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Ray's Blog
Saint Patrick's Day In Canada
Canada's Drew Marshall Show rang. Would I be a Celtic Voice on their Saint Patrick's Day show? You bet! Why am I so enthusiastic?
Patrick was a teenage Brit, captured by Irish pirates and sold as a slave farm worker in Ireland. He turned to God with all his heart until...
The Way - Great Feed-back
Fresh people are enroling to receive the daily emails on The Way by visiting www.waymarksoflife.com.
I now have another three years of emails stored up, and Bruce Challenor in Melbourne is painstakingly re-formatting and pasting these into mailchimp one by one. Now I am compiling questions and feed-back from those who...
Snow Good
The main travel routes north and south are closed by snow. Local taverns and B&B's have let stranded workers sleep on floors in duvets. My supermarket has no milk or bread.
Young Urban Changemakers from Birmingham were due to spend a week-end on Holy Island. I was due to talk with...
Pearls From The Sally Army
I bumped into my mate from the Sally Army in his buggy with his dog. He has multiple health problems. 'How are you?' I asked. 'Well, I can still wiggle my fingers' he replied. I don't have anything like his problems but I have a few, and I shared one...
Re-imagining
Some 'expert' on TV announced that the new old age is between 85 and 95. 'Great', I thought to myself, 'I might miss it'.
Another TV programme showed us how to lose weight and be fit without leaving home. I'm trying it out. New energy pours in and new inspiration pours...
Omega
A few days before he died of cancer, a new Berwick friend contacted me. He hosted a small group of neighbours who discussed significant questions of science, philosophy and religion. He wanted it to continue. Would I join it and help to keep it going?
This week four of us discussed...
Listen To Different Generations And Races
My recent blogs have brought some great feed-back. What about this from Paul John Martin in Minnesota:
We believe that in the Celtic Way, we have something priceless we are called by God to pass on to others. How...? I have three main ideas.
First, we can pray daily, faithfully. Ray reported on...
The Lie And The Summons
Democracies die when electorates swallow a lie. Today's Lie, like a triangle, has three sides. The first side of The Lie is based on ignorance. It is the belief that the level of peace, public services and civil order (with all their ups and downs) which most western democracies have...
The Pledge: We'll Pray Daily For A New Generation
The Annual Community of Aidan and Hilda Retreat for those in vows was held at the King's Center, Northanption this week.The three guardians gave teaching on the dynamics of a communty of love: How the early Christians loved one another, How hurting people hurt others, How to put forgiveness into...
Books Blaze A Trail
'A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit' wrote John Milton.
I've been invited to join a 'Serious Book Club'. It meets at Haddington, south of Edinburgh. It consists of a Jesuit and Presbyterian ministers who have made life-long use of their left brain. Last month we studied...
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