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Ray's Blog
Explaining Atheism: Restoring Faith
The ‘Explaining Atheism’ Research Project undertaken by Queen’s University Belfast reports that although religion mushrooms in the other continents, in Europe atheism now dominates. For the first time in recorded history a majority of UK citizens are atheists.
The project is led by Principal Investigator, Professor Jonathan Lanman from...
Blessing Of Solar Panels
Berwick Parish (the most northerly C of E parish in England) had its roof top solar panels blesssed by the Bishop of Berwick, as part of its church eco-project, which includes re-wilding the churchyard, planting indigenous trees and flowers, providing a bee hive, insect hotels, bird and bat boxes...
Prisons
Prisons in many countries are overflowing, but released prisoners, who could have become changed people, are worse even than before. A prison chaplain rang me to ask 'Can Celtic penitential practices trasform our prisons?'
Celtic monasteries in some tribes were invited to oversee restorational justice based on the penances (spiritual exercises)...
The Everlasting Voyage
Three classic Community of Aidan and Hilda Voyagers (i.e. those living by vows) have recently died. Teresa Cross had struggles. Madeline Cotter had dementia for several years.In contrast Joy Holt was heart and soul into a wonderful ministry with her husband Geoff at the heart of a Birminggham multi-racial...
Elon Musks's Godless Categories
Fifteen years ago I dedicated myself to a daily prayer tweet on Twitter in which I would tweet with the song of the lark, the eye of the eagle, the holy spirit of the dove and the wisdom of the owl.
Now twitter has become X, and it seems its...
God's Eye In Germany
From Berwick Advertiser
I have just returned, along with my sister Sally and others from the UK Borders, from a once-in-a life-time cruise down the River Rhine from Basel to Cologne – which is the one town whose marvellous cathedral the Allies decided not to bomb during World War 2. ...
The Man With A Brain Like A Planet
Leonie Caldecott recently wrote a touching tribute to her late and great publisher husband Stratford in the international Catholic Weekly The Tablet on the tenth aniversary of his death, I was intrigued because, as editor of Hodders, he published my first best-seller Exploring Celtic Spirituality.
'You had the brain the...
Change
It was a privilege to witness US Guardian Sandi Kerner receive Elizabeth Bumpness' Pilgrim Vows last week on Holy Island.
Ditto to spend time with Sally and Paul Nash and Sally's network of youth and church workers in England and Wales on retreat on the island a few...
The Challenge To Electorates
Democracies hold elections and all countries have citizens. Citizens complain about their local and national governments.
In my country prisons and water/sewage companies are a disgrace, and education, health, police and transport services leave much to be desired. Everyone complains but no one wants to pay higher taxes.
A revolution...
Frankfurt Book Fair
This is Hazel Lopez, from Christian Life Publishing. Our team recently received an email from one of our esteemed media contacts regarding your published work, “A Way of Life for the Third Millennium". Our firm, Christian Life Publishing, has chosen your material as our top entry for the upcoming...
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