Theme “The Inquirer”
Not of this world
This reflection first appeared in The Inquirer, 8033, April 2022
My kingdom is not of this world – John 18: 36
As we remember Jesus on this commemoration of his death we recognise that he stood for all of us and especially for those who have been unjustly killed, all who have died as martyrs for
Bearing witness matters
This reading first appeared in The Inquirer, Issue 8033, April 2022
On the evening of Holy Thursday, Jesus leads his disciples to the Garden of Gethsemane. (Mark 14:34) Jesus says: ‘My soul is sorrowful, even unto death, stay awake and keep watch with me.’ Like the (above) Sufi call to witness and be fully aware of
As the deer is drawn to water
As the Deer is Drawn to Water After Psalm 42
Tune: Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through the Night)
As the deer is drawn to water, My soul to God. Yet in all the pain and slaughter Where is my God? When, the holy days observing, We meet darkness undeserving, Still we struggle on, preserving
Prayer, to accompany the hymn ‘a core of silence’
Prayer is woven into the fabric of all things, so we gather, not to form a prayer, but to give space for our hearts to offer the prayers which form in us in every moment of our lives: when we are alone, with time for contemplation; when we are together with our loved ones; and
Winter solstice meditation
We pause as the path of the sun reverses, seemingly holding its place for a moment of turning. Let us delve into the gifts of darkness at the winter solstice. We follow curiosity and contemplation down into the cold earth, taking a journey to the world below the surface. Here we find acorns, cached by
When the world hurts, a prayer
This originally appeared in The Inquirer, Issue 8041
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Let us join together in a time of prayer and reflection.
Let us turn our minds and our hearts to that which is, for us, sacred, and let us draw ourselves into the
presence of that spirit which some of us call God.
And let us
When the world hurts, a story for all ages
This originally appeared in The Inquirer, Issue 8041
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This is a story about Sam.
Sometimes, Sam feels really sad.
Sometimes, Sam feels really scared.
Just recently, Sam has been feeling
really sad and really scared .
Sam’s only small, and when you’re
small, you can find big feelings a bit
much to deal with.
The
Blue Christmas
This originally appeared in The Inquirer, Issue 8001
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The stories rarely mention anymore
how badly Mary missed her Dad,
how as she trudged through Bethlehem she yearned
to hear his voice, which she knew –
it made her chuckle just
to think of it! – would be raised in fury
at the faceless innkeepers,