We talk to God all the time and He answers always; often we do not know or hear.In this moment what would you like to say to Him? What would you ask if you had only one question left for the rest of your life?Find it, know it, ask it and your life will be changed, so important will it be. ...
“Don’t you imagine the leaves dream now how comfortable it will be to touch theearth instead of the nothingness of the air and the endless freshets of wind?”Mary Oliver, from Song for Autumn ...
May your prayers be answered well today. It cannot happen unless you ask – and there always is something to pray for if you look around and within you. ...
Yes, you are in service – but what does it mean? Often it is misunderstood, for in truth it is much more about being than doing.The spiritual Law of Service says that it is all about living, being and working in the world with an awareness for the needs of others, a wish to do your best and without attachment to getting personal gain or benefit from it. Keep it simple and remember, with a loving heart whatever you do you cannot fail. ...
In the early morning dawn today bats flew happily through dripping trees and wind-tossed leaves as the warm damp weather encouraged a multitude of insects to flourish and feed them. Grey and mysterious yet rich with the promise of autumn colour, the natural world rejoiced. ...
The latest large-scale lottery winners in the UK have shown themselves to be blessed with an admirable spirit of thankfulness. As, overnight, they contemplated a windfall of £101m, their first decision was to identify the twenty people who more than anyone had given them a significant helping hand in their journey through life. To each […]
A new report on climate change predicts the rising cost of oil may make it too costly for the armed forces to operate. Ahead of the annual UN climate conference, experts are reiterating their belief that planetary changes will impact the availability of food and water in poorer countries, health, the provision of foreign goods […]
The solutions proposed in the UK today over the problem of the escalating cost of energy is to encourage consumers to check for the best deals and to insulate their homes. This is common sense, but the benefits for struggling bill-payers will be limited, and they may be disappointed that no substantial help by government […]
People have protested here and there for thousands of years, but a new universal movement is under way which is likely to change the world forever. The demands for democracy, freedom and fairness in the middle East and North Africa in recent months have, in a different but related way, spread to the US and […]
The pine marten is a very beautiful mammal that sadly is so rare it is on the verge of extinction. Have you heard of it? It is a creature that walks by night, often flitting high up through the trees which provide its shelter. Coming from the weasel family it is the size of a […]
Every full moon is a blessing of completion and learning, and always appropriate to the condition of man at that time. The new cycle of ending initiated by this latest full moon of October is all about balance, overshadowed as it is by the astrological (sun) sign of Libra. You could call it polarisation too, […]
