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It’s all about connection (Part 2 – nature and maybe some netball)

Desperately Seeking the Divine! Thinking back (and perhaps showing my age here) to the 80s film Desperately seeking Susan – sometimes we are driven to seek someone and go to extraordinary lengths. To what lengths do we go to seek God? Every now and then I take myself out into nature (often with a camera)Continue reading “It’s all about connection (Part 2 – nature and maybe some netball)”

It’s all about connection (Part 1 – The heart song)

How do we connect with God? The textbook answer would be through prayer. But prayer can be ritualistic and somewhat empty. (I don’t think this statement is heretical – I think it is honest – not all prayer is fruitful and connective and life-giving, after all Saints have bemoaned this in the past (hello –Continue reading “It’s all about connection (Part 1 – The heart song)”

What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet!

Does it matter what we call God? Would it matter if I called the woman who brought me into the world mother, mum, mummy or Patricia? It wouldn’t change my intrinsic connection to her. With that in mind, and a basic concept of God as Creator and humanity and the world as part of thatContinue reading “What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet!”