Greenbelt ‘09: Highlights

I’ve just returned home from Greenbelt – a festival of music, art, faith, love, creativity & justice that takes place every year, of which the last few it’s home has been Cheltenham Racecourse.

A recent blog post by Steve Lawson sums up why Greenbelt is so great – have a read here.

Highlights for me this year were catching up with old friends, hearing Dave Tomlinson and Jenny McIntosh talking about ‘So What the Hell Should We Believe?’:

the Sunday morning worship service, ‘Take an Olive Seed’, which focused on the stories of the people living in the land called holy – especially the Palestinians living in the Occupied Territories:

having my first cup of chai tea (and another one not long after) at the Tiny Tea Tent:

seeing Miriam Jones at the Performance Cafe:

and having a beer in the Jesus Arms:

(thanks to Jackie for this pic)

I was asked to play this year in the Performance Cafe on the Saturday night – I’ll write about that, plus the other gigs I ended up playing, in my next few posts…..