From the Seasoned Celebration Collection
1. Winter is the season of the revelation of basic structure. If I was to strip away all the paraphernalia of my life what form would it have? How many of the things which I do are related to the roots of my spirit. 2. Winter is the season for hibernation. What rhythm do I have for reflection as well as action? What frequency and length of time do I need in solitude in order to facilitate the growth and quality of my spirituality?
From the Seasoned Celebration collection
Like the falling of the leaves security in life lies in the process not in the fixed points. Without harvest there can be no seed time. Without death there can be no new life, no new beginning.
From the Seasoned Celebration collection
1. The fragrance of Spring lies not in judgement's intervention but in love's nurturing of the interior goodness. 2. Spring is not so much a moment as a movement, a manifestation of the sometimes hidden but always present life-force of God.
From the Seasoned Celebration collection
The flowering of summer is only eclipsed by the flowering of the human spirit. Flowering has no permanency - only the process remains. Indeed the flowering only exists for the continuation of the process.
From the Festive Worship collection
1. Without an overview of the Bible it is very easy to gain an erroneous impression of what the Bible is all about. 2. Look behind the words to the people.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Nothing lasts forever in the same form.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Romance is only healthy within the context of our love for life, for the mystery, for the divine.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Buried in every beginning is an ending.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Each day can be a life time. Time is the enemy only if we let it control our lives. Time is redeemed by timeless moments.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
All of us have experienced mental or physical suffering at the hands of other people. But each of us has also brought suffering to others.
From the Festive Worship collection
Do not let the Christian doctrine of the Trinity alienate you from the oneness of God; for God is both the many and the one.
Music has great power to touch the heart and change the world. Words we sing in worship shape our beliefs and actions. The inclusive songs in this collection will contribute to social justice, peace, equality, and expansive spiritual experience.
From the Seasoned Celebration collection
1. The seasons of the human heart reflect the seasons of nature. 2. For most things there is a right time but for some things such as manipulation, oppression and injustice there is never a right time.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Until we discern the riches of the other tradition, any union will simply be a matter of absorption. Uniting two traditions can create a space where a third and more life- giving form of spirituality can emerge.
From the Festive Worship collection
If we are unwilling to learn from history, we commit ourselves to reliving the mistakes of our ancestors.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Wholeness is a process rather than a static state: it is not an end to the journey but the journey itself.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Unlike our bodies our spirits need not be wearied by age but can become more and more lively day by day. To grow in spirit requires a vision that holds all things together.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Remembering our ancestors gives life to ourselves and also to them, for we are our ancestors and they are us.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
To look into the eyes of your beloved is to experience a mystery which the eye cannot discern. There is no second hand mystery. Descriptions of it are a poor substitute for the experience.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Beyond the encounter with the historic Jesus is the meeting with the Inner Christ.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
New images arise out of the death of old images so do not be afraid of the wilderness or of the dying.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
1. Every apparently static order is but a temporary illusion. 2. The illusion of the order and the reality of the chaos.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Practice noticing what is humorous and on reflection you will be able to fill your life with laughter.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
THEME The Complexities of Spirituality THOUGHTS FOR REFLECTION Instead of concentrating on what we think is wrong with other world religions, our time could be spent more profitably on identifying what we have in common.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
ON RISING May awareness be my companion, love my friend and amazement my expectation.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
THEME Two Faces of the One God –the One Life Force THOUGHTS FOR REFLECTION 1. Darkness is the womb of the light, nothingness the womb of all things.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
The unthankful get the misery which they have brought upon themselves Nothing liberates the human mind as much as a thankful spirit.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
1. Imagination is the midwife of compassion. 2. Compassion belongs more to the gut than to the heart or the head. 3. Compassion is sharing the passion of the other as well as walking in their shoes.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
Our senses and our use of them are part of God's creation. To attempt to deny our senses is as much an insult to God as is the misuse of them.