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If I Was Standing To Be President

Never since I was ordained have I taken sides publicly in partisan politics. God's kingdom transcends and transforms all political parties, and I want to encourage all supporters to grow in wisdom.

However, the US election may mark a world tipping point. 'The West' (mainly Europe and North America) is being...

Posted at 15:33pm on 2nd November 2024

Black History Month

Quotes from A Way of Life for the Third Millennium:

'This book reveals Incarnational Christianity as an alternative to Colonial Christianity.'

'This Way of Life can revive and apply the Way in a post-colonial, multi-cultural world.

It is for Chinese and First nations, for Black, Brown and White people.'

Posted at 09:25am on 23rd October 2024

A Model For The World - The (heavenly) Jerusalem

Friends, movements and governments take different sides in the Israeli/US war against Arab uprisings.

Many campaign for justice. Justice has been denied the Palestinians for over 70 years. A former Vicar of Nazareth told me how Israeli forces gunned him and countless others out of their homes. ...

Posted at 10:47am on 4th October 2024

Explaining Atheism: Restoring Faith

The ‘Explaining Atheism’ Research Project undertaken by Queen’s University Belfast reports that although religion mushrooms in the other continents, in Europe atheism now dominates. For the first time in recorded history a majority of UK citizens are atheists.

The project is led by Principal Investigator, Professor Jonathan Lanman from...

Posted at 16:00pm on 2nd October 2024

Blessing Of Solar Panels

Berwick Parish (the most northerly C of E parish in England) had its roof top solar panels blesssed by the Bishop of Berwick, as part of its church eco-project, which includes re-wilding the churchyard, planting indigenous trees and flowers, providing a bee hive, insect hotels, bird and bat boxes...

Posted at 21:38pm on 24th September 2024

Prisons

Prisons in many countries are overflowing, but released prisoners, who could have become changed people, are worse even than before. A prison chaplain rang me to ask 'Can Celtic penitential practices trasform our prisons?'

Celtic monasteries in some tribes were invited to oversee restorational justice based on the penances (spiritual exercises)...

Posted at 09:20am on 19th September 2024

The Everlasting Voyage

Three classic Community of Aidan and Hilda Voyagers (i.e. those living by vows) have recently died. Teresa Cross had struggles. Madeline Cotter had dementia for several years.In contrast Joy Holt was heart and soul into a wonderful ministry with her husband Geoff at the heart of a Birminggham multi-racial...

Posted at 17:17pm on 6th September 2024

Elon Musks's Godless Categories

Fifteen years ago I dedicated myself to a daily prayer tweet on Twitter in which I would tweet with the song of the lark, the eye of the eagle, the holy spirit of the dove and the wisdom of the owl.

Now twitter has become X, and it seems its...

Posted at 20:47pm on 20th August 2024

God's Eye In Germany

From Berwick Advertiser

I have just returned, along with my sister Sally and others from the UK Borders, from a once-in-a life-time cruise down the River Rhine from Basel to Cologne – which is the one town whose marvellous cathedral the Allies decided not to bomb during World War 2. ...

Posted at 10:17am on 16th August 2024

The Man With A Brain Like A Planet

Leonie Caldecott recently wrote a touching tribute to her late and great publisher husband Stratford in the international Catholic Weekly The Tablet on the tenth aniversary of his death, I was intrigued because, as editor of Hodders, he published my first best-seller Exploring Celtic Spirituality.

'You had the brain the...

Posted at 17:20pm on 28th July 2024
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