Stories from October, November & December 2020OctoberGordie Jackson·Follow4 min read·Apr 15, 2023--ListenShare1. It is a difficult time for students, they are on my mindSitting here feels similar to sitting in a Quaker meeting. Maybe it is because it is the same screen and the same chair…gordiejackson.medium.com2. Effective Allyship: A transgender Woman’s Take on IntersectionalityMy take away from Ashlee Marie Preston TED talkgordiejackson.medium.com3. World Quaker DayCelebrating with Friends in North and South Americagordiejackson.medium.com4. Napo has pulled off an amazing first-day online conferenceProbation and Family Court union leaps into the virtual worldgordiejackson.medium.com5. Probation Union conferenceNapo represents Probation and Family Court staff in England, Wales and Northern Irelandgordiejackson.medium.com6. Known to the world as an icon to me he’s just my brotherWe had walked in the wood. It was as we paused to go our different ways that the conversation turned to how we identify…gordiejackson.medium.com7. MysteryLocked doors welcome the curiousgordiejackson.medium.com8. Class “Why do I find this subject the least interesting?”I am currently doing a short online course on privilege. ‘Class’ I found the least interesting and the most…gordiejackson.medium.com9. Black Panther teaches us a truthI had been aware of Cinema Paradiso almost since the Odyssey reopened 7 years ago. I decided I would watch it on Sunday…gordiejackson.medium.com10. Cinema ParadisoYou know how you notice a film in the ‘coming soon’ slot before the screening for which you are in your seat? The film…gordiejackson.medium.comNovember1. The Chicago 7 and the real-life sequelThe difference between films based on facts and those based on fictiongordiejackson.medium.com2. Is it a mystery or simply fireworks?Last night I drove my car around the back roads to avoid the estimated 20, 000 people who would be attending St Albans…medium.com3. Praying through writing on MediumPhoto by Marquise Kamanke on Unsplashgordiejackson.medium.com4. Christmas come early, I wonder why?Have you noticed Christmas decorations going up early? Maybe they do in your part of the world but here in…gordiejackson.medium.com5. What do you say Prayer is?Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplashgordiejackson.medium.com6. We need to talk about KevinI have recently finished my latest CD book; ‘We need to talk about Kevin’, by Lionel Shriver. It was narrated by…medium.com7. It feels repetitiveIt feels repetitive and if you regularly read what I write you will also know. It is repetitive, Monday, Tuesday…gordiejackson.medium.com8. ‘Mangrove’ speaks of the racist past with a present voiceMeeting for Worship on a Sunday always provides an opportunity in the silence for the mind to reflect on the week…gordiejackson.medium.com9. In thinking about home my heart turns to MyffI had booked the time off as I have done for the last seven years with the intention of returning like the eels do each…gordiejackson.medium.com10. Thank you, Napo!This is the time of year* that a lot of political conferences take place in England. Just after the summer and before…gordiejackson.medium.com11. A night with Ballymena Family History SocietyThe United Irishmen — Execution, Escape, Exile and Beyond a talk by Dr Ian Hartgordiejackson.medium.com12. The questions that weren’t asked!School reunion on Zoomgordiejackson.medium.com13. I felt another moment of brokenness being healedMeeting with South Belfast Quakersgordiejackson.medium.com14. Do you have a story to tell?Should that School reunion zoom meeting begin to stallgordiejackson.medium.comDecember1. The voice of who?It feels like there is a child within that needs expression and I become their translator, their voice to the world.gordiejackson.medium.com2. Northern Irish weekend virtuallyFor the last 7 years, I have gone to Northern Ireland the last week of November. This year Covid challenged that…gordiejackson.medium.com3. BotheredI get an idea in my head, I will finish by mid-afternoon. I will celebrate the end of lockdown by getting my haircut…gordiejackson.medium.com4. The Gift of each otherA library of Peoplegordiejackson.medium.com5. Is anxiety the shadow of growth?I was twisting and turning a bit in bed when I awoke this morning. Yes, of course, it is dark outside as it is at this…gordiejackson.medium.com6. When will daylight begin?Why do I keep looking at the graph to tell me what time daylight will begin? I must be aware that the darkness is…gordiejackson.medium.com7. What do those edgy questions reveal about the other and about us?I am thinking about the questions that challenge who we are. I am reminded of what is referred to as ‘The Temptations…gordiejackson.medium.com8. Are you happy?I am sitting here at 05 35 as a neighbour had a new sound system and I was getting the acoustic echo on my bedroom…gordiejackson.medium.com9. A wise man's taleI was part of a group of people, referred to in history as ‘The Magi’, who believed we were given the role of watching…gordiejackson.medium.com10. Could the perfect state happen in the mere closing of the eyes and being still?“The ideal of perfection seems to abide in God rather than in the utopia pure land society.”gordiejackson.medium.com11. What form does God take?The other day as I was talking to a friend (it was FB video chat) I mentioned how strongly I relate to the concept of…gordiejackson.medium.com12. Zoom has changed my lifeA friend (who I met via zoom) asked me recently did I have any questions. A previous question had produced in her a…gordiejackson.medium.com13. Christmas day 2020My eyes opengordiejackson.medium.com14. Christmas afternoon 2020I am sitting in the meeting house. There are four of us and another 8 or 9 on zoom.gordiejackson.medium.com15. A Bibliodrama approach to understanding the BibleIn Bibliodrama, you take a text such as Acts chapter 1 verses 1 to 10 (see link below) and ask questions of the…gordiejackson.medium.com16. Christmas evening 2020I was texting a friend in response to her Christmas greeting and I described my day as being like a radio host in a…gordiejackson.medium.com17. Christmas Day 2020Morning, noon and nightgordiejackson.medium.com18. My 21 most-read storiesCelebrating 4 years on Mediumgordiejackson.medium.com
