“Sometimes it's easy to walk by because we know we can't change someone's whole life in a single afternoon. But what we fail to realize...

‘What does the song hope for? And the moved hands A little way from the birds, the shy, the delightful? To be bewildered and happy Or...

‘We are called to intentional, deliberate vulnerability’ - from the Northumbria Community’s ‘Our Rule of Life’ *** Image: A female Toque...

‘Often we learn that something is precious only when we see it in the light of someone’s love’ Rowan Williams *** Image: Palestinian...

‘We are very close to what is real when we are living in that bewildered place of mystery.’ Andrew Stringfellow *** Image: Northern...

‘I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream’ Vincent van Gogh *** Image: Stars within reflection nebula...

‘Where are you to begin? Begin where you are. Make that one corner, room, house, office as like heaven as you can’ - Origin unknown ***...

‘There is a deep relationship between the inner revolution of prayer and the transformation of social structures and social...

‘Never such innocence, Never before or since, As changed itself to past Without a word – the men Leaving the gardens tidy, The thousands...

‘and the name of this city, from that time on, shall be the Lord is there’ - from the Book of Ezekiel *** Image: The City of London...

‘Love has you. Love is you. Love alone, and your deep need for love, recognises love everywhere else. Remember that you already are what...

‘Sustain me, O Lord, According to Your promise That I may live: Let me not be disappointed In my hope’ from Psalm 119 *** Image: fan...

‘Who are you, O God, and who am I?’ Attributed to St Francis of Assisi *** Image: The San Damiano Cross, 12th Century - the large...

The Rule of St Benedict: “Prayer, work, study, hospitality, renewal’ *** Image: Saint Benedict's Parish, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA -...

“I hope you will go out and let stories, that is life, happen to you, and that you will work with these stories... water them with your...

‘May I go inside my soul May my heart leap May I gasp for breath At the Glory of You’ - Origin unknown *** Image: Leaping deer, New...

‘We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race...

‘God is absolutely free and therefore if He creates it is because He wants to create. He wants to create in order to reveal and...

‘Outpouring Love is the inherent shape of the universe, and only when we love do we fully and truthfully exist in this universe and more...

‘My soul is dry dust, Choking worldly ambition My soul is wet earth Bearing rich fruits of grace My soul is a flame of fire Blazing with...