How are you managing with the trials of living in today's world? In this post from Lou Tice at the Winners Circle he talks about the various trials we face in different stage's of our lives. I once heard that, "Old … [Read more...]
Miracles
April 6, 2010 By
Do you believe in miracles? I do; and this little boy sure did. I know it's only a joke, but I love his exuberance and his sheer logic. The scholar just couldn't have it both ways! Miracles A boy was sitting on a … [Read more...]
What is my greatest longing during this season of Easter?
April 5, 2010 By
This is another post from Fr. Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations. This one, that arrived in my inbox today, goes so perfectly with the one I posted yesterday that I thought it would be good to add here too. I really like … [Read more...]
What pain in my life needs God’s love and transformation today?
April 4, 2010 By
Today's post from Fr. Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations spoke to me at a very deep level -- quite possibly because I have so much pain in my life just now (I'm still having a really tough time with my health at the … [Read more...]
A new day has dawned
April 4, 2010 By
For a new day has dawned and the way to life stands open. Words from the Collect for Easter Day. For a new day has dawned and the way to life stands open. These words, for me, are words of hope. At the dawning of this … [Read more...]
Bring us out of the prison of our despair
April 3, 2010 By
I wonder what it would have been like for those first disciples following the crucifixion of Jesus. They’d had so much hope; hope that Jesus was the promised Messiah, and all the hope and the promise that that gave … [Read more...]
May we place at his feet all that we are
April 2, 2010 By
On that very first Good Friday, two thousand years ago, the day that our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, a cruel and horrible death, he gave his all for us. He was willing to suffer that hideous death for us! For you … [Read more...]
Watch with him through the night of suffering
April 1, 2010 By
When I’m feeling particularly self-righteous and holier-than-thou, I sometimes think to myself that, had I been with Jesus before his arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14:32-42), when the disciples were asked to … [Read more...]
Andrew Gosden (now 18) has been missing from his Doncaster home since 14 September 2007. The search continues.
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