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Month: December 2017

Thoughts on 2017

I love the year end because it provides an opportunity to sit and look back over your shoulder and discover … More

2017, december, New Year's, reflection, reflections, thought, year end

Poem: Song for a Winter Birth

from the anthology ‘haphazard by starlight’

2017, advent poem, christmas poem, expectancy, incarnation, incarnation poem, nativity, nativity poem, poem, poetry commentary, winter, winter poem

Today is Christmas Eve

A long while ago now, I read an article about someone whose brother had died,
“There’s a phrase,” she says, “‘the situation is hopeless, but not serious’. That’s how I see life, and all these things that are just dreadful. If you don’t laugh at them, you would curl up in a heap and wail.”

2017, christmas, christmas eve, haphazard, haphazard by starlight, hope, jesus, light, light of the world, poetry, reflection, reflections, serious, thought, winter

On Resting

What I’ve been learning about rest + some practicalities

2017, balance, busy, busyness, New Year's, pace, peace, reflection, resolutions, rest, time, winter, work

A Countdown to Hope (it’s advent)

The greatest has come – to serve and love and share life with the least. The author has written Himself into the story.

2017, advent, creation, death, expectancy, glory, hope, jesus, messiah, shepherds, winter

Poem: Blackbird in Fulham

from the anthology ‘haphazard by starlight’

2017, advent, awaiting, dawning, expectancy, hope, John the Baptist, light, poem, poetry, winter

Michaelmas Term 2017

A little look back at the last couple of months…

2017, commandments, hope, love, matthew 22, michaelmas term, winter

Dorothy Day – “Jesus, they have no wine”

Selected quotes from ‘Dorothy Day: Selected Writings’

2017, catholicism, community, Dorothy Day, holy folly, love, poverty, wine, winter

Fruits of the Spirit

A look back over a term of thinking on the fruits of the spirit.

Faith, fruit of the spirit, Galatians, goodness, reflections

(8) Week Love

A reflection on Week Love.

2017, fruit of the spirit, Galatians, love, only love today, winter

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