Palm Sunday Peace immediately leads to confrontation. Jesus returns to the Jerusalem Temple and starts flipping over tables. He declares, “The Scriptures say, ‘My house shall be called a place of worship.’ But you’ve turned it into a place where robbers hide.” The extortionate practices of exchanging Roman money for Temple money in order toContinue reading “Reflecting on Holy Monday…”
Category Archives: Spirituality
Meditating with Rumi
It was an Iraqi man who introduced me to the beauty of Rumi. Today’s post from Spirituality and Practice also celebrates the spirit of this wise medieval poet and mystic” Search the Darkness Sit with your friends; don’t go back to sleep. Don’t sink like a fish to the bottom of the sea. Surge likeContinue reading “Meditating with Rumi”
Kids learning violence – Eureka Street
Here’s a movie on the must see list for all who agonise over the culture of bullying and the immediate question of intervention in Libya. This review of Hævnen (In a better world) (Danish – English subtitles) gives some background: Kids learning violence – Eureka Street. Recent viral video clips of schoolyard bullying remind me ofContinue reading “Kids learning violence – Eureka Street”
Meet St. Photini, The Samaritan Woman
In correspondence with an Orthodox priest some years ago, I was fascinated to learn that the encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman was well commemorated on her saint’s feast day. This gospel character that is often painted in misogynist terms from the pulpit is actually regarded by the ancient church as St Photini, “theContinue reading “Meet St. Photini, The Samaritan Woman”
We did Ash Wednesday last night…
About forty of us gathered at the neighbouring church across the valley. We prayed and reflected to a stirring rendition of Psalm 51 by Evelyn Tubb (can’t find the track on the web anywhere!) and watched as our celebrant, Neville Watson, burned gum leaves to form the ashes with which we would be daubed. GumContinue reading “We did Ash Wednesday last night…”
Celebrating International Women’s Day
Today is well marked, but it is yesterday’s contribution from Native Wisdom for White Minds that seems apt. I quote it in full: The assumptions that were made about the roles of Aboriginal women by these men were based on gross misconceptions. Women were regarded as having little authority in Aboriginal society. Such observations wereContinue reading “Celebrating International Women’s Day”
Native Wisdom For White Minds
I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more. – Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekht (chief Joseph) Nez Percé American Indian Today’s offering from a neat little book of days called Native Wisdom for White Minds: daily reflections inspired by the Native Peoples of the world. (Ballantine, 1995) by Anne Wilson Schaef. Flicking through,Continue reading “Native Wisdom For White Minds”
Prayer – a light side!
My faith community purposefully set itself up in the 60s as non-gender biased – quite a statement in the conservative setting of the times. It did not matter whether it was male or female that performed ministry functions among us and there continues to be no distinction at all levels of leadership. This does notContinue reading “Prayer – a light side!”
The real deal
Here’s a prayer book with a difference – it certainly arrested my attention. It’s called “Common Prayer: a liturgy for ordinary radicals” and you can see a daily on line version at http://commonprayer.net/ An excerpt from today’s offering demonstrates the true meaning of radical (“from the root”) Frederick Douglass [1818-1895] wrote in his autobiography, “Between theContinue reading “The real deal”
Compassion – a “spiritual technology”…
Krista Tippett: Reconnecting with compassion | Video on TED.com. Compassion has become a cliché through overuse and overexposure, contends journalist Krista Tippett. With story and lateral thinking, she explores new ways to reclaim and implement a sorely needed collective value. By linking it with everyday expressions such as “kindness,” “curiosity without assumption” and “beauty”, she invitesContinue reading “Compassion – a “spiritual technology”…”
Wondering Pilgrim 