Cameos of Faith: A Collection of Theological Reflections
Ebook
Overview
Cameos of Faith is a collection of theologically and spiritually inspired poems penned as reflections to stimulate or help in turn all readers to think, meditate, and pray a little more. Subject matter ranges from saints to sculpture, Scripture to spirituality, creation to Christmas, Easter to eternity, climate change to cuckoos, environment to evolution. Whether kept by the bedside for an evening thought or during sleepless hours, or referred to as a thought for the day or a prompt for prayer, or used as food for thought when traveling, readers will be stimulated and will hopefully keep a copy handy.
I have valued Toddy Hoare as a friend and inspiration for decades. In these poems, he distills both his years of attention to his people as a country parish priest and also his art as a sculptor, which brings alive the Christian gospel. The result is a lightness of touch and a depth of insight that repays reading again and again. The clarity and directness of expression matches his illustrations. A wonderful and life-enhancing book.
——Peter Sedgwick, former Principal St. Michael’s Theological College, Llandaff
Here, Toddy Hoare, combining his many talents and life experience, melds the roles of priest and sculptor, homilist and poet. His words, whether in serious or humorous mode, and his illustrations, whether in sculpture or photography, exude a deep concern for others and a belief that ‘worship comes through service to others.’
——Micheal O’Siadhail, poet and author of The Five Quintets
If Oscar Wilde is correct in saying that Christ’s place is with the poets, then poetic reflection is vital for those who serve and follow him. In this worldly, witty, and winsome collection, there is much to learn about the Christian vocation to life in all its fullness.
——Andrew Rumsey, bishop of Ramsbury, Diocese of Salisbury
- Title: Cameos of Faith: A Collection of Theological Reflections
- Author: Toddy Hoare
- Publisher: Resource Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Pages: 186
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666743364, 9781666743340, 1666743348, 9781666743357, 1666743356, 1666743364
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666743364
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T17:33:00Z
Toddy Hoare trained and practised as a sculptor, served as a soldier with the 15/19 King’s Royal Hussars, and spent time with the Missions to Seamen in the Europoort, Holland, before ordination and then twenty-five years as a rural parish priest in North Yorkshire (known locally as Herriotshire, since the author lived in the same group of five parishes). He used sculpture to illustrate Scripture and theology. Latterly, on retirement, he reflected on life and where God was to be found with poetry, some based on peace studies in Oxford. He is now back home in North Yorkshire retired from parish life but taking Sunday services to feed the sheep in a wide radius from home due to the lack of parish priests and the Church of England facing in the wrong direction!