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Rap
My heart, knees and memory have nearly konked out, but my great nephew, Oisin who has a Nigerian mother and an Irish father and who is a rapper sent me this:
'Thank you for jamming with me! 😂Thank God for your youthfulness. “Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when...
Dear Millennials
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,...
Wow! Taste And See! Web Site Renovation!
My web site now features:
* Over fifty of my books
* Over sixty downloads of talks and lectures
* Over seventy blogs
* Over four thousand tweets
* A media section with info about You-tubes and podcasts
* Updated info about Lindisfarne facilities and Pilgrimage
* Updated info about me, CAH and the Way of Life...
The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry
Whenever I walk past Tweed View Care Home in my home town of Berwick-Upon-Tweed I make the sign of the cross. That is because someone I know is dying there.
This morning our curate Tom was missing at 8.30 am prayer: he had gone to minister to someone at Tweed View.
A...
Ascension
Today is 'Ascension Day' in the Western Church. Following Jesus' death by crucifixon he spasmodically appeared in a form people could see, hear and touch for forty days. Then, while with close friends in a village, a cloud hid him and he vanished from their physical sight for ever....
A Role For Those In Life Vows
A Long Voyager in life vows drove over one hundred miles to see me today for a spiritual check-up. Over lunch we discussed the role of people in the Community of Aidan and Hilda who take life vows.
Those who have been Voyagers (Seekers in Australia) in First Vows for at...
Republican, Scouts And Coronation Oaths
Citizens in some republics swear allegiance to their head of state. In UK citizens have been invited to swear allegiance to King Charles 'and his heirs and successors'. This has caused a back-lash - who wants to swear allegiance to a paedo-phile?
The press recently reported that the Brownies are to...
Trails Of Tears
Some years ago I met Will Thoms at the Community of Aidan and Hilda US retreat at Albuquerque, New Mexico. What he told me about his vision of a returning Brendan and his ministry among indigenous people inspired me to write Brendan's Return Voyage: a New American Dream...
When Jesus Came To Lindisfarne Podcast
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When Jesus came to Lindisfarne is the latest in the New Monastic for Tomorrow's World podcasts on my web site www.raysimpson.org/ Click here and you will find it.
It started when I gazed at the window in the Fishermen's Chapel in St. Mary's Church, Holy Island of Lindisfarne, following...
Mass Selfishness Or Duty
A blog reader emailed: 'I just wanted to say that I agree about what you wrote on your blog about mass selfishness....
I also feel that our materialistic and individualist western capitalist societies are at some level encouraging this mass selfishness or me first always attitude. We’ve talked previously about the...