The Seven Songs

Tuning into seven big themes of human existence playing in post-pandemic times. Is there a symphony that can make sense of the music of the world?

How do we navigate life when everything is unpredictable? With Covid taking such a toll, how did the universe come to consciousness with this absurd notion that we matter? How did we come up with concepts of God, physics, trust or love or was it all the product of chemical reactions?

Should I just follow that which lies within me? How can I find forgiveness to clear away the regrets that pile up like a car crash?

What about great questions of human existence today; of the oppression under the sun, of justice, of a planet in peril, of response to those who have no power, no food and no voice? Despite our capacity for compassion, why don't we recognise the evils in which we are complicit?

What news of the future, of purpose and a shoreline beyond this one?

What is it about us, that we trouble ourselves with the riddle of life itself?

An old book and an even older story might just have insights for a new and better way that are unnerving and comforting in equal measure.

Chris writes as a Christian and is intrigued by what we believe is ultimate. We are betrayed by secret knowledge. Cast in mystical prose, this short book will take us beyond what we're stuck in right now and help us change and light up in a different way.....