How many of us have lost our bearings; we are no longer attentive to the world in which we live;
john oconnor
up a tree
Perhaps God is now too accessible for those of us who might prefer a distant and controllable God.
feasting the cross
The cross is not just a difficulty or an obstacle, but when carried through suffering to death, IS the pathway to life.
maturation
only by recognising one is loved do we at last enter into a truly mature, familial and free relationship with God.
Fathers’ Day
It’s Fathers’ Day today in New Zealand and Australia
to be wise
In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things which you created. You were with me, but I was not with you
THE talent
We think that a talent is something we do well, perhaps an interest we have developed into an expertise
just love
Don’t accept anything you find written here without first verifying it in your own experience.
happy fourth
The greeting around the United States this morning is “happy fourth!”
planks & splinters
We forget that when we point the finger at another, there are three fingers less visibly pointing to ourselves.
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noticing
After hatching a couple of weeks ago the three chicks grew in their nest until today.
crooked lines
Here’s an inclusive grace you might like to use at your Christmas meal this year
your turn
I want to give you the chance to share a Christmas message.
the bells
Pour forth, we beseech you, O Lord, your grace into our hearts
giving grace space
recognise who and what, in the midst of hell, are not hell, then make them endure, give them space.