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The Aidan Way
It is St. Aidan's Week. On Sunday 31 the Bishop of Lindisfarne, John Arnold, an auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, will preach at St. Mary's Church amid guest musicians.'Aidan of Lindisfarne: Irish Flame Warms a New World' is launched. This historical novel with extensive historical notes has taken ten years...
Posted at 23:03pm on 28th August 2014
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Summer School In Ireland
I am on the ferry to Ireland. I leave behind guests on an Open Gate retreat led by Sandi Koener and Judy Shelley. Sandi has been invited to join the USA Caim Council and Judy is the USA Explorers Guide. Yesterday was graced by a cup of tea with...Posted at 06:53am on 21st August 2014
The State Of Christianity In Texas
I preached (http://youtu.be/qArZ-CNCnIU) at three services of the 2,000 member First United Methodist Church of Grapevine, Texas (but not at the music band and bi-lingual services) and gave a lunch presentation on our Way of Life and a promotion of our Igniting the Flame Course. Then on to...Posted at 17:18pm on 11th August 2014
Usa Voyage Of A Lifetime Retreat And Life Vows
Madonna House, Albuquerque, in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe is the venue for CA&H USA's national retreat. First, its Director, Esther-Marie Nagiel and I do an hour long interview on Catholic Radio (you should be able to get this on line) and invites early arrivals to a meal at her...Posted at 17:02pm on 6th August 2014
New Mexico
Saturday: watch a Sheep Performance at the Borders Show.Sunday: Sleep at Newcastle Airport. The tide won't allow me to catch an early morning plane.
Monday: Fly from London Heathrow to Dallas. Endure four queues, three security checks and non-arrival of baggage. Miss the connection to Albuquerque by one minute....
Posted at 15:02pm on 30th July 2014
Onward Christian Pilgrims
Wonder Voyages. Heritage Tours. Pilgrim Adventure. Journeying.co.uk … on they come, ever onward. One hundred and forty Norwegians arrived from Stavanger on a ship named M/S Gann, though they had to dock at Newcastle and continue on coaches. This ship is run by Norway’s church. In term time it...Posted at 03:34am on 24th July 2014
Oxford Prayer Festival And Ummah
I gave the opening address at the sun-lit Oxford Festival of Prayer at Ripon College, Cuddesdon. The theme was ‘Praying in the Great Emergence: Recovery of the Rhythm of Prayer’. A range of workshops explored aspects of prayer through music, silence, monastic and Celtic approaches, ikons and (in mine) the...Posted at 22:37pm on 16th July 2014
Celtic Wedding Blessing
I had neared my overnight stop en route to the Norfolk Celtic Wedding Blessing when I saw a sign to 'Hackness Monastery'. My new book about Saint Hilda tells how she founded a daughter monastery at Hackness, but my research suggested the site had long been submerged under a lake....Posted at 05:29am on 10th July 2014
Be Present
I am always blazing new trails, but I sense God saying ‘Remain present to those on recent trails, and be present to those who are preparing future trails’. So I share with some church leaders the thoughts about indigenous ways of relating from my ‘Future Routes’ address to our...Posted at 23:59pm on 2nd July 2014
Ancient Roots And Future Routes
Wow! What a lot of hits. At our over-subscribed and sun-lit annual week-end at Windmill Farm Centre, Oxfordshire the voices of prophets and children, bishop and contemplative, forest church and Welsh Llan, soul friend and Scandinavian could be heard reaching to heaven.
Amber Cole launched The Way of Life for...
Posted at 08:24am on 26th June 2014
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