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What's Church In A Post-christian Era?
What an interesting mix. I accompanied a pilgrim group at The Open Gate after they had walked Cuthbert's Way. Half came from Norway's Bible Belt: half were open-ended Swedes who, even if they did not go to church, liked asking questions.Which is why our final session together explored...
Posted at 08:07am on 18th August 2017
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Not In God's Name
Friends have invited me to a meal followed by their local book club meeting. I've bought the book. It is 'Not in God's name: confronting religious violence' by Britain's former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sachs. It is brilliant.It reports extensive research that shows that people who are killing in...
Posted at 21:20pm on 11th August 2017
Norway Connecting
It was meant to be a holiday. I would tick off Selje and Nideros from my Bucket List. It became a pilgrimage, an apostolic tour, a deepening of followers of The Way.Mecky and Kristin met me at Bergen airport. We zigzagged round mountains and ferried across fjords for seven...
Posted at 15:31pm on 4th August 2017
Shetlands House Of Prayer
I am at Sumbaugh airport, ready to depart from the Shetland Isles to Norway. The Norway Vikings once ruled here. The King of Norway declared his country Christian in 995, including the Shetlands, but behind this there is a story.Picts who lived here turned to Christ in the 700's....
Posted at 07:23am on 29th July 2017
Go North, My Friend, Go North
It took twenty seven hours from door to door: two trains, one overnight ferry, hired car drives and ferries across two more islands. I could have flown to Australia and almost back to Hong Kong in that time. In fact I am still in Britain, on the island...Posted at 10:14am on 18th July 2017
A Fantastic Team On The Way
It's a great team. I have long been working on The Way - an on-line 'Pilgrimage for Life'. Those who enrol will get seven daily emails followed by a week's spiritual exercises for years to come. The aim is to enlist millennials to veterans in all five continents....Posted at 19:41pm on 14th July 2017
A Holy Place
What a privilege! The minister of the church I planted forty years ago stays with me during his sabbatical study. His theme is 'What makes a place holy?' Mark. its current minister, told me how, in a previous church , they learned to listen to the neighbourhood, the...Posted at 18:09pm on 6th July 2017
Summer Festival In Denmark
I am at Areopagos' 2017 Summer School at Haslev, Denmark. Its theme is The Art of Balance. Denmark's Pilgrim Pastor, Elizabeth Knox-Seith interviews me for the Talk Show, and I give the final address on the theme Holistic Christianity: Healing the Split in Western Christendom. You can download the...Posted at 09:24am on 27th June 2017
Creative Writing
Now in its second...
Posted at 14:02pm on 23rd June 2017
Wednesday Lunches With Desert Fathers
Ragnild Ogaard from Oslo gave two glorious gifts for our Celtic Christian Studies Library at our Annual Gathering. They were newly published Norwegian books. The first translates into English, according to her, as 'Lunch on Wednesdays with the Desert Fathers.' This little volume is written by Sven Aasmundtveit, a...Posted at 16:51pm on 13th June 2017
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Eternal Refuge,
though terror stalks our streets, we will rest under the shadow of your wings #WorldHumanitarianDay #EdinburghFringe
Jihadists
delusions are shattered at death: dear God, shatter them before. https://t.co/F6LFz13ctZ
Give us courage to delve through the layers of pretence, and the wastelands of monotony, until we fall into the Hand that upholds us.
Give us a place
in that reservoir of longing that is reserved for each of our true selves #ThursdayTreats
Rock of ages, when
we stumble and tremble with fear help us put all our weight upon you #PilgrimPosts
God help the Irish Republic, Great Britain and Northern Island to grasp Isosceles’ truth that there are three sides to every triangle #NI
When we feel
condemned, release in us forgiveness towards all and faith for a future hand in
hand with you #MondayMotivation
When life is a
vale of tears, and the future is a
valley of fears, bring the sounds of God to our ears. #MomentumEdinburghFringe
When faith is
scorned and truth is mocked, strengthen us to stand up and be counted.
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When the pride of
nations obscures your purpose, draw the true-of heart into the fellowship of the
humble. #BethlehemsInBackyards
