John Tavener's God Is With Us - not a Lenten piece, but still a sublime choral work by the late Orthodox composer. God is with...
"I hate rollercoasters" With these words our newly elected and installed Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, the Most Revd...
An opportunity to hear 'from the ground' the goings on at General Synod - and particularly with regards to the vote on Amending the...
A series about finding meaning towards the end of life. Wednesdays in November, all starting at 7pm in the Denson Lounge November...
St John's attracted me, all the way from England, in 2012, when I was asked (following a funeral in one of the small Devonshire...
“Hope” is the thing with feathers “Hope” is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul -And sings the tune without the words...
Caged Bird A free bird leapson the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current endsand dips his wingin the orange sun...
Preludes IThe winter evening settles downWith smell of steaks in passageways.Six o’clock.The burnt-out ends of smoky days.And now a...
Advent Credo It is not true that creation and the human family are doomed to destruction and loss—This is true: For God so loved the...
Let Me Not Lose My Dream Let me not lose my dream, e'en though I scan the veil with eyes unseeing through their glaze of tears,Let me...
Advent Good Wishes Give you joy, wolf,when Messiah makes you meekand turns your roar into a cry thatjustice has been done for the...
ADVENT (On a theme by Dietrich Bonhoeffer) Look how longthe tired world waited,locked in its lonely cell,guilty as a prisoner. As...
Christmas Bells I heard the bells on Christmas DayTheir old, familiar carols play,And wild and sweetThe words repeatOf peace on earth,...
Dear Friends Thank you for all your kind messages of support and well wishes for Sabina and I on our honeymoon in India - I know that...
Today's reflection is a very personal one, based on a napkin. This is from a wedding that I was privileged to offer a blessing at in...
A piece of poetry for today's glimpse of the Divine in the ordinary, though one could argue that metaphysical poetry relates to...
Today's another very personal reflection. This song, by Singer-Songwrite Ari Hest and Folk icon Judy Collins, came at exactly the right...
“Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.”– Mother Teresa One of the things having to...
As we get to the very end of our Advent journey we might feel we've been on this for a while now. And waiting can be very...
I went to college in Detroit which was a far cry from my home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. One winter we had snow on the ground from...
Great title for a song on the feast day of the birth of Jesus! This song, however, is one which continues (even after 45 years) to...
For Courage When the light around lessensAnd your thoughts darken untilYour body feels fear turnCold as a stone inside, When you find...
The Place Where We Are Right From the place where we are rightflowers will never growin the spring. The place where we are rightis...
The Glory Without any rhymewithout any reasonmy heart lifts to lightin this bleak season Believer and wanderercaught by...
This coming Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent, the season of preparation in the lead up to our Incarnation Celebrations at...
Psalm 150 Some folks fool themselves into believing,But I know what I know once, at the heightOf hopeless touching, my man and I...
Today's hopeful art is a song that won the competition to celebrate the Seven Marks of Mission of the Church by musicians Jaylene...
A perfect slice of Pop for today. Personally, it was a piece of music that appeared in my life when I needed it - and rather than me...
A self-indulgent final posting in this Art and Soul series. My favourite 'Christmas Song', wrtten and performed by the late Greg Lake,...
Scripture But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never...
Scripture Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have...
Scripture Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.Your righteousness is like the...
Scripture And what more should I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel...
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