Ray's Blog: March 2011
My Heart's In The Highlands
'My heart's in the Highlands ...the birthplace of valour, the country of worth' Rabbie Burns.
Five of us have just begun some 'spiritual mapping' of the central Highlands of Scotland. We have tried to become prayerfully aware of routes trodden by past saints, centres of revival, places...
Equinox
Three days before the Spring Equinox Mearns sent me his little book of poems dedicated to Brother Caedmon. The last poem ends: 'The root produces the shrub/The spring, the stream/the sun, the ray... They are two things, but inseparably connected. The being of both are one and the same.'...
Sh! - It's Lent
In Lent I abstain from addictive practices. However, after prolonged and intense mental work I reckon the best way to wind down my brain is to transfer it into some entertaining circuit on TV, not into a blank space. So I asked my soul friend 'Am I addicted to...
Anamcara - God Moves In Copenhagen
AnamCara.no (CA&H in Norway) has spread to Denmark. A strong group meets in Juttland, and a few meet in Copenhagen who have yet to find a soul friend or draw up a Personal Way of Life. The contact persons for AnamCara.dk are Lars Neve and Mogens Maagaard...
Loin Cloths And Praying Scots M.p's
If you google 'How to make a loin cloth' you will see pictures of various styles, from Tarzan to people who adopt a simple life-style out of love for the poor. The prophet Jeremiah wore a loin cloth in order to give a visual message (Jeremiah 13:1-11). A friend recently...