Tag Archives: Spirituality

Thoughts and Prayers – do they work?

Luke 11:1-13 As I read through Luke’s gospel, I try to see in myself how one thought leads to another. I don’t know that this was Luke’s process, for he begins his work by stating his intention to set out an orderly account  “of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as theyContinue reading “Thoughts and Prayers – do they work?”

The Rage of Age

Fire, uncontained, destroys. Fire, contained and focused, creates, transforms, and welcomes. As I approach the upper levels of my anticipated lifespan, I notice the extent to which rage has lurked in my negotiations of life’s challenges and opportunities. Perhaps it began in the gritty arena of the primary school playground, where, at the tender ageContinue reading “The Rage of Age”

“When I’m 104”

If Paul McCartney was writing the lyrics now, this might be the title. Sixty-four today is young by any standard. So I tackle Sr Joan Chittister’s reflection on “Ageism” in her book The Gift of Years with some diffidence. In my mid-seventies, I can’t say that I have yet experienced to a noticeable degree theContinue reading ““When I’m 104””

The Gift of Ageing

Recently, one of my peer groups pointed out a book by Sr Joan Chittister, The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully. We agreed to review it and share our thoughts on how it might inform our work in the spiritual companionship of older people. As someone who is rapidly drifting into the “older” category myselfContinue reading “The Gift of Ageing”

If Darwin Prayed – Evolutionary spirituality and the path of Christ — Prayers for Evolutionary Mystics

Looking forward to meeting the author, Bruce Sanguin, as he conducts a workshop at Dayspring, Saturday March 5th, and service and forum the next day at Wembley Downs Uniting Church. In the prologue of “If Darwin Prayed” he writes: My concern, however, is not with the fundamentalist strain of Christianity. Rather, it is with theContinue reading “If Darwin Prayed – Evolutionary spirituality and the path of Christ — Prayers for Evolutionary Mystics”

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”

Labyrinth – a pathway to encounter with God.

A bit slack today – installed new church PA system and laid down a labyrinth in the church forecourt. What is a labyrinth? For many it conjures images of the Minotaur of ancient Crete – half man and half bull, consuming young Greek captives left to wander in a maze of dark undergoround tunnels.  WhileContinue reading “Labyrinth – a pathway to encounter with God.”