Sep 1, 2017 | Minister’s Musings, Spirituality
This is Part 2 of a musing from a conversation I had this week. For Part 1 see the weekly e news also on this website In our conversation, once we had talked about the difference between spirituality, theology and religion, we segued on to the flow of the Christian...
Aug 8, 2017 | Minister’s Musings, Spirituality
Looking within Every now and then, I start to feel ‘outside of myself’. It’s a strange feeling. Almost as if my body was walking among the world, but I am somewhere else. The ‘somewhere else’ isn’t somewhere mystical, it is very much in this world – so...
Jun 23, 2017 | Minister’s Musings, Spirituality
“words, words, words, I am so sick of words.” Eliza Dolittle, My Fair Lady. Blogs are tricky things. We get to throw our opinions into cyberspace. Depending how busy people are, we may get away with them without comment. This doesn’t mean other readers don’t...
Jun 17, 2017 | Minister’s Musings
I had one of those conversations today which roam far and wide and bring you a perspective which opens your eyes and tips your thinking into a new world view. It was about waking up. I’d read Anthony de Mello’s call for us to ‘wake up’, that we are in a walking...
May 25, 2017 | Minister’s Musings
It seems to me we spend a lot of time thinking about doing better or ‘getting saved’ and not so much about what we are saved for or saved to. Marcus Borg emphatically states salvation is not about the afterlife but about this life. In Convictions, written not long...
Apr 26, 2017 | Minister’s Musings
Hello again. A month ago I wrote the following: What deep driven piles do I see in the Christian Tradition? Love. Fidelity. Compassion. Truth. Grace. Welcome. Hospitality. Creativity. Integrity. Hope. What kind of a flexible, dancing Spirit-willed choreography could...
