a tree
God
is a tree said Kabir
a tree in the forest; when the woodsmen come
to cut Him down
He will not defend
Reading a Building : Andrew Ziminski on Church Going
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I am presently in Wales appreciating some rest and space. There are two features of what makes for refreshment here. The first is reading
Adrian Cadbury and his legacy
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Book tokens are always a welcome opportunity to see what has been recently published and secure an adventure of discovery! Parti
Prayer and Intercession ( Mother Mary Clare)
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These words from Mother Mary Clare SLG are worth pondering as we enter into a new season
PRAYER in its wholeness is relations
Inhabiting RS Thomas on his own soil
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It is a long way from Salisbury to the Llyn Peninsula. This was a pilgrimage of sorts to the RS Thomas Poetry Festival.
Nothing is Secure, Except God : visiting the Community of the Sisters of the Love of God
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I was first introduced to the Sisters of the Love of God by Geoffrey Connor, the Vocations advisor in the diocese of Durham in the late 1970s.
The Shrine Church of Saint Melangell
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Some places are etched into our lives in a way that draws us back. The Pennant Melangell valley is one of those spaces that has drawn me bac
Burkeman on the lessons of Time
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Four Thousand Weeks: Embrace your limits. Change your life. Make your four thousand weeks count Vintage 2022
What is your relationshi
Close ( Film 2022)
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Gustav De Waele and Eden Dambrine as Rémi and Léo
On my post Easter travels I was glad to reaquaint myself with The Midland Arts Centre &
What does it mean to Journey? Reading Crossroad by Moseley
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Charles Moseley is a Cambridge scholar, teacher and English writer. I took this book with me to the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales last week
understanding people ?
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Affinity
Consider this man in the field beneath,
Gaitered with mud, lost in his own breath,
Without joy, without sorrow,...
Without children, wit
Praying for Peace
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and listening to the voices ......
Erich Fried
When we were the persecuted
I was one of you
How can I remain one
when you become t
Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede
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The Air Forces Memorial, or Runnymede Memorial, in Englefield Green memorial dedicated to some 20,456 men and women from air forces of the British Emp
Hughenden Manor
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The manor of Hughenden is first recorded in 1086, when formerly part of Queen Edith's lands it was held by William, son of Oger the Bishop of Bayeu
Auckland Castle
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I have very vivid memories of visiting Auckland Castle as a sixth form student beginning to wonder about my vocation to the ordained ministry in the C
Baddesley Clinton
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Baddesley Clinton , is a moated manor house, located just north of Warwick ; the house was probably established during the 13th century when large
Remembering Maya Angelou
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I started my blogging life in 2008 partly as a way of capturing my experience of a sabbatical in America. In the spring of that year I spent
A Tree….
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a tree telling of Orpheus
he spoke, and as no tree listens I listened, and language
came into my roots out of the earth, into my ba
The Reverend Jeremy Sampson
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(from The Church Times Obits)
SAMPSON. -
On 11 July, the Revd Jeremy John Egerton Sampson: Vicar of North Perak, Malaya (1951-52); Priest-in-Char
Bangor Cathedral
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Bangor Cathedral is an ancient place of Christian worship situated in Bangor, Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It is dedicated to its founder, Saint Deini