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Indigenous Wood Speaks Today
Andreas stayed for a week. He comes from Germany and lives in Norway. It was he who, when we had to equip the Open Gate fast for our first season with very little money, bought furniture etc for bargain prices at Alnwick auctions. It was he also who found,...Posted at 10:30am on 6th May 2017
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Monks And Moderns - Old Habits Die Hard
That was the theme of a retreat in Anglesey, which Penny Warren and I joined. It was led by Richard Adams and James Percival, Community of Aidan and Hilda co-ordinators in North Wales. It was held in the parish church at Llandonna, with refreshments in the nearby home of James and...Posted at 08:30am on 30th April 2017
To Gandhi At British Parliament
I journeyed to the UK Parliament in London on the day Theresa May called a general election. There I met new and old friends to hear Professor Rajmohan Gandhi, the Mahatma's grandson, talk about issues between Muslims, Hindus and Christians that led to the partition of India and...Posted at 23:23pm on 22nd April 2017
From Holy Week To Resurrection Moments
During Holy Week * Sally Simpson was a house guest * Churches Together led a Good Friday Walk of Witness through Berwick, * a national newspaper rang me about their Easter Saturday feature on Holy Island pilgrims * a scientist drove four hundred miles to explore rhythm in nature...Posted at 23:36pm on 16th April 2017
No Man Is An Island
‘No Man is an Island’ (John Donne) is the theme of this year’s Abbey Summer School in Edinburgh 1- 3 June. I am preparing a TED talk (oldies can google this term for a ten minute pungent, topical and well-crafted talk) and a workshop.The organisers explain: ‘The ‘abbey’...
Posted at 08:58am on 10th April 2017
Aidan And Hilda Scotland
What an honour to host The Community of Aidan and Hilda's Scotland group at my house. Ruth Booth from the remote Shetland Isles joined twelve others. I spoke about the Community's role in the world's changing future. Commentators divide voters into Nowhere People or Somewhere People. Nowhere...Posted at 06:52am on 2nd April 2017
From The Electrics To Sweet Sorrows
What a pleasure to host my friends Sammy and Kylie Horner and their USA friends Beky and Randy as they paused on the Border between gigs in Scotland and England. I have met up with Sammy and Kylie in Australia, Canada and UK and hope to visit their new...Posted at 00:41am on 26th March 2017
The Art Of Balance
David Cole, our Community's Facebook Guide for Explorers, and author of 'The Mystic Path of Meditation: Beginning a Christ-centered Journey' stayed with me. Next day we drove to Holy Island and met those booked in to the retreat he is leading on Mindfulness. Before that we drove to Dunbar to...Posted at 01:45am on 21st March 2017
No. 7's First Personalised Retreat
I celebrated my birthday with a meal at Shalom, on Holy Island, cooked by Carol, our host. Our trustees, Janet and Ray Bissex and Geoff and Joy Holt, our Open Gate Wardens, Kevin and Lesley Downham, and my P.A. Brenda shared in this delightful evening. Among a glittering array of...Posted at 07:16am on 13th March 2017
Spanish Omelette
My blog this week is like a Spanish omelette with three ingredients1) I am on a convalescent package holiday at Fuerte Ventura on the Spanish Canary Islands. I laze by the sun-warmed pool, write sessions for the life-long course on a way of life, take one trip (to the...
Posted at 23:36pm on 6th March 2017
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