the waiting country

My work is loving the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird - equal seekers of sweetness. Here the quickening yeast; there th...

For some time, the volume 'Thirst' by Mary Oliver has been on my Amazon wish list. I don't remember how I first read about these...

She said I was wrong; I thought I was right. So I left her to choose the way.

Can Sundays be fun days if they precede Mondays? I'd rather choose Tuesday as follow-on to Sunday. But what then of Monday? Wednesday ne...

on the Beatitudes from Scot McKnight: The Beatitudes are normally mis understood as a list of virtues. The Beatitudes are not, however, a vi...

I got tagged by Alan Davey to report my best 5 teachers. Here we go: 1. All-time tops would have to be Mr Curwen who taught us Latin in Ysgo...

Unbroken blue skies for the whole week - what an amazing gift from God! Spent time in and around Harlech, Porthmadoc, Beddgelert, Borth Y Ge...

We read Graham Greene's The Power and The Glory for 'A' level English Literature. I just picked it up again today at the librar...

Have it your way, someone said. And you can. Take albums, for instance. No longer do we have to suffer the weaker tracks, the songs that bor...

I think that I can safely say that the Judeo-Christian Bible is a self-help book that has probably enabled more people to make more extensiv...

years passed since your passing; since the moment your life ceased with a final lunge; since the loosed departure into a void not seen and y...

I have spent a good deal of my adult life trying to understand grace. Most of this has been through the routines of life - marriage, studyin...

Mike Rohde , we salute ya.

What does he know? moving through the fields And the wood's echoing cloisters With a beast's gait, hunger in his eyes Only for what ...

We all need help in praying for others. The prayers in the Bible are a great help and so are the requests for prayer we find there. In Roman...

It’s a moving story. The great poet John Milton finally lost his sight and then was bereaved of his wife. In the trauma of that first loss, ...

In order to be able to assume the responsibility for other people’s growth, leaders must themselves have grown to true maturity and inner fr...

Yann Martel has been sending books to the Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper (see here ). Along with the books, he writes letters and i...

To admit you're vulnerable is strong and not weak; it shivers the backs of men.

From the back of the car came these thoughts... When I grow up I'm going to join the army as a morale booster. I'm going to join the...