Ray's Blog
August 31: A For Action, Afghanistan And Aidan!
A curate in Berwick told school kids the story of Saint Aidan’s death accompanied by angels on 31 August 653. ‘Why do you think there were so many angels?’...
'a Prophet Has Spoken'
‘In the belly of the Latin beast a Celtic prophet has spoken! Lord, help us to listen. As I read Brendan’s Return Voyage embarrassment swept through my soul, yet I was continuously born again with hope. In this beautiful and devastatingly liberating book Ray Simpson will teach you …’ ...
Ireland Visit
Tony Simpson, the brother of my sister Sally and I, and the co-founder with his Danish wife Agnete of the Upper Room Fellowship in the Republic of Ireland's second city of Cork, has become very frail. He walks with two sticks and breathes with difficulty. So as soon as Covid...
Climate Deniers And The Bible
The following blog will shortly appear on the web site of Sacristy Press:
The Glasgow Climate Summit...
Brendan's Return
Brendan's Return Voyage: A New American Dream: Indigenous, Post-Colonial, and Celtic Theology
Ray Simpson
Posted at 08:12am on 29th July 2021
The Archishop, Holy Island And A Uganda Village.
I met recently retired Archbishop Sentamu at a post-Covid-restrictions dinner yesterday. He told me that when he was offered a place in UK's Second Chamber ('The House of Lords') he asked that he be given the title 'Baron of Lindisfarne and Masooli'. The powers that be granted him Lindisfarne but...
Reviews, Podcasts And Tweets
Yesterday I recorded a podcast with Forrest Inslee in USA of Circlewoood Earthcaster’s Podcasts. He says that reading Celtic Christianity and Climate Crisis Sacristy is renewaing his hope. More info shortly.
Review in Transforming Ministry
Celtic Christianity and Climate Crisis
Ray Simpson
Sacristy £12.99 pbk
This book, by...
A New Camelot?
Following the Batley bye-election new factors are at last being recognized in the politics of Britain and Ireland: that an English Parliament, a federal UK Government that contains representatives of all four ‘home nations’, or...
Climate Deniers And The Bible
The CAH Way of Life’s starting point is to root out denial. Simplicity springs from the Beatitude ‘Blest are the poor in spirit’ – that is ‘Blest are those who root out the...
Authors Take Heart!
James McConnachie, editor of The Author magazine, laments the drying up of opportunity and stimulus for authors during Covid. . But then he writes these memorable words of encouragement:
Posted at 07:48am on 24th June 2021






