Autumn 2020

By lindsay

THE JOURNALIST PHOTOGRAPHER     Before the first lockdown I was carrying the cross in Falmouth where I met a Photo-Journalist Student from Falmouth University who asked if he could do a photo study of me “at work”. Recently the student followed me at a distance capturing natural images of carrying the cross and talking and…

Lockdown 2020

By lindsay

The strong smell of dope wafted through the air. I had a flash-back to the days carrying the cross at Glastonbury Festival where the pungent aroma of marijuana would hang in the atmosphere all day. As Catherine and I rounded the corner there they were! Two lads, one with a beer can and bleary eyes,…

Christmas Newsletter 2019

By lindsay

Scotland October 19      Walking towards me, linked arm in arm were four men , their faces radiantly happy. They appeared focused on a person behind me and were determined to greet him. Each man carried a flag representing their own nation. A Welsh flag, a Cornish flag , a Scottish flag . Love…

Lindsay Hamon Christmas Newsletter 2018

By lindsay

“The Valleys” My dear Welsh builder friend Emyr had asked if the two of us could carry our crosses up and down the coal mining valleys of South Wales. Names like Merthyr Tydfil, Pontypool, Bargoed, Abertillery and Aberfan, the small town famous for the dreadful mud slide that engulfed the primary school. The coal mines…

Christmas 2017

By lindsay

WOLVERHAMPTON TO MANCHESTER CROSS WALK Although I was suffering with the usual Chest trouble l decided to have a go starting the walk and to my amazement found that the illness supernaturally lifted as soon as l began sharing our Jesus with the various homeless guys in Wolverhampton town centre. The cynics would attribute this…

WOLVERHAMPTON TO MANCHESTER CROSS WALK

By lindsay

     Although I was suffering with the usual Chest trouble l decided to have a go starting the walk and to my amazement found that the illness supernaturally lifted as soon as l began sharing our Jesus with the various homeless guys in Wolverhampton town centre. The cynics would attribute this to something psychological. It wasn’t.…

Christmas Newsletter 2016

By lindsay

Still walking, still carrying the cross, still in love with Jesus! It’s an act of worship when the cross is carried and the Holy Spirit within us always rejoices when Jesus is worshipped! No wonder I sense joy when I lift the cross down on my shoulder and head into town. Things happen when the…

Summer 2016

By lindsay

Have been overjoyed seeing young teenagers sharing their faith on the beaches of Bude and Polzeath and on the streets of Newquay this summer. “Do you mind if my young friend shares their story of how they recently met God?”, I would ask holiday makers and often what followed, was a moving account of the…

New Year Newsletter 2016

By lindsay

New Year 2016   May God be so close to you all as we enter this New Year! Thank you, thank you, thank you for your support. I thought that I would share with you one or two extracts from my diary of recent encounters with people on the street. It might give a picture…

Spring/Summer 2015

By lindsay

Flora Day:“I wish I had found this years ago…. it would have saved me going through the Hell that I have had to go through” Carrying the cross at the Flora Day festival this year, I was approached by a guy who had been a bare-knuckle fighter. Although “tanked-up” and amused by my antics his…