Quartz
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
Exposing the scandal of sacrificial Violence https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger/status/1348249481284874240?s=09 This photo and video that goes with it are the response by the governor of California to the violence recently seen in his country. He is speaking to his public and party, rather than composing a sermon. However, he does refer to his Christian education, possibly because are […]
Sometimes we are in the position where our head tells us one thing and our heart the other. It is important to recognise the difference, but unless we can reconcile the two ways of knowing how do we know how to act? Or should we deny one and follow the other? This is not a […]
We left the house and went searching for a star. It’s so overcast that we couldn’t see geese overhead (though we heard them), let alone the conjunction of Jupter and Saturn. We didn’t see the star. However, in our journeying we discovered many interesting things while we journeyed. It was also just good to get […]