Humility

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Humility popped up in something yesterday. Corinthians 1, perhaps? In my memory, the leaders of the church in Corinth needed to be humble so they could learn to run a […]
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Contemplation

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What is on my mind today? Trees and ivy, mostly. Perhaps also things like contentment; Being present; simplicity in a world of famine; War; democracy; and peace. But I do not think I can […]
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Winning Roof

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For today’s blog, I present you with two scenarios:  Scenario One  A leaky roof. A quote. Three men on the roof. Unexpected extra work. A person under pressure to make […]
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Invisibility

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Being on a Mountain Leader training course was like learning to be invisible:  If you are good, you won’t look at the map. When you look at the map, they think you […]
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A Blog in Two Parts

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Part OneOn the road, on our road,the bus stop, his bus stop — lights flashing —Garda cars, ambulance, stopped traffic.Someone crying out, lying on the road,choking fear. ‘It isn’t your […]
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What next, if?

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What next, when…?  ‘Jesus came to make people free. He wanted us to choose goodness freely. He did not crave the base worship of the slave. But free choice can […]
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Bubbles

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Bubbles. We live in them, so they say. We convince ourselves they are real and that this is how life is. We talk to people who share our point of view, we […]
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Acting in Hope

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We are not hopeful.  We wait.   We wait for horizons to open, for ideas to flourish. For plans and dreams to come to fruition.   We wait, trying to console ourselves with the concrete, […]
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2020: A Developing View

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This blog started life like a little maggot-y thing. Small and moaning and grim. Trying to pretend it was logical and thoughtful and dispassionate and realistic.   I didn’t like it […]
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