Ray's Blog: October 2017
Miracle In The Mess
The doctor told me to take pholcodine for my month-long cough. It knocked me sideways and kept me at home, though I did first get to watch Berwick Rangers with Kevin of The Open Gate, for the first time in my life. They lost. Worse, the technical...Posted at 09:27am on 27th October 2017
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Reflect ... Momentum
This week I led a retreat for the Reflect network in the glorious setting of the gardens and hills of Yorkshire's Parcevall Hall. The theme was: 'Ancient Prayer Practices for a Post Christian World: learning from saints, seasons and soul friends'.Parcivall Hall's owner. Sir William Milner, bequeathed it to...
Posted at 09:57am on 19th October 2017
Forth To Farne
I was invited to a service at St. Mary’s Parish Church, Whitekirk. to celebrate the launch of the Forth to Farne Way, a Pilgrimage Route between North Berwick and Lindisfarne.The full length is 72 miles, but this has been divided into eleven stages between 2 and 13 miles long....
Posted at 08:31am on 13th October 2017
Bethlehem's Road
'Bethlehem's Road: a journey through advent' is out in good time for use by individuals and churches. This is my latest book and it is published by Kevin Mayhew.There are forty daily reflections. Each ends with a Bible reading and prayer. The first ten days clear away ten road blocks -...
Posted at 06:33am on 5th October 2017
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