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Fresh Expressions
Carey and Gannon Sims detoured from their big cities tour to visit me. They work together to bring fresh expressions of church to the collegiate community at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. There they share one post. Each has an interesting second post.Carey has launched Good...
Posted at 06:58am on 23rd July 2015
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Clan Gathering
A thousand people. A cross section of ages. Tents in fields of mud in the grounds of Lord Glasgow's Kelburn Castle. Its on Scotland's western coast at Largs. His son David welcomes speakers to his living room - there's no 'them and us'. Great worship bands and seminars....Posted at 03:41am on 17th July 2015
Holy Places: New Opportunities
The warden of our Open Gate Retreat House on Holy Island, Graham Booth, felt an overwhelming urge to pray, at 11.0 am, for the centre of the Society of Our Lady of the Isles on the remote Scottish island of Fetlar. Later he rang a contact there. At 11.0 am,...Posted at 03:20am on 10th July 2015
A Farewell Celtic Orthodox Blessing
A Mid-summer Lindisfarne Festival: A circus on Sanctuary field, jazz in the pubs, the famous Lindisfarne pop group in the church - yet I also joined Sunday worship for the Winter Solstice. By Skype of course, with our Australian members.Father Leonard of the Celtic Orthodox Church visited me on Holy...
Posted at 04:45am on 28th June 2015
C. Baxter Kruger
One of my Tyndale College Toronto students, Andy Groen, said "You must meet Baxter Kruger and read his book Jesus and the Undoing of Adam". I read every word. Andy sent Dr. Kruger the mp3 of my Tyndale lectures on Celtic Christianity. He listened to every word.Baxter earned his Doctor...
Posted at 05:20am on 26th June 2015
Water From An Ancient Well
The UK Community's Annual Gathering at Windmill Farm Adventure Centre, Oxfordshire, was riveting. Ken McIntosh, author of "Water from an Ancient Well: Celtic Spirituality for Modern Life" came from USA to lead it. His session on how some Celtic Christians used Scripture invited us to look at it in...Posted at 02:31am on 19th June 2015
Clarification, Apology And Holy Day.
Misunderstandings have circulated which relate to references in my published writings to Villages of God and Sketes, and also to The Open Gate Retreat House on Holy Island. The term ‘Village of God’ refers to a hub church with varied facilities which links up in friendship with those who provide...Posted at 00:49am on 12th June 2015
Trinitarian Dog Collar
I drove four hours south along England's east coast to Filey for a churches week-end on Celtic Spirituality. I rejoiced to be among a community so welcoming, positive and open to the Spirit. I enjoyed wonderful overnight hospitality in the guest house of The Sisters of Mercy...Posted at 01:26am on 5th June 2015
Not In A Box
To save money I let my ignorant travel agency choose any cheap hotel in Kuala Lumpur, the purpose of which was to relax and re-orient en route home to Holy Island. The 'hotel' was a dump. I tried Deep Listening and the following came out:"The room may be dirty...
Posted at 21:53pm on 28th May 2015
Last Man Standing: Australia's Only Desert Retreat
They tell me it's the only desert retreat centre in Australia, and the only desert with trees in the world. That's because root systems have had millennia longer to establish themselves here than in places like the Sahara. I have learned something. I thought desert meant hot. Now I...Posted at 22:45pm on 18th May 2015
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