Showing posts with label God. Show all posts
Showing posts with label God. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 16, 2019

One retreat, two poems

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I was on retreat on the Island of Lewis last month with three friends, directed by a fourth friend who lives on the island in a community of...
Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Not easy on a bus

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I was reflecting the other day how much more difficult simple faith (in God, mostly, on this occasion, but not exclusively) has become in th...
Wednesday, July 03, 2013

Vernacular - a poem from a sermon. Sort of.

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The opening two lines of this poem appeared unbidden in my mind as I was listening to the sermon in Holy Trinity last Sunday. Hugh, this is ...
Thursday, July 08, 2010

Offspring of a poem

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The poem that grew out of writing the previous one is now here on frankenstina.
Monday, September 14, 2009

Singing to God

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Read this the other day and couldn't resist sharing it. It's from a commentary on the psalms by Augustine. 'Sing to God a new so...
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Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Norman MacCaig on God

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This is the poem I read on Sunday which moved me to write again. I have Mr B to thank for pointing it out to me as we discussed the morning...
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Thursday, February 14, 2008

A Lenten thought.

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When I first encountered the Episcopal church, I was fascinated by the structures and rituals by which ordinary people could order their liv...
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Thursday, November 22, 2007

The dying business

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I read this extract from Le Milieu Divin by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin last night. I thought it was an extraordinary take on the business ...