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. ...
I wrote yesterday about the importance of co-operating with the elements of nature rather than fighting them or abusing them, and that is not too late for this harmonising to begin. It is easy for us to feel that, because as individuals we may love the life that comprises our planet, and because we may […]
The power and impact of the element of water on our lands will be a key factor in the future of our planet over the next few years. While in our different ways we have grieved for the suffering of Australia (for it is not just Queensland which is affected by flooding), little consideration has […]
We know that unusual weather patterns caused the recent extreme weather in Britain and mainland Europe, and now the flooding in Australia, but there is more to it than that. As part of the “2012” syndrome many natural phenomena are changing and behaving out of character. Species are disappearing, evolving, coming into being; long-dormant volcanoes […]
An event like the Tucson shootings is so shocking it can be hard not to blame and judge what happened, seeing it in terms of black and white, right and wrong, good and bad, even innocence and evil. I hear, yesterday, the mother of the nine year old girl who died speaking of what happened. […]
Brief headline news in the UK yesterday was the jailing of a British MP for false accounting. It is very rare indeed (until now, with more cases pending) for elected politicians in my country to be tried and imprisoned, and the case is interesting for a number of reasons. Not only does it further demonstrate […]
The report on the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is damning, with failure, neglect and irresponsibility identified not just with BP and its sub-contractors but the oil industry generally. It is good that the findings are so severe, because they will serve as a reminder to everyone - the companies, politicians, environmentalists and […]
