Category: Everyday Life
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39. Words for the turning of the year: Christian Bobin
December 2016 My friend Keith recently introduced me to a french writer, Christian Bobin, and I have been stimulated by reading an anthology of his writings, translated into English, and entitled ‘The Eighth Day of Creation.’ Somewhere in it he writes: “ I should like to know how to pray. I should like to know how…
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36. God’s candles
November 2016 I have four daughters, mature women, three of whom are dotty about small furry animals. One of them will cross a crowded street in order to fix an innocent passer-by with a winning smile and ask ‘Please may I say Hallo to your dog?’ Another, who lives alone, adopted a house cat called ‘Ash’…
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20. The Reality of Death
November 2015 I’ve been thinking about the terrible events that have taken place in Paris and have found myself wondering why we are so stirred up about them. Don’t get me wrong, it has been a terrible tragedy, but why are we so shocked? Innocent people were killed and that’s awful, but it’s not uncommon. Only…
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14. Fatherhood
April 2015 A little over a year ago my wife and I were blessed with twins. Now we have four daughters, and I am surprised at the depth of emotion each of them evokes in me. Whereas once I scarcely felt I had enough love for just me, I now have love for five. I…
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13. Meeting Eve
April 2015 Last week my step son, his wife and their two children came to stay with us. Their eldest child is a little boy of rising three who talks incessantly and bustles about with great energy and curiosity. His sister is only a couple of months old, so she sleeps a lot, waking to…
A CONTEMPORARY SPIRITUALITY 