The polarisation of the world is starkly visible as hate challenges love, as peace is threatened by violence.This is a pivotal time but however bleak the outlook the Light always is there to encourage us forward towards our promised future. Nothing is stronger than the love of God. ...
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. ...
Today marks the birth of a dear friend, and as I have been thinking of her as her special day dawns I have been reflecting on why birth days are so important. They are of course a celebration of a new incarnation, but they are also are an opportunity to honour a unique "one off" […]
Today's full moon in Gemini gives to us the Festival of the Christ. It has occurred every year for aeons, but this year of 2011 is different. Each of the three great spiritual festivals, of which this is the last, has been far more powerful than I have known previously. The three month period which […]
I grieved today to hear of an English gamekeeper who lured birds of prey to be killed using a live pigeon as bait. Many rare birds have died. Acceptance and non-judgment are important precepts to me but hearing such stories of cruelty as well as illegality make it hard to be unmoved. Indeed, I cannot […]
The oppression of the freedom-seekers in Syria is tyrannical and cruel, from what we hear, but while these events have prominence in the world media I sense the hearts of the majority have yet to be touched. It may be the lack of visual confirmation of murder and massacre, but there is a sense of […]
Seeing a place or a person which is suffering can inspire an automatic desire to give healing somehow, to put it right, but to do so can confuse the energies of the situation and be counter-productive, however well-intentioned. Everyone has the power to heal, and some people are very powerful healers indeed, doing remarkable work […]
Badgers, part of British life for hundreds of years, are much loved for their stripey appearance, their humorous character and their secrecy. They are rarely seen, but well-known. When my sister from Kent visited us a few days ago, what she wanted to do more than anything else was to see a badger for the […]
