The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword

There will be a gap in my blog after this, because I'm on holiday on Iona with the Aasmundveit family of Norway. They are writers like myself, and we shall no doubt talk about Sven's Norsk book LISTENING TO HORSES and books I have written which Anne'Kristin has had translated into Norsk.

Last week I welcomed people each day to White House who talked about the value of the Pen. Michael Mitton's book RESTORING THE WOVEN CORD is to be re-published and several of us are invited to add a few pages describing how people have woven Gop-given strands of Christianity over the fifteen years since this was first published.We spoke of ourb society's need for poets and writerw who envision and challenge and I think Michael will increasingly emerge as one of these.

Some asked what books there were on meditation. We said there were not a lot. So we are making a booklet of David Cole's excellent articles in our magazine THE AIDAN WAY about meditation. Today also Kevin Mayhew the publisher received the text for a new incarnation in one volume of the best in the four volumes of The Celtic Prayer Book, and the proofs of a book of a year's daily reflections and meditation breath exercises are on their way.

Oh, I nearly forgot. My holiday reading is Rees tome on Pelagiuswhich Sven and I wilol no doubt delight in discussing! See yer.