Ray's Blog: May 2012
Whistle Blower
The phone rang. It was Paul Moore, who found fame as a whistleblower on financial malpractice. Someone had told him I had included his story in my book The Cowshed Revolution.
Prior to the final collapse in September 2007 of HBOS, the high street bank's executive with the job of risk assessment outlined...
Maureen's Poem On Sheds, Tents And Caves
What is a shed
But a little place
to give one's head
Personal space
To some the hut
Is full of tools
To create stuff
By craftsmans rules
My grandad owned
A pigeon cree
Where pets and friends
Were company
From childhood I
Remember when
The shed was my
Escape den
At grandmas was
A big oak table
Where to retreat
I was able
Under the green
Tassled cover
I played...
Spiritual Friendship
My old mate Norm Allen of Touchstone Ministries Toronto, a CA&H Explorer, and facilitator of men's spiritual development called in and I took him out to lunch. Over the past numbers of years Norm has been writing a book and it has now been published! "Spiritual Friendship, The Art...
More Sheds, Caves, Kitchens And Tents
I have facilitated a Celtic Christian Studies Week. Rod, from Down Under, tells us of the Mens Shed movement in Australia. Men love to meet in sheds, have a B.B.Q., while some share their faith.
Brenda, from Dalkeith returns to look for a cave. She does this after hearing how the cave, the...
Prayer Sheds In Wales
Last week's blog on prayer sheds has drawn this response from Richard, In Anglesey. It comes on the day the media announce a new coastal walk from one end to the other of Wales' coast line. Numerous places on or near this walk have Christian roots, which started with one person...