I find it helpful to take time out over the summer to review my year so far in the light of the recalibration I always try to make space for during each New Year period. Perhaps this half-year review is the throwback to days when my years ran from September to August; perhaps it is … Continue reading »
We grow spiritually much more by doing it wrong than by doing it right. Richard Rohr in Falling Upward. Hmm, that fits well with a fear of failure…not! But I think this is going to be a helpful book for me personally, though I get the feeling that I may have a higher view of … Continue reading »
Just over a week ago, I listed what had to be done in the three weeks following. Since I was – and am! – planning to have time off between Christmas and New Year, I’ve recognised that everything else will have to go quiet for a couple of weeks. That includes my blog! But as … Continue reading »
We must come to realise this: created things are nothing, and we must turn aside from them to love and have our God who is not made. This is the only reason why we are not fully at ease in heart and soul: that we look to find our true rest in these things that … Continue reading »
I love Fridays. They are my variation on Sabbath. They are an ocean of peace in an otherwise fraught week full of tasks and people. Now don’t get me wrong, I love people and I am more of a task person than quite possibly anyone else I know. People and task are good! But Fridays … Continue reading »
My ‘work’ assignment was to pay more attention to what God does than what I do, and to find, and guide others to find, the daily, weekly, yearly rhythms that would get this awareness into our bones. Holy Saturday for a start. And then Sabbath keeping. Staying in touch with people in despair, knowing them … Continue reading »
Sorry if you are hoping to hear about something else…I am actually having a Ruth Haley Barton fest over the last few weeks and it seems set to continue for a little while yet! This quotation comes from ‘Invitation to Solitude and Silence’. For me, it’s one of those statements which, when you read them, … Continue reading »
I had an amazing day yesterday at a session run by The Father’s House Trust. I went because it was free. Oh yes, I still have a student mindset! I also went because if anyone is offering ministry where I don’t have to lead worship, lead the service, preach or otherwise look responsible, then I … Continue reading »
Today, I admit, was a very pathetic attempt at a day off. I don’t know what is wrong with me. Well, apart from drivenness, Type A personality and general hurrysickness of course! I believe passionately in honouring the principle of Sabbath rhythms in my life. But my practice is so far from my theology. Today … Continue reading »
