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Glastonbury
Soon after I became a resident of Lindisfarne Rosemary and Rev.James Turnbull, who had an unofficial but distinguished ministry at Glastonbury, Britain's foremost  centre for early Christian and contemporary earth spiritualities, began to make an annual retreat with us, and pleaded that the pure, deep spirituality of Lindisfarne...
Walking In The Spirit
We are in the season of Pentecost. Celtic Christians undertook forty days of vigil at this time. Since it was summer in their lands they could go outdoors and learn to 'walk in the Spirit'. Here are suggestions for walking in the Spirit each of the forty days.
WEEK ONE:
SpendÂ...
Jubilee
Most people in the world vote for elected Presidents or Heads of State. There are also many unelected Heads of State. A few vote for a constitutional monarch, knowing they can vote in a Government to replace the monarchy any time.
Elizabeth, Queen of the United Kingdom of England, Northern...
Ascension = Transformation
Most of the world's Christians celebrate today as Ascension Day (Orthodox Christians celebrate it a little later). Muslims also celebrate it, although they do not think Jesus could have died on that cross beforehand, because the Almighty/Allah cannot die. Our society is aware of our cosmic inter-connectivity and of quantum...
Replacement Theory Or Obedience To God In Every Human Being?
The mass shooting of people in the beautiful black community at East Buffalo, USA was perpetrated by a man who believes in the Replacement ideology. This means, in the words of Austria's President Orban, that 'white Christian children' (in Europe and USA) 'are being replaced by immigrants', who are therefore...
Nationalism - Why I'm A Five A Wise Man.
Nationalist movements grow in Asia, Europe and America. 'My country first, right or wrong' makes a god of nationalism. It threatens to end the post-war era of democracies.
However. God desires us to love the place in which we live. but true love of country opens our hearts to love...
How Do We Recognise An ‘angel Of Light?’
Someone I last met forty years ago emailed me. ‘Reviewing your book’ (Monk in the Marketplace) brought back many memories. I attended a pre-Alpha "Saints Alive" course. Whilst we sat in your house I saw coming from behind your left shoulder a spiritual light. I must have...
Dear Children, How You Can Build A New World
Dear Children,
You fear that you have no future, that this world will be destroyed by nuclear bombs or climate disasters. Yet you long to build a better world.
Some people with enough money migrate to newly created ‘paradise areas’ in places such as El Paraiso Verde in Paraguay – the world’s...
From Holy Island With Covid
For the first time since pre-pandemic I stayed overnight on Holy Island with Faith and Scott Brennan in order to share in the Easter Saturday beach fire, lighting of the Easter Candle, mass, and renewal of baptism vows. Â
Sadly, half the Northern Cross pilgrims contracted covid and had to...
An Easter Message
Each evening during Holy Week I have listened to talks full of insight at Holy Trinity Church, Berwick.
The speaker pointed out that the Jews' great leader, Moses, looked towards a promised land when he died; Buddha had schools of monks lined up when he died, and Muhammed had legions of...
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