Anglican priest, Ethnomusicologist, Succentor Hereford Cathedral, Gamelan musician https://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3mdskxlcwcc2hA sermon for Candlemas: thoughts on God at the centre and on the edges. https://open.substack.com/pub/liturgicallyheldbreath/p/the-presentation-of-christ-in-the https://open.substack.com/pub/liturgicallyheldbreath/p/the-presentation-of-christ-in-the?r=2j4o7v&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true01 Feb 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdskxlcwcc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3ltrcmpzjr22xHereford Cathedral hosts Creative Cloisters yesterday and today: people are invited to come and be inspired by our gardens and buildings. My creativity is word-based rather than the paint or pastels type, so a haiku a day. Bumble buzz, stone dust Fountain’s cool, printer’s heat Far-felt organ thrum12 Jul 2025 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltrcmpzjr22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3ltp2r3nwec2jToday’s big flowers.11 Jul 2025 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltp2r3nwec2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3ltoygecq6c2rHereford Cathedral hosts Creative Cloisters today and tomorrow: people are invited to come and be inspired by our gardens and buildings. My creativity is word-based rather than the paint or pastels type, so, a haiku a day. Seaside heat, gulls cry Hoverflies sip hollyhocks Ancient stone shimmers11 Jul 2025 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltoygecq6c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3lti552yiks2pAstonishing hydrangeas in the cloister garden.08 Jul 2025 20:26 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lti552yiks2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3lt63qragvs2pThe first agapanthus is out.04 Jul 2025 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt63qragvs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3lsrb6msdns2hA floor tile from St Michael’s Tenbury where we took the cathedral choir for an evensong visit today.29 Jun 2025 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsrb6msdns2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3lsewv337qs2iI re-strung all of these today.24 Jun 2025 20:31 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsewv337qs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3lsdnejsd322rVery proud to be part of this https://www.herefordcathedral.org/news/st-thomas-cantilupe-primary-evensong24 Jun 2025 08:08 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsdnejsd322rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3lrqavr4ilk2oThe Succentor says: 'Wish you were here: come to Evensong at Hereford Cathedral!' @englishcathedrals.co.uk16 Jun 2025 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrqavr4ilk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3lrnngznonk2i15 Jun 2025 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrnngznonk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3lrbp5uzsuk2xAnother creature that shares my workplace.10 Jun 2025 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrbp5uzsuk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3lqslr3rdx22mAnother creature that works in the same building as me.04 Jun 2025 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqslr3rdx22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3lphmbrc2wc2sYou can get used to having a world-class choir singing back when you intone the words 'O Lord, open Thou our lips'... I was not ready, however, for yesterday when the response came from the combined choirs of three cathedrals! Three Choirs Festival preparation Evensong was quite something.18 May 2025 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lphmbrc2wc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3lp2d32t2vs26It is not often one gets to preach with a full orchestra as a soundtrack! This is a sermon on the texts of the day, but also a personal manifesto, and a theological love letter to the place where I work. https://liturgicallyheldbreath.substack.com/p/sermon-for-the-feast-of-consecration13 May 2025 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp2d32t2vs26https://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3lmz6dhuwl225The dispensers of holy oils at the Hereford Chrism Mass.17 Apr 2025 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmz6dhuwl225https://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3lmfr5it6n22mThis colleague is strangely like a parrot for Herefordshire…09 Apr 2025 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmfr5it6n22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3lmcf365or22zAnother creature from my workplace... a foliate sort of lion head.08 Apr 2025 11:36 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmcf365or22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3llml3kewgs2vPlease do let anyone who might apply know about this.30 Mar 2025 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3llml3kewgs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3ll5h2vhei227Some of the creatures that work in the same building as me, a series... No.4 A representative pair of the birds that perch on many of our tiles.24 Mar 2025 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5h2vhei227https://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3ll2suukmek2xSome of the creatures that work in the same building as me, a series... No.3 A jolly pig/boar in the Dean’s livery with an acorn.23 Mar 2025 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll2suukmek2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3lkxm6oc2ws22Some of the creatures that work in the same building as me, a series... No.2 A melancholy angel.22 Mar 2025 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkxm6oc2ws22https://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3lkvfwhhd322tI often forget how much I love short stories, particularly collections that are slightly threaded together. ‘Boys, Beasts, and Men’ by Sam Miller is just marvellous.21 Mar 2025 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkvfwhhd322thttps://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3lkvce6wuks2kSome of the creatures that work in the same building as me, a series... No.1 A tapestry-bearing wolf from the shrine of Thomas Cantilupe.21 Mar 2025 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkvce6wuks2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3lkm334r25s2gNew sermon up: learning to put ourselves on the line for others as God does for us.17 Mar 2025 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkm334r25s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3ljzk7bqljs22From a confession for Lent; this feels a lot like the job currently: 'free our hands to welcome others into the radiant splendour of your love.'10 Mar 2025 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljzk7bqljs22https://bsky.app/profile/jonoloyo.bsky.social/post/3limw4koa4s2yThe beauty of small city ministry, an anecdote. Walking to evening prayer in cassock and cloak I pass a group of teenagers. Their spokesperson walks towards me and I get ready for... 'I like your dressing gown, Albus Dumbledore!' I hope they were thinking Jude Law era Dumbledore, but I'll take it.20 Feb 2025 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:ldd74u2ppd2ppf35nbckzxeq/app.bsky.feed.post/3limw4koa4s2y