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The Golden Thread, The Silver Crucible And The Shining Place
'You must have leaned against something, you've got things all over your clothes' said a friend. I brushed these away and discovered a golden thread. 'Saint Gregory of Nyssa wrote about the Golden Thread' he said. I looked this up. I learned that everything in one's life might be falling...Posted at 06:29am on 3rd August 2016
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Holy Spirit Sisters, Churches And Knitwits
Revd. Sandi Kerner is Rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Powhaten, Virginia. She has worked for the healing of wounds between black and white citizens in Richmond. She has served on the USA Caim Council of The Community of Aidan and Hilda. Now she has brought spiritual leaders from campuses...Posted at 12:28pm on 27th July 2016
The Picts - A New Fellowship Of Peoples
I had two days off. So I headed to northern Scotland to learn more about the Picts of the first millennium. Their symbols are intriguing. Their jewellery is wonderful. Their raw animal sculptures are superb. The power of place in their strongholds is awesome. Their large scale conversion to...Posted at 01:53am on 21st July 2016
Seasons Of The Soul
Couples have come to Holy Island from Australia, Dubai, New Zealand/Aotearoa, England and Scotland for this week's retreat on Seasons of the Soul. To the song 'Turn, turn turn' with its words from Ecclesiastes 'There is a season for everything under the sun' we listed seasons we identified with...Posted at 01:16am on 14th July 2016
After Brexit - The Book Launch: Making Other People Great
If a day off is defined as a day when you are free to do anything you like, then last Saturday was my first day off for ages. I drove to Edinburgh, clambered around Arthur’s Seat, swam and queued to see the Queen leave Edinburgh’s Parliament, followed by a grand...Posted at 05:12am on 7th July 2016
Post Brexit Fractures - Now Heal The Split In The Western Psyche
Visitors to Holy Island from all parts of UK and beyond bring horror stories of post Brexit hatred of foreigners and of unprecedented abuse on trains and in the work place. Even an English woman who works in a Welsh hospital has been calumnied. UK workers from Europe are in...Posted at 09:07am on 29th June 2016
Paul The Comedian, The Papal Preacher And Patmos
To Windmill Farm Conference Centre and Adventure Camp Site, Oxfordshire, UK for the Community of Aidan and Hilda’s Annual Gathering, which was packed to capacity. Its theme was Releasing our God-given Creativity. The childrens’ participation led by Amber Cole and team was brilliant. Saturday night was laughter night with...Posted at 08:28am on 23rd June 2016
When The Church Roof Falls In Look What Comes Out
I felt guilty. I returned to Bowthorpe Church, near Norwich, some thirty years after the contract to build it was signed under my watch. . Now, the church roof needs to be replaced. Scaffolding and a roof without tiles met my gaze. The last thing this materially poor family of...Posted at 02:26am on 16th June 2016
Fully Human
This week I speak at Abbey Summer School, Edinburgh whose theme is Fully Human. Loren Wilkinson and Mary Ruth Wilkinson give three addresses on the richness of, and challenges to, being human in the 21st century: ‘Animals, Angels, or Machines: What Are We?’;‘Feeding, Feasting, Fasting: Problems and Pleasures of Eating’;...Posted at 11:46am on 8th June 2016
A Norway Parish Gives Me Hope
On Friday I drive three hours from Lake District to Lindisfarne in order to talk to a group of Presbyterian theological students from Mississippi. I pull up weeds, wash sheets and prepare beds since friends occupied the house while I was away and Tom Martin Berntsen stays here over the...Posted at 03:43am on 2nd June 2016
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