In creating these videos I have used copyright-free images from the Internet, photos used with permission from their owners, or from my own photo library.
Generally, the images dialogue with a piece of commercially available music. Because of the difficulty in obtaining copyright from music companies, these video creations may not be used for commercial purposes.
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- Prayers and Meditations
Image of the Invisible God
Unexplode The Bombs
Vine and Fig Tree (Dark Side)
the voices of ‘Tiny Home’ and the text of Micah 4.4.
WARNING: confronting and graphic images.
About:
The original Vine and Fig Tree video (above) was created as a meditation to be shown as part of ‘Prayers for Others’ during worship at a Uniting Church congregation in Melbourne on Sunday, March 23, 2025.
While reminding us of the horror and obscenity of war, the double imagery employed by the photographer in the video asks questions of us, we who live as relatively comfortable beneficiaries of hegemonic western power. The repetitive singing voices the insistence of the ancient prophet, goading us toward working toward a just and harmonious humanity, built on a productivity arising from the gifts of creation, rather than a destruction arising from the worst we think we can do to each other.
YouTube will not allow the video on its platform on the basis of its graphic imagery.
Respecting the sensitivities of the diverse local congregation who will view the video, it was decided to edit out some of the more confronting images and create a ‘lighter’ version (below).
Vine and Fig Tree (Lighter Side)
A Ploughshare Prayer
Words and Music (c) Spencer La Joye
Don’t Give Up On Us
Words and Music (c) Shane Howard
Hymn to Love
Words and Music (c) Shane Howard
Listen to the Whisper
Words and Music (c) Geoff Boyce
Sung by Tim and Aly Solly
An Earth Communion
Concept and Production, Geoff Boyce
Musical Composition, Rod Boucher and Geoff Boyce
Song, Andrew Dutney
Performed by the Pilgrim Band
In Honour of Jeff Telfer
Meditation on Psalm 19 (Short Version)
Translation from Hebrew Text, Norm Habel
Images from the Hubble Telescope
Music, Peter Gabriel, Album: Ovo, Track: Low LIght
2. Songs to Sing
To assist singing, the words of the first (dominant) beat are either highlighted or written in bold.
The Church Where We Are
Words and Music (c) Geoff Boyce
Arranged, sung and recorded by Rod Boucher
Hold the World Lightly.
Words and Music (c) Geoff Boyce
Sung and Recorded by Geoff Boyce
3. Documentaries
Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage, Melbourne, February 14, 2024
Created from images provided by participants