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The Monday Thought
Reality at Christmas
It only took eleven minutes Saturday morning for me to read the Christmas stories aloud (Matthew 1:18 – 2:23; Luke 1:26-56, 2:1-40). Yes it’s full of light and music, hope and peace but it is also filled with the stark reality of life then, and now. Along with the joyful stuff there is also the darker stuff of poverty, government intrusion, massacre of children and refugee displacement. Take eleven minutes and see for yourself. More >
Challenge to Change
“The height of insanity is consistently repeating the same behaviour while expecting different results” paraphrases the Advent season challenge: change my life not only to affect me but to effect change in the world around me. More >
Three Power Transmission Towers
A few weeks ago I was looking across a small lake at a hillside topped with three power transmission towers – and they took on a life of their own. On a retreat we took ninety minutes for silent reflection and I was focussing on the conversation between the occupants of the three crosses on a different hillside. More >
A fresh page-a new book
Yesterday morning I cracked open a new journal book. It was the first Sunday of Advent – sort of New Year’s Day for many church traditions. We start all over again, listening to the story of God’s love for us expressed in the birth, life, death, resurrection and continuing presence of Jesus – and tell this story with our lives. More >
Learning to See, Again (3)
As I write this I am staring at a computer screen. I have read the paper online, looked at emails – lots of images coming at me. Our friend Mary, at breakfast the other day observed that we are seeing images that are lit from behind. Nature is different- we see each other or a work of art through reflected light. More >
