Some images and thoughts from people taking part in #Febreflection in 2021 There are more! Find them online using #Febreflection
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Beauty
Beauty is both ordinary, understandable, here – and wonderful, incomprehensible, beyond. What moments make you? Take time out to notice good things. #Febreflection #SensingSpirituality
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Knowing Water
You think you know water. But how well do you know water? We experience snow, ice, steam, fresh and salt, different tastes. Water can be moving or still. Our experience can be of a silent, but very present mass, or a rapidly changing and noisy waterfall. Water is essential to life on earth, but there […]
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Brigid
Telling stories at the start of February, and thinking about the story of St Brigid. What was the King of Leinster thinking when he was offered the gift of a bride by one of his chieftains? How did he react then she gave away the chieftains sword to a leper in an act of heroic […]
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#Febreflection Update
As people send things in to Quartz I’ll be posting them on this blog from time to time. Here are a couple from the first week. More to follow! “The few snowdrops look so small and vulnerable in a threatening world, but they will survive.” Winifred Wilson Alison is working with paper made from recycled […]
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Golden Apples
We are wrapped in mirk, drenched in the spent blood of politics. But today, on my table, while it sleets outside, I have an orange with a green leaf on it. By the grace of God we can achieve wonderful things, and we should not forget that while we seek to reveal the potential the […]
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You are Loved
This photo and caption is from “The Unvirtous Abbey” on Facebook. I like the idea of starting #Febreflection with a reminder that we are loved. Original post on facebook
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Stewardship
Our stewardship course met on Burns night this recently. The text we looked at was about bickering pharisees and a man who tried to hoard his wealth rather than share his windfall. (read it here) It seems that if Burns invested in anything it was in experiences, and the words to describe them. His sponsors […]
The following quote comes from a translation of the life of St Mungo as told by Jocelin of Furness early in the 12th Century. The robin in the story is the one on the coat of arms of Glasgow, and its story is well known. What is perhaps less well known is this discussion about […]
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#Febreflection
8 Finally, beloved,[a] whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about[b] these things. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians%204%3A8&version=NRSVACE During the month of Februrary, Quartz encourages you to take time out for reflection each day. Set yourself a […]