Ray's Blog: December 2015
New Year Message: Two Golden Opportunities
I wish you a New Year lived in the spirit of Mary, Joseph and the Wise Kings of the Long Journey.An email has gone out to all who follow our Aidan and Hilda Way of Life inviting them to apply for the joint post of co-wardens at our...
Posted at 10:51am on 27th December 2015
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Jihad And Hearts Broken Open
Before I left Sparkhill, Birmingham a traditional Muslim shopkeeper invited me to sit and talk in his shop. 'I no longer feel safe' he told me. He had refused to put up a poster for a more militant Muslim group. Jon Snow did an ITV programme in a...Posted at 12:04pm on 23rd December 2015
A Christian-muslim Coalition Of Compassion
During my fourth week among the multi-faith city of Birmingham calls by Donald Trump and Franklyn Graham to treat Muslims as if we are on a war footing highlight our need to step up to the challenge to further develop God-given peace strategies.I spend a day with Al...
Posted at 01:07am on 15th December 2015
The Imam Next Door - A Dogged Story
While I am in Birmingham I learn as much as I can about Muslim-Christian dialogue. There are three ways to learn: street talk with strong-minded missionaries in the city centre; academic talk with people like Andrew Smith, the Inter-faith officer for Birmingham's Anglican Diocese, and chats with the Imam...Posted at 02:57am on 9th December 2015
Prison
I am in and out of prisons. Category A top security prisons typically house murderers, sex offenders or terrorists detained without charge. In order to get into this Category A prison I have to send personal data in advance, provide photo ID, discard all items such as phones and keys,...Posted at 00:15am on 2nd December 2015
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Let the hype fall off Harry and Meghan like water off a duck's back. May the royalty of the pure in heart shine in… https://t.co/wWx6oaPQDG
Help university students with mental health problems to let go of a perfectionist mind-set and social media addicti… https://t.co/UsCzXr55PM
Move the hearts of those around Jerusalem to keep the 10 commandments: not to steal others' land; not to kill those… https://t.co/Mgkv2iT8n9
In our disappointments, lift us up. In our denials, lift us up. In our duties, lift us up. Ascended Jesus, lift us up. #Ascensiontide
Help us to realize that every one of us needs a twelve step program in order for your Holy Spirit to fill what wo… https://t.co/yYQNWkCjLq
All-Compassionate One, get Christians out of their church boxes and religious de-tox bolt holes and forge them into… https://t.co/gbyGIHceXs
May infants in the womb be raised to life in you; may scarred heroes and spurned lovers be raised to life in you #Ascensiontide
Alon Liel, former Director-General of Israel’s Foreign Ministry, said in London: ‘If Britain will recognise Palesti… https://t.co/vg1psU8cAy
All human life with Christ is raised, the weakest ones by heaven are praised; now high and low on him have gazed. A… https://t.co/wnIYKet0jf
RT @PeteGreig: The Day of #Ascension means that the resurrected Jesus who was once somewhere at one time for some is now everywhere, always…
