Spirituality
When tragedy strikes? Write a hymn
This hymn was written in 1873 after two major traumas in Horatio Spafford ¢â‚¬â„¢s life. The first was the great Chica go Fire of October 1871, which ruined him financially (he had been a wealthy business man). Shortly after, while crossing the Atlantic, all four of Spafford ¢â‚¬â„¢s daughters died in a collision with another ship. Spafford ¢â‚¬â„¢s […]
Heaven and Hell
September 15, 2010 Heaven trumps hell in Canadian poll that shows waning faith ¢â‚¬Å“Hell is a half-filled auditorium,” wrote the U.S. poet Robert Frost. In Canada, it’s slightly less full. According to new poll, a bit more than half of Canadians believe in heaven, but less than a third believe in hell, Religion News Service […]
Hell does not belong in Christianity
Hell does not belong in Christianity National Post September 9, 2010 Many people found it surprising when a poll released last week showed that while just over half of Canadians believe in heaven, less than a third believe that there is a hell. But author Diana Spencer argues that the concept of ¢â‚¬Å“hell ¢â‚¬ was a […]
Psalm 51 (Allegri’s Miserere)
“Miserere, also called “Miserere mei, Deus” (Latin: “Have mercy on me, O God”) by Italian composer Gregorio Allegri, is a setting of Psalm 51 (50) composed during the 1630s for use in the Sistine Chapel during matins, as part of the exclusive Tenebrae service on Wednesday and Friday of Holy Week” (Wikipedia) Listen to it […]
Meditation
29 August 2010 Meditation: Falling Awake If the aftermath of the Federal election has made you edgy you might need a good dose of medically-prescribed meditation. Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Coming to Our Senses and Letting Everything Become Your Teacher is Professor emeritus of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he […]
Disasters and the Media
Some reflections on the media and disasters: * “Donors unmoved by Pakistan’s woes”,(Sunday Age 22.8.10)….”Pakistan’s floods have caused unprecedented devastation…yet aid agencies are underwhelmed by the Australian public’s response.The phones are silent on the donation hotlines”. * A 2007 study of the influence of mass media and responses to disasters found that,”for every person killed […]
All shall be well…
And all shall be well and All manner of thing shall be well… We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. T S Eliot ‘Little Gidding’ http://www.tristan.icom43.net/quartets/gidding.html
The New Monasticism
A Simpler Emerging Way August 20, 2010 by Chaplain Mike When Jesus heard this, he said to him, ¢â‚¬ËœThere is still one thing lacking. Sell all that you own and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me. ¢â‚¬â„¢ (Luke 18:22, NRSV) ¢â‚¬ËœWhen you give a luncheon […]
An Irish Blessing
Beautiful! http://www.andiesisle.com/ThisBlessingIsForYou.html
The great Bonhoeffer hymn…
From the great Dietrich Bonhoeffer hymn (written shortly before execution by the Nazis): By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered, And confidently waiting come what may, we know that God is with us night and morning, and never fails to greet us each new day. Yet is this heart by its old foe tormented, Still evil […]
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