Ray's Blog: October 2009
Building Foundations In A New Generation
I was invited to send a message to the Synod of the International House of Bishops of the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. This is it:
Greetings and prayers .from the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Cradle of Christianity for English-speaking...
I Am A Pig
I have survived life's journey so far. I am quite an old hand at keeping the ego in its place now - or so I was telling myself until I read these words of Rowan Williams. Reflecting on the monastic communities of the desert fathers, he describes...
Cafes, Clubs And Mother Winsome
The Church of England and the Methodist Church invited thirty people to the London Spirituality Centre to explore the strengths and weaknesses of New Monasticism as a model for building mission-centred forms of church for the changing cultures in the UK. Whew!Discipleship is mainly to do with character...
Lutherans Bless An Ikon
Twenty of the Aasmundveit family and friends came from Norway to Lindisfarne. They are mostly members of the Free Lutheran Church. This church is wary of using what is created as a prayer aid lest we end up worshipping the created instead of the Creator. However, Aasmundveit,...
