Monthly Archives: February 2012

Desert Places…

For today a poem for Lent, on the loneliness of our desert places: Snow falling and night falling fast, oh, fast In a field I looked into going past, And the ground almost covered smooth in snow, But a few weeds and stubble … Continue reading

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Lenten Spirit

Today one of my favourite Lenten liturgies from Roddy (once at Mucky Paws… now Listening to the stones) Ah the Spirit we know not where she blows as a breath of wind she goes wherever she wills in the gravel … Continue reading

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Holding on to faith

This meditation from Cheryl at hold this space reflects my mood today. I am still coughing and the doctor has signed me off for another week – bah! This has a strange start to Lent – I haven’t led worship for three weeks … Continue reading

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Prayer for first Sunday in Lent

How often have I lived through these weeks without paying much attention to penance, fasting, and prayer? How often have I missed the spiritual fruits of the season without even being aware of it? But how can I ever really … Continue reading

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Lenten voyage?

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery and without it all the rest are … Continue reading

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Signs of spring?

This is the  snowdrop fairy from Mary Cecily Barker’s flower fairies book. And this is her song: Deep sleeps the winter, Cold, wet, and grey; Surely all the world is dead; Spring is far away. Wait! The world shall waken; … Continue reading

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Lent – emerging from the fog?

How can it be Lent already? I wasn’t prepared for it at all.  Mainly because I haven’t been too well lately – due to a persistent dry hacking cough which is (among other things) keeping me awake at night and … Continue reading

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