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“Is there anything that can take from you the hope of being someday in the God you are helping to create in each attentive act of love? Please celebrate this Christmas with the earnest faith that He may need this very anguish of yours in order to begin. These very days that are such aContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 23rd December”

“If you want to love, take the time to listen to your heart. In most ancient and wise cultures it is a regular practice for people to talk to their heart. There are rituals, stories, and meditative skills in every spiritual tradition that awaken the voice of the heart. To live wisely, this practice isContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 22nd December”

Winter Solstice “As the nights grow longer and all of nature seems to sleep, the rebirth of the sun draws near. The Winter Solstice, in the northern hemisphere at least, is a time of crackling fires, faery lights in the trees and deep, silent rest. Now is our chance to look within and enjoy spiritualContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 21st December”

International Human Solidarity Day “Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitariness and pride of power and with its pleas for the weak. Christians are doing too little to make these points clear rather than too much. Christendom adjusts itself far too easily to the worship of power. Christians should give moreContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 20th December”

“”People must believe what they can, and those who believe more must not be hard upon those who believe less. I doubt if you would have believed it all yourself if you hadn’t seen some of it.”George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin Our long-standing beliefs – whether they be about the scientific nature ofContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 19th December”

“The Beloved is in me, and the Beloved is in you,As life is hidden in every seed.So rubble your pride, my friend,And look for Him within you.When I sit in the heart of His worldA million suns blaze with light,A burning blue sea spreads across the sky,Life’s turmoil falls quiet,All the stains of suffering washContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 18th December”

“Nature offers us a thousand simple pleasers – plays of light and color, fragrance in the air, the sun’s warmth on skin and muscle, the audible rhythm of life’s stir and push – for the price of merely paying attention. What joy! But how unwilling or unable many of us are to pay this priceContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 17th December”

“He to whom time is the same as eternity, and eternity the same as time, is free of all adversity.” Jakob Boehme (1575 – 1624) Eternity by Shirley Jones

“O Miracle of Dawn,Radiance from the heavens!With joyful silence,I receive soft light of a new day,light born from earth’s turning.O Medicine of Dawn,healing are your morning rays.I lift my face towardthe ointment of your splendoras I become a morning prayer.As Morning Blossoms,I go forth to meet the great shining,the dear unfolding of the day.With theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 15th December”

“”Look at the birds in the sky and the lilies in the fields. Look at the sea anemone, at the humble protozoon and at the Omega Centaurus: they all do neither sow nor reap; they do not have warehouses or bank accounts or life insurance policies! You forget that Someone at every moment takes careContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 14th December”