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Ray's Blog
Extinction Rebellion
Community of Aidan and Hilda members world-wide commit to stand against all that would seek to violate or destroy creation and God's creatures and to care for nature and see it restored. We must not cheapen the nature of this struggle to establish God's kingdom on earth.
Some members have recently...
Final Words
A short illness prevented me from delivering my two papers at this year's UK Durham Summer School. And the wrong versions were sent for others to read! The correct versions can be downloaded from this web site. I was then asked to conclude the school with a message. I...
A Prayer For South Africa
One of our much loved and heroic Aidan and Hilda community members from South Africa, Bishop Eric Pike, has issued this prayer for his country. Why not use it and apply it to your situation?.
Father your Word tells us to: ‘act justly, to love mercy and to...
What The Queen Could Say
The Jeremy Vine UK TV show noted the Queen’s displeasure that confidential conversation with former Prime Minister David Cameron had been made public, and it invited viewers to text in what they thought the Queen should say to Broken Brexit Britain. I suggest this:
‘Remainers and Brexiters, Unionists and...
Humour
The situation in my country is so unspeakable (don't talk about it) that a supper for veteran ministers resorted to the telling of jokes about golden oldie hymns from good Queen Victoria's era. Try singing these for starters:
I’m on the pil(l), I’m on the pil(l), I’m on the pilgrim way...
I...
Creation Season
The church of Jesus Christ throughout the world now celebrates Creation Season throughout September. Those in the northern hemisphere may focus on harvest; those in the southern hemisphere may focus on spring - but climate change campaigners everywhere may draw on rich resources. Creation Day opened the season on September 1.
This...
Aidan And Hilda Week
What a priceless group of disciples and mission leaders gathered at Holy Island's Open Gate Retreat House for Aidan and Hilda Week: five from USA, one each from Australia, Denmark, England, Norway and Scotland. We learned about one of the world's greatest cross-cultural missions, and about the Cloud of Witnesses...
The 'b' Word And The Wild Goose
What is the 'B' word? I vowed I would never mention Brexit in public. In UK and beyond it foments civil strife among friends and strangers alike - though now everyone is war weary.
Is the 'B' word Britain, which might break up, even though Scotland and its neighbours will still...
Celtic Summer School At Durham
Nine members of the Community of Aidan and Hilda were among the speakers at The Celtic Summer School held in Durham, attended by over a hundred people.
Ken McIntosh, from USA, first led an Open Gate retreat on ‘Fresh Water from an Ancient Well’. His new book is entitled Reading the...
Extended Family, Illness
Norway pastor Solve Hatlen brought eleven members of his extended family, including his wife and both their parents, accompanied by Jan and Erna Lokkeborg, to the Open Gate. They had walked St. Cuthbert's Way, and members of Kirk Yetholm church had cooked them a meal on the Sunday night after...
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