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time off or Leisure?

time off or Leisure?

On this Saturday morning you perhaps you are able to look ahead to a weekend that is a bit more relaxed than the work or study week. However I know too that is is very easy for time off to be filled with yet more work. Many people struggle with getting good rest and...

reality – or fantasy

reality – or fantasy

I call it the magic carpet idea of prayer: the thought that prayer is a way of escaping from our present reality, floating away to a peaceful place before at the end of the time of prayer I have to come back to life's worries and demands. But this is not Christian...

self-esteem & sin

self-esteem & sin

It is perhaps surprising that in a time when fewer people have a sense of sin, more people seem to suffer from a lack of self esteem. Could it be that a deep awareness of personal sinfulness becomes, by the grace and mercy of God, our capacity for personal experience...

here and now

here and now

God cannot work in your past or your future today. God has worked in your past, and God works in the present to heal the past, but God cannot today work in your past. In the same way God cannot today work in your future. God will work in your future, and God works in...

pray like this

pray like this

Thank God it's Tuesday! Last week the parish was involved in six ecumenical services, two for Ash Wednesday and four for the World Day of Prayer. It is a moving experience to pray together remembering that the heart of our faith, relationship with Jesus Christ who is...