In March 2023 I set up onebread.co.uk as an experiment to test ongoing AI developments by getting LLMs to summarise bible passages and generate an image, limerick, action points etc. As it’s an experiment, I just used an out of the box Wordpress theme, with most of the focus being on the underlying code. I wrote an initial blog about the process of setting it up in March 2023 then a follow-on blog in September 2024

This was our third advent window and we wanted to draw a parallel between Jesus as a refugee and those who had fled Ukraine in 2022. As with the previous year, this was created mainly with tissue paper and electrical tape, but with paint mixed with PVA glue for the wording

When we reconfigured our middle room, we wanted the focus of the room to be our log burner rather than a screen, however we still wanted to be able to watch TV in the space, play on the Wii with the kids etc. So, inspired by motorhome living, we made this hidden TV shelf, repurposing an old IKEA chest of drawers and the slide-out keyboard mechanism from an old computer desk. We then bought a flip-down under-counter TV bracket which we mounted to the pull-out shelf. The wires are all hidden at the back as the verticals on either side of the drawer front aren’t as deep as the shelf over the top.

When we first moved into our house, there was a glass shower screen that we didn’t particularly like, but we saved as we thought it might make a good cold frame… fast forward a few years and we built this! The frame was made from leftover wood – a combination of pallets, a garden gate I’d made as a GCSE project many years ago and a couple of short bits of decking. We then added parts of an old wooden deckchair mechanism that allowed the chair to be at different angles, to prop up the lid of the cold frame so it could be open to varying degrees

Our front bay window looks out onto a fairly busy thoroughfare so during COVID we created our first advent window using paint mixed with PVA glue and tissue paper… which sort of worked. This window was our second attempt the following year, with the lines instead created with electrical tape. We put a lamp behind the window so that the light-filled message would shine out in the darkness

In 2021 the kids were at an ideal place for a playhouse. Our next door neighbour was ripping up their deck and also offered us a few pallets, so we built this out of waste wood. We were having our kitchen redone at the same time, so we used a couple of the old cupboard doors to form a stable door mechanism. Since this photo, we’ve painted the outside to preserve it and added perspex sheets over the window openings so that it can ideally be used in all weathers

During the first COVID lockdown in 2020, we spent a few hours putting together a Lego stop-motion animation film recounting the story of Jesus on the road to Emmaus. That first video probably took around 4 or 5 hours to make in total, but over time as we made more and more of these bible story stop-motion videos, we pushed ourselves to create more and more elaborate sets and more ambitious movement. The last video we made probably took around 20 hours to make. You can read more about how we made the videos in a blog post from July 2020

Kiri’s illustration for Lent draws out some of the words that might be associated with Lent – the time of preparation before Easter. The figure and shadow also alludes to clock hands; suggesting the passage of time

In Kiri’s illustration, she draws out the words that are traditionally said on Ash Wednesday as worshippers are signed with a cross of ash, as a reminder of our mortality and our need for God’s grace

Kiri’s illustration for Candlemas (when Jesus was presented in the temple as an infant) draws out some of who Jesus was promised to be