Ron Rolheiser writes: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin once suggested that peace and justice will come to us when we reach a high enough psychic temperature so as to burn away the things that still hold us apart. … Advent is about getting in touch with our longing. It’s about letting our yearnings raise our psychic… Continue Reading
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Tag Archives: hope
Acedia – noonday demon
The latest Taonga magazine is out. There’s an article of mine in it on acedia. Especially for those who cannot get hold of the Taonga magazine, this is what I wrote: The sun beats down unremittingly from a cloudless sky bleached ashen. The monk, alone in the desert, finds every minute of the day excruciating…. Continue Reading
Earthquake prayers
Prayers, lighting a virtual candle, etc. can always be found at the virtual chapel on this site. Prayers written for the Haiti earthquake (author unknown) can be adapted Lord, at times such as this, When we realize that the ground beneath our feet is not as solid as we had imagined, We plead for your… Continue Reading
A Presbyterian Covenant
I was visiting Akaroa recently and saw this notice of their Covenant outside the Presbyterian Church: Our Covenant Banks Peninsula Presbyterian Parish We covenant to respect the diversity of belief among ourselves as together we grow in understanding of God and of our own lives. Respect means that we will surround the other person with… Continue Reading
from rock bottom to rebirth
The above video shows the rescue of the first Chilean miner. All 33 miners are safe – there were 17 days when there was no knowledge if they had survived and searching for them was nearly abandoned. In that time they lived on some spoons of tuna, a little milk and a biscuit every 48… Continue Reading
Nick Vujicic – Life Without Limbs
Nick Vujicic was born 4 December 1982 in Melbourne, Australia, to a devout Serbian Orthodox family. He lacks both arms and legs, and has two small feet, one of which has two toes. Victoria state law forbade him from attending a mainstream school because of his physical disability. But he overcame this and then was… Continue Reading
Anglican Covenant – strength of weak ties
Bible Alone It continues to intrigue me that those who hold to a Bible-Alone, sola scriptura position regularly continue to clamour in favour of the proposed Anglican Covenant. This more protestant, “reformed” end of the Anglican spectrum on the one hand claims the Bible Alone is totally sufficient for all our Christian needs, that the… Continue Reading