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I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o’er dale and hill
When all at once I saw a cloud
A host of golden daffodils
Beside the late, beneath the trees
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze …
And oft when on my couch I lie
In vacant...
Posted at 22:07pm on 26th May 2016
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Encourage One Another From Land's End To Heaven Knows Where
Christians are to encourage one another, 1 Thessalonians 5:17. Andy and Jo Bowden, who support childrens and youth workers in parts of Yorkshire, sent me some information in order to encourage me’. This includes a Pilgrimage for Children, Young People and Families to Whitby entitled ‘St. Hilda’s Way’. ...Posted at 12:20pm on 19th May 2016
Cornwall Saints Uprising
Before I left for a Cornwall ‘holiday with a purpose’ two people with a purpose called in. They are Margaret and Richard Pederson. They moved to Morebattle, on the Saint Cuthbert’s Way route, which has until recently offered little to pilgrims. Now they have started a café in the church,...Posted at 07:06am on 12th May 2016
Eyeing Up
This week I actually hoovered the entire house. Then I handed over the upstairs to a couple who are considering whether to apply to be wardens of our Retreat House. So I slept downstairs on my IKEA single bed. I fell out of this in the middle of the...Posted at 04:03am on 6th May 2016
Universal Consciousness - The Challenge Of Jesus
Daniel Wolpert pastored a conventional, aging Presbyterian congregation in Minnesota. He concluded that large numbers desert churches for secularism, but deep down they still seek sources of soul renewal. He started a contemplation center on a plot of former farmland. Then he founded MICAH, a multifaceted contemplative Christian facility for...Posted at 01:43am on 28th April 2016
Liverpool Awakens-spirituality Festival
Four days with Liverpool’s Festival of Spirituality hosted by Saint Bride’s Church. Some key ingredients were: a Sunday Gathering, A City Centre Prayer Walk, a Lecture, Resourcing Soulfriendship Groups, Walking the Parish Bounds, Prayer at ‘The Pool’ , Meals, Spiritual Direction sessions – all encompassed by Morning, Midday, Evening...Posted at 07:53am on 21st April 2016
Stories Matter
Surprise! Surprise! None other than media tycoon James Murdoch wrote: ‘Stories matter…In 2016 and beyond, those who wish to create a better world will have to make storytelling the center of their efforts, not an afterthought…. Once, consumers had limited points of access to information and content, and powerful state...Posted at 01:51am on 15th April 2016
My Heroes This Week
This is a week for heroes. My first heroes are Bergen's Hagskolen Theological Students. They left home at 5.0 am, arrived tired on Holy Island, yet, despite the fact that the sea had not fully receded and day was fading, walked barefeet across the pilgrim posts. After a quick...Posted at 08:48am on 7th April 2016
The Book, The Skypes And The Tapestry
Brenda, a kind night owl, drove me from Newcastle airport to arrive at my home at 1.0 am, there to deal with a vastly different set of dynamics. So it's just as well I have been working on 'Spiritual Intelligence' by Cindy Wigglesworth. She informs me I need to...Posted at 02:01am on 1st April 2016
Six Weeks Serving Diocesan Spirituality: Thankyous And Thoughts
Jesus took six weeks in Palestine to become better equipped for his mission and angels ministered to him. I took six weeks in Cyprus to hep us all be better equipped Christians and angels of flesh and blood ministered to me.THANKS
A thousand thank yous to these wonderful and...
Posted at 22:06pm on 27th March 2016
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