blethers

"Blether - n. foolish chatter. - v.intr. chatter foolishly [ME blather, f. ON blathra talk nonsense f. blathr nonsense]" - Concise Oxford Dictionary.

Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts

Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

One retreat, two poems

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...

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Prayer and prayers.

I was listening to Desert Island Discs yesterday - or rather, it was on in the background and I suddenly became interested. The castaway ...

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Birdsong in Gethsemane

In the darkling garden a lone bird drops liquid notes like dark blood beneath the quiet trees. And then silence. And in the silence the ol...

Monday, October 15, 2007

Thinking about language

I'm currently putting together material for a workshop on Poetry and Prayer. I've had my wrist cyber-slapped for insisting on the cl...

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Words, words, words....

Interesting discussion on prayer today, in the context of looking at keeping to a rule of life. Words can be such a barrier - a snare, a tem...

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