Ray's Blog: January 2022
Green Martyrs
In UK those in vows with the Community of Aidan and Hilda defied Covid hardships and held their annual Retreat at Kings Centre, Northampton, joined for the first time on zoom with others from Norway, UK and USA.
Although all are new monastics, a small number who, unlike the majority, fit...
Each Nation Has A Charism - Release It
A prophetic married monk suggested to me this week something on these lines, regarding his own and neighbour countries: the God-given charisms of his four nations are Contemplative (Wales), Prophetic (Scotland), Teaching (Ireland) and Building (England). England sold its birthright for colonial oppression, and the other nations allowed their...
Three Ways To Change The World
Three Steps to Change the World: Satish Kumar, in Resurgence & Ecologist magazine suggests the following.
1) Be the change that you wish to see in the world.
2) Communicate the change by learning new skills or using creative avenues open to you.
3) Organise the change through appropriate networks - or develop...
Where Is God In All This?
Ross Hamilton responds to my Christmas letter:'Thank you for your question "Where is God in all of this?" and your Christmas thoughts prompted by Handel's Messiah got me thinking.
You envisage a time when the human race is experiencing the results of human-induced climate change. You paint a picture of a...
New Year Message
What change do you want to see in the world?
Leaders of ever more powerful nations such as China and Russia seek to impose their will on the world. Not for long will one will keep control of a billion wills.
In liberal democracies an old generation of capitalist...
