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. ...
Yesterday a sheep died just outside my garden. It was the second time it had happened here, and it occurred in the same spot as before and at about the same time of year. The first time was four years ago, when I found a lamb. It was a couple of months old and looked […]
Arare penguin colony in Nightingale Island in the South Atlantic is being badly affected by a large oil spill from a shipwrecked cargo boat, and it is feared many of them will die. For years there have been calls for the shipping industry to be required to sail at a safe distance from shore, particularly […]
This has been a remarkable weekend, marked by an intensely powerful full moon, the spring equinox and a new phase of world turbulence. It was no coincidence that, at this time, a group of women chose to come together with me here in a sacred place in Wales to celebrate their spiritual reality. It was […]
The weekend that is almost upon us is an eventful one, encompassing as it does the full moon and the vernal equinox. More and more I am made aware of how, at the time of the full moon, cycles are coming to a close visibly both personally and globally, making way for new ones. For […]
The focus of the world media on Japan means that much about that noble country, over and above the recent natural and nuclear events, has been revealed. I have never visited Japan, but have been awed by the beauty of its mountains, seas and waterways, still magnificent despite the scenes of human devastation. The […]
The events in Japan, New Zealand, the Arab world and elsewhere have created a feeling of uncertainty and edginess in many observers of these great occurrences. Memories have been stirred of Chernobyl, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and complacency about the safety of our nuclear processes has been shaken. It is ironic that it was the use of […]
