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The Time Has Come
The time has come for the Autumn Equinox in the northern hemisphere (Spring Equinox in the southern), Friday 22 September. We leave behind the frantic pursuits of summer and embrace the season of slow ripening and rich storehousing of memories. We may tunnel deeper into the things of God, but...Posted at 01:05am on 22nd September 2017
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Movements
• We launched the on-line Pilgrimage of Life on September 1. Within its first week 72 had enrolled and 9 had joined its Face-book page. Now students flock back to high schools and universities. Help us to reach them and register our first 1000 enrolments. The world situation is urgent....Posted at 01:37am on 16th September 2017
Three Brilliant Launches
The first launch was The On-line Pilgrimage for Life. Preparing the daily emails for this has been my bread and butter and my passion for nearly two years. It would not have been possible without a great team. Australia's Bruce Challener has devoted enormous energy into setting up the...Posted at 08:38am on 8th September 2017
They Lived Well.
St. Mary's Holy Island was packed for the funeral of Lady Rose Crossman. 'Her whole life was devoted to service' a resident said to me. This poem of Robert Louis Stevenson was read:She has achieved success who has lived well,
Laughed and loved much;
Who has gained the respect of intelligent...
Posted at 13:56pm on 1st September 2017
Aidan And Hilda's Children
On August 25 that saintly abbess Hilda was placed in a shrine at York. On August 31 her mentor, Aidan, died. Our dispersed community members, whether or not they 'do saints', observes August 25 -31 as Aidan and Hilda Week. Tides and times wait for no one, however, so this...Posted at 20:06pm on 25th August 2017
What's Church In A Post-christian Era?
What an interesting mix. I accompanied a pilgrim group at The Open Gate after they had walked Cuthbert's Way. Half came from Norway's Bible Belt: half were open-ended Swedes who, even if they did not go to church, liked asking questions.Which is why our final session together explored...
Posted at 00:07am on 18th August 2017
Not In God's Name
Friends have invited me to a meal followed by their local book club meeting. I've bought the book. It is 'Not in God's name: confronting religious violence' by Britain's former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sachs. It is brilliant.It reports extensive research that shows that people who are killing in...
Posted at 13:20pm on 11th August 2017
Norway Connecting
It was meant to be a holiday. I would tick off Selje and Nideros from my Bucket List. It became a pilgrimage, an apostolic tour, a deepening of followers of The Way.Mecky and Kristin met me at Bergen airport. We zigzagged round mountains and ferried across fjords for seven...
Posted at 07:31am on 4th August 2017
Shetlands House Of Prayer
I am at Sumbaugh airport, ready to depart from the Shetland Isles to Norway. The Norway Vikings once ruled here. The King of Norway declared his country Christian in 995, including the Shetlands, but behind this there is a story.Picts who lived here turned to Christ in the 700's....
Posted at 23:23pm on 28th July 2017
Go North, My Friend, Go North
It took twenty seven hours from door to door: two trains, one overnight ferry, hired car drives and ferries across two more islands. I could have flown to Australia and almost back to Hong Kong in that time. In fact I am still in Britain, on the island...Posted at 02:14am on 18th July 2017
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In our disappointments, lift us up. In our denials, lift us up. In our duties, lift us up. Ascended Jesus, lift us up. #Ascensiontide
Help us to realize that every one of us needs a twelve step program in order for your Holy Spirit to fill what wo… https://t.co/yYQNWkCjLq
All-Compassionate One, get Christians out of their church boxes and religious de-tox bolt holes and forge them into… https://t.co/gbyGIHceXs
May infants in the womb be raised to life in you; may scarred heroes and spurned lovers be raised to life in you #Ascensiontide
Alon Liel, former Director-General of Israel’s Foreign Ministry, said in London: ‘If Britain will recognise Palesti… https://t.co/vg1psU8cAy
All human life with Christ is raised, the weakest ones by heaven are praised; now high and low on him have gazed. A… https://t.co/wnIYKet0jf
RT @PeteGreig: The Day of #Ascension means that the resurrected Jesus who was once somewhere at one time for some is now everywhere, always…
