Ray's Blog: September 2010
Fuller Seminary, Sarah Palin And The Podvig
A lively and diverse collection of USA church workers spent the week at Holy Island's St Cuthbert's Centre as part of a Fuller Seminary study course. They had input from five island Christians. I explored the ancient Celtic and today's emerging church with them.
As a Community we...
Twentyfour/seven Vows On The Shore
A friend, accompanied by six fellow workers from the Twentyfour/seven prayer movement, stayed with us. Our privilege was to accompany them to the north shore and witness his vows. The first was a life vow, similar to that made in the nineteenth century by Count Zinzendorf's mustard seed prayer movement....The Pope's Uk Visit
The Pope visits the UK. Today, representatives of the churches and religious communities of the UK, including our Community of Aidan and Hilda, pray with him in a service at Westminster Abbey. In UK CA&H is an Associate Body of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. One of our...
Photons, Protons And Bosons
The prayer board at St Mary's, Holy Island usually has lots of requests such as 'God bless my nana' and 'please heal all the sick people in the world'. These we read aloud at the evening service each day. Yesterday, however, included the following prayer:
Give thanks for...
Heroes Of The Sea
Their country was occupied by a racist regime. They lived by the sea. They secured a boat. By night they stole fuel cans from the airport. The next night they voyaged south of the territorial waters, veered sharply east into the unending ocean, and hoped they might reach a free...
The Book Of Tweets
A Friend of the Community suggested I join Twitter. I emailed back that I would not waste time on such trivial distractions. A look at Google's Top Tweets confirmed my distaste: I love how RoboCop is both a zombie and a robot. Or It is now Beverly Hills day!...
The Lighthouse
A busy week, during which I discussed with Manfred the re-surfacing of a long-held vision of schools of prophets in modern societies. The practicalities felt daunting. My rest day went out of the window so I took Sunday off. I climbed Arthur's Seat at Edinburgh. Below was a...
Ice Cream
Glad you liked my piece on Kids. Thanks for sending this gem that's going the rounds. It bears repeating:
'Last week, I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son asked if he could say grace. As we bowed our heads he said, 'God is good, God...
