Posted in prayer on 18 June, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Momisa asked about how one might best use the Daily Prayer link, given that the liturgy is designed to involve more than one person, but on-line, most of us are on our own.
So, what follows is a very idiosyncratic telling. The short answer is: you do what works for you. But [...]
Posted in learning, prayer, recipies, theology on 1 February, 2008 | 5 Comments »
sometimes, the thing that seems selfish is necessary.
rare birds are worth pursuing.
it doesn’t always matter whether people understand.
on reading Luke through, one wonders why the documentary hypothesis took so long.
The start of Luke is wonderfully gracious. As pain and conflict increase, it gets wordier, more didactic and tries harder to explain. (’all [...]
Posted in prayer on 1 February, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today was supposed to have been a snow day. Or at least a wind day. Each time the weather turned bad, I sighed in relief. The goal — having canceled all meetings in Rothesay– was to have a retreat day: prayer, bible reading, reflection. When weather gives me a day, I try to take the [...]
Posted in prayer on 26 January, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I’ve returned to Benedict this week: always the best guide when trying to balance life.
Ester de Waal mentions a prayer at Benedict’s shrine at Fleury, which begins:
today we see the person ‘qui est sorti de sa maison et qui a perdu la clé pour y entrer. Benoît, ton message est une invitation a [...]
Posted in blog, prayer on 2 December, 2007 | 7 Comments »
A Sunday morning without church feels very strange indeed — especially since I am feeling well enough to notice the strangeness of it, without being well enough to have coped with doing it all. So, it was with fresh eyes (and deeper need) that I came to morning prayer.
There is such graciousness about the [...]
Posted in prayer on 13 November, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Well, the prayer session went so well, I am now convinced that it had nothing whatsoever to do with my planning.
The last set of sessions I did on prayer (last winter) had so far surpassed expectation that I did not let myself hope that it would ever ‘work’ so well again. And then today — [...]
Posted in learning, prayer on 12 November, 2007 | 10 Comments »
One of today’s tasks was to plan a set of prayer workshops that begin tomorrow in one of my congregations. Last minute as always. But I convinced myself that it was right to delay so that I could include a visiting ordinand in the planning process.
So, as darkness fell, I gave her [...]
Posted in church, prayer on 11 October, 2007 | 3 Comments »
One of the questions that recurs in Christian life is, ‘where is God in this?’ It is a simple question. It can be an infuriating question. It took me a long time to learn to be thankful for the person who asked me it at the most provoking and irritating times; and even [...]
Posted in prayer on 14 September, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Over at Limping Towards the Sunrise some of us have been remembering the fashions of the early ’90s. All that talk of pink shirts and floral trousers (not on me, you understand) brought back other memories, and I found myself reaching for John Michael Talbot’s Lover and the Beloved. I played this CD [...]
Posted in books, prayer on 21 August, 2007 | 12 Comments »
Distraction in morning prayer today went something like this:
it’s sunny
I’m stressed
what if it rains tomorrow?
I will be wet and miserable and more stressed
day off today??
After much soul searching and diary consulting, I decided that today would indeed be my day off. Objective: to go to Tesco’s to buy fruit, vegetables, tofu and cat [...]
