I learned something very useful in the last few weeks. It started with that week, the week when – for a moment – I lived at less than my usual hyper-speed velocity. A beautiful week: of peace, of calm and stillness. I had space to think and space to be. It was possible to live … Continue reading »
I have fallen into this week, stumbling on to my face, slamming on the brakes. The pace has slowed, yet how long it takes for my heart to still! One week every four to six months. One week of relative stillness, of solitude, of a diary largely scrubbed of obligations. One week of living slow, of … Continue reading »
Image credit I am not an extrovert. I knew that already, of course. But this week has driven it into me in a whole new way. I do not thrive if I cannot be alone at relatively regular intervals. And this week, although filled with wonderful things, has not been an introvert’s week. Recently, I … Continue reading »
Oops, I may have just started another book. Or three. What can I say – I lack discipline in some areas! (Phil, I promise I am also reading the book I’m reviewing for you! In fact, there are some more blog posts to flow out of that soon, as well as the review that is … Continue reading »
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 »
This is the last post in a series which I wrote a while ago but didn’t want to post at the time. I’m not in the same place today that I was then; as a result, I’m tempted to edit the writing to soften or finesse it, but I’ve chosen not to! Though the experience … 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 »
Here’s an excerpt from one of my latest reading delights… For over thirty years I have been pursuing a desperate course with an impossible speed. It is not that I have been misguided – only that I have forgotten to see, feel, touch, and taste. I would not retrace a single step – yet I … Continue reading »
I’ve just recently started writing for an online magazine called Provoketive, which is based in the U.S. It’s exciting to be published by someone else other than me(!) and what I’m writing for that site will go to a far wider – and different – audience than I have here. But, because what I plan … Continue reading »
Here’s something which has given me a lot of pause for thought in the last few days: I was in the process of coming to terms with my congregation as they were: their less-than-developed emotional life, their lack of intellectual curiosity, their complacent acceptance of a world of consumption and diversion, their seemingly peripheral interest … Continue reading »
