O then, weary then whý should we tread? O why are we so haggard at the heart, so care-coiled, care-killed, so fagged, so fashed, so...

‘Give beauty back, beauty, beauty, beauty, back to God, beauty’s self and beauty’s giver.’ From ‘The Golden Echo’ by Gerard Manley...

My Dear Friends, Given the history of the human race, it is we of course who are the exception in our ability to travel freely and...

‘Teach us to follow in Your footsteps Across the icy waters of prejudice and fear To the perfect communion of God’s kingdom’ Mary Low ***...

‘Clap your hands, all you peoples; Shout to God with loud songs of joy, For the Lord, the Most High, is awesome’ Psalm 47:1 *** Image:...

‘God made the world out of nothing, and it is only when we become nothing that God can make anything of us.’ Martin Luther *** Photo:...

Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; Nought be all else to me, save that Thou art; Thou my best thought in the day or the night; Waking...

Set Out! You were born for the road. You have a meeting to keep. Where? With whom? Perhaps with yourself. Set out! Alone or with others –...

The beginning and end of everything is love. Only inside of the mystery of love - mutual self-emptying and infilling - can we know God....

Truly, O people in Zion, inhabitants of Jerusalem, you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry;...

A bird does not sing because it has an answer it sings because it has a song Chinese Proverb *** Image: Robin singing, Rhyl, Wales....

My dear Friends, I am more sure than ever that Radio 3 is far better for your mental health and wellbeing than Radio 4, especially when...

May God’s love wrap and enfold you; Embrace you and guide you, And bring you comfort. Julian of Norwich *** Image: Candle and flame....

Turn away no more; Why wilt thou turn away? The starry floor, The wat’ry shore Is giv’n thee ‘till the break of day William Blake ***...

I will not forget you. I have carved you on the palm of my hand. Isaiah 49:15 *** Image: Foot of a one-month-old infant, held in an...

God did not say you will not be troubled, You will not be belaboured, You will not be disquieted; But God said, You will not be overcome....

May all that is unforgiven in you be released May your fears yield their deepest tranquilities May all that is unloved in you blossom...

‘It is not that we pray and God answers. It is that our praying is already God answering within us and through us.’ Richard Rohr ***...

Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and...

My Dear Friends This coming Sunday the Church celebrates the Baptism of Christ. Perhaps this is for two reasons: Firstly, it is a key...