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Walls Or Hospitality?
Last week, as the world reeled from unholy rows, I undertook four duties back on Holy Island. One of these was to speak about Hospitality of the Heart at a pre-season Thank You Retreat for those who had volunteered to help at our Open Gate Retreat House during 2016....Posted at 12:01pm on 27th February 2017
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Groundswell
This Sleeping Beauty has stirred a little. Enough to lead worship in England's largest parish, so they tell me. A flock of up to half a million? Plus 600 humans, fourteen of whom came to worship and one of whom is about to celebrate his hundredth birthday! I...Posted at 12:27pm on 16th February 2017
The Forgotten Factor
When we are too weak to act or think, to pray or believe, when death is in the midst of life - what is left? To dream.In my dreams I revisit a house I had forgotten that I owned. But how can I make sense of this dream?...
Posted at 01:38am on 14th February 2017
Eyesight And Foresight
I have further appointments at the Eye Hospital. This crystallises that my house in Berwick is for the long-term, and underlines the foresight of the Community in securing it.I have been laid low with flue after being driven home from our brilliant Voyagers Retreat. Which is why I...
Posted at 03:34am on 7th February 2017
The Cell And The Future Of Civilisation
I am at Shallowford House in the English Midlands. Those in Vows (Voyagers) from UK are joined by Voyagers from Ireland and Norway for our Annual Retreat. The theme is CONNECTING WITH THE DESERT CHRISTIANS. My talks explore the relevance of Martin of Tours for our...Posted at 01:07am on 31st January 2017
We Are Not Owners
Hello! The Berwick Advertiser is our regional newspaper. It has a weekly column called 'Thought for the Week'. This week I am the guest contributor. Here it is:'I have moved into a new house in Berwick. It is not owned by me: I am the custodian. Gaelic...
Posted at 03:34am on 23rd January 2017
Great Lives Divinely Planned In Testing Times
Last week I welcomed our Aidan and Hilda house's third overnight guest. He is on leave from front-line duties in order to study and wait on God. We explored some people who were prepared for their great work while they were in physical or spiritual deserts....Posted at 00:19am on 15th January 2017
Take-off
An animated crowd of new and old friends came to an Open Afternoon at my new home in Berwick-Upon-Tweed. Artist Kate Philp and her husband Rob presented us with a signed copy of her beautiful book of Borders and coastal paintings and prose entitled 'Mind's Eye: A Journey through Life,...Posted at 23:54pm on 9th January 2017
2017: The Way Ahead
The world is like a big chess board. It seems like check mate. Cyber warfare, possible nuclear holocausts, ethnic and religious groupings claiming ownership of old nation states. Unelected multi-national companies leave home-spun economies stranded. But in 2016 the voters in UK, Europe and USA kicked the centres.The...
Posted at 07:13am on 1st January 2017
Christmas
Over Christmas I watched a film about Prince Harry among AIDS sufferers in Africa. The way he is working through his issues seems more positive than negative. He said 'Doing good is fun. Bad is boring'. In her Christmas speech his grandmother said 'Jesus Christ shows me the...Posted at 04:05am on 28th December 2016
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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
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