Simon Barrow

Simon Barrow

Simon Barrow is a practical theologian, commentator, journalist, NGO consultant, adult educator and trainer, who is a co-director of the British religion and society think tank Ekklesia. He is the author and editor of several books. This week's readings are from pieces he contributed to a book, Fear or Freedom: Why a Warring Church Must Change. (London: Ekklesia, 2008). The Monday to Saturday readings are from "Being Consumed Again by Love," a talk by Barrow.

Robert Mapplethorpe. Self portrait. 1980.

For our final series of flower pictures, we turn to photographic art. American Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989) is known for his provocative and often erotic photography, which appears in art museums worldwide. From 1973 and until his death, he also made many photographs of flowers, in carefully constructed compositions.

The music is from "Enticement of the Silence (Stilhedens Forjættelse)," a concert given by the Mogens Dahl Chamber at the Holmens Kirke, Copenhagen.