Ray Simpson is Founding Guardian of the International Community of Aidan and Hilda and is a well known author. In 2016 he moved from the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, UK, where the Community has a base for resources, study and retreat to a new Community House in Berwick-Upon-Tweed on the nearby mainland.


The internet tells me you suffer from low self esteem: I wish you to know that you are a unique work of divine craftspersonship. The internet tells me that you are impatient, selfish and intent on self-gratification: I wish to tell you that you are part of the entire human club,...
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Aidan of Lindisfarne

Aidan's life in Ireland, Iona and Northumbria - a hero's journey.

a prayer...

We arise today
in the Eternal Flow of Mercy
who was here when the land began to breathe,
when the first tribes began to roam,
and when the colonists came to settle.
We arise today
in the Eternal Flow of Wisdom
who is dimly perceived in the stones,
the stories and the studies of all our peoples.
We arise today
in the Eternal Flow of Life
who seeps through land and limb and love.
Amen.

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*AUTHOR SIGNED* Monk in the Market Place
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*AUTHOR SIGNED* Before We Say Goodbye (HarperCollins)
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