In my youth, Christians were not renowned for being joyful - strict, disapproving, judgemental, these were the words which many of my...
One of the encouragements in our Christian journey is to learn to let go of worry. Worry is that unproductive concern about what might...
I wonder how many folk do not look forward to Lent. Words like ‘sacrifice,’ ‘discipline,’ and ‘self-denial’ are often used in ways that...
We are called as followers of Jesus to a place of deep care for the world and its people. We are not called to be detached from the...
“God doesn’t give in order to acquire. God loves without self-seeking; that’s at the heart of who God is. God gives for the benefit...
“Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly.” ― Langston...
“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than...
Lamenting is expressing the deep pain we feel at the injustice of the world, of life, of death, of loss. It's a profound and painful...
"When we give ourselves permission to fail, we, at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel." ― Eloise Ristad On the...
Today Today I’m flying low and I’mnot saying a wordI’m letting all the voodoos of ambition sleep. The world goes on as it must,the...
One of the things St John the Divine has been known for over many years is its work in Advocacy for the the full inclusion,...
Some believers seem to think that faith is a closed system, a big block of truth to which we have to assent (or not, and bear the...
There are three things we have to let go of. The first is the compulsion to be successful. Second, is the compulsion to be...
Our modern world seems to thrive on polarities, in separating us from one another, in creating a culture of 'us and them' - where we...
Many of us live our lives trying to meet the expectations of other people, of the society around us, and even of our selves. We are...
In her book Bright Evening Star: Mystery of the Incarnation, Madeleine L’Engle remarked that “all God ever wanted from us is to allow...
“Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.” Anne Lamott, Traveling...
When I was very young, the things I made, the pictures I painted, the excited discoveries I made were celebrated by my family, my...
THE FOURTH SIGN OF THE ZODIAC (PART 3) I know, you never intended to be in this world.But you’re in it all the same. So why not get...
We are loved as individuals, loved by God for exactly who we are - not despite who we are, as some seem to think. Alongside this value...
