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Cyprus In Lent
I am in Cyprus, the island of saints from the time of St. Barnabus, Son of Encouragement. On my first day we visited the final tomb of Saint Lazarus and the monastic cell of St. Thekla, the would-be girl friend of St. Paul. My friend Paul Maybury, Spirituality Advisor of...Posted at 00:32am on 18th February 2016
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Cairo, Pancakes And Lent
Three members of London's Figuiredo family dropped in. Des is training leaders among new Christians in Egypt. Egypt has suffered two revolutions that 'contain but do not change'. So these Christians, who come under the umbrella of the Coptic Church, have launched a Transform Cairo campaign.Rehenna writes for...
Posted at 08:12am on 8th February 2016
Brother Damian
Our community members on Holy Island joined the throng at the funeral of the island's former vicar, Brother Damian, in Alnwick. Damian offered his financial expertise as a trustee of our community's few small Lindisfarne properties and helped us in other ways.The community seeks to relate to each branch...
Posted at 01:05am on 3rd February 2016
What I Have Learned This Week
From Peter Neilson, co-soul friend to the UK community as we met for our Voyagers Retreat at Shallowford House, Staffordshire I learned this: If you are seeking to find your place of resurrection and where you should live, identify the no-go areas in your life.From David Cole, author of...
Posted at 00:25am on 28th January 2016
Our Orphan Mentality
I discussed a dream with a Jungian analyst. She gave me a copy of The Guild of Pastoral Psychology Lecture No. 272. It is about how most of us in this world have an orphan mentality. The booklet has a posh title: 'Orphanos Exoikos: The Precarious Possibility of Wholeness'.Posted at 10:07am on 22nd January 2016
Healing Streams
I am in Whitby. In this place Saint Hilda lived a Christianity rooted in the Eternal Relationship at a time when others advanced a Christianity rooted more in Rule.Members and friends of The Community of Aidan and Hilda who live in the area have begun a Forty...
Posted at 03:54am on 14th January 2016
Epiphany And The Seeing Eye
These days on an island in the northern hemisphere are grey, cold, dark and gale-lashed. People can be like that, too. In stark contrast the Christian Church celebrates Epiphany - a stream of Uncreated Light lighting up every corner of the world - if we have eyes to see....Posted at 01:43am on 7th January 2016
New Year Message: Two Golden Opportunities
I wish you a New Year lived in the spirit of Mary, Joseph and the Wise Kings of the Long Journey.An email has gone out to all who follow our Aidan and Hilda Way of Life inviting them to apply for the joint post of co-wardens at our...
Posted at 10:51am on 27th December 2015
Jihad And Hearts Broken Open
Before I left Sparkhill, Birmingham a traditional Muslim shopkeeper invited me to sit and talk in his shop. 'I no longer feel safe' he told me. He had refused to put up a poster for a more militant Muslim group. Jon Snow did an ITV programme in a...Posted at 12:04pm on 23rd December 2015
A Christian-muslim Coalition Of Compassion
During my fourth week among the multi-faith city of Birmingham calls by Donald Trump and Franklyn Graham to treat Muslims as if we are on a war footing highlight our need to step up to the challenge to further develop God-given peace strategies.I spend a day with Al...
Posted at 01:07am on 15th December 2015
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