happy to work with you to make your idea come to fruition. Just drop me a line.