Four calling birds Down UnderWould be kookaburras, and no wonder! Announcers sublime, they herald the time When Good News burst abroad like thunder. (c) Dennis Ryle December 2024 And here’s how they used to announce the Movietone newshttps://teara.govt.nz/files/high_source/26150-pc-h.mp4Traditionally the calling birds stand for the four gospels (“good news”).
Tag Archives: gospels
Less (maybe!) stirry… more powerful!
Time to pen some more thoughts following my previous rant here, now some months ago. Current conversations are around less controversial matters, but somewhat related in a base-line sense. How to reconcile what we can know of the historic Jesus through a self-imposed limited reading of the four Gospels with the phenomenon of the CosmicContinue reading “Less (maybe!) stirry… more powerful!”
Lenten Voices: Synchronicity
Over the last twenty years, I have delved into deeper, more ancient understandings of the Christian journey, wandering in and out of an eclectic mainstream of traditions while steering firmly from my own tribal barque. The cross-cultural backwaters of orthodoxy, medieval contemplative mystics, holistic Celtic fervour, spiritual direction, the beauty of some sacred textual translationsContinue reading “Lenten Voices: Synchronicity”
Exousia…
… is our word for the week. When we speak, act, relate out of exousia, we are doing so from the very essence of our being. We are acting out of the passion of authenticity. The source is deeper and wider than ourselves however – it taps into the transcendent mystery of the universe. ExousiaContinue reading “Exousia…”
Wondering Pilgrim 