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I’ve been thinking a bit about time. The following images each communicate time in a different way. Chronos measures and marks time. The hands of time never idle. Kairos is different, it is time within and beyond time, transcended time suspended and eternal. Kairos cannot be measured by shadow, sand or hand but exists in […]
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I’m reading the Anne Lamott’s latest book. It’s a book on prayer that is inspirational without leaving me feeling guilty. Anyway, Anne says “Wow” means we are not dulled to wonder. The word “Wow” is thought to have been used first by Thomas Burns in a poem 1871 “Tam o’ Shanter” “An’, wow! Tam saw […]
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I was reading, if you want to see a rainbow you need to be between the sun and the rain with the sun at your back. Beauty like this needs a storm. The light shines in the darkness. That’s what hope is.
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I met my great great great grandfather this week. Born 1791 – died 1869. A stone in the ground says this is where he lived and died. His name was John. John was the son of William whose father was also William. John (1791) married Mary Dare (m1817) and had a son named John, who […]
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My new book is hot off the presses at Blurb! Take a sneak peek and place your order if you’re so inclined… http://www.blurb.com/books/3041580
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Lewis Pass (St James Walkway) South Island Robin Harper Pass
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Every now and then, you need to hear another voice from one who sees through all the facade, who can cut steel with a knife and evoke hope, in the most desolate desert. She sits down softly beside you and whispers of disappointed dreams and adventures that did not have the courage to leave home. […]
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Sometimes words are too small to capture the magnitude of our life together. Words like . . . Gratitude Fear Failure Betrayal Pain Loss Grief Celebration Hope Wonder Intimacy Community These words belong to the priest, who collects then in the chalice of human experience, and offers them as wine to nourish the soul.
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Who has time to read between the lines and tell the untold story? Who can foresee the changing seasons by the falling of a single leaf? Who has the courage to tell the emperor he is naked? Who has the strength to do the heavy lifting, with silence? Who is the one in your organization […]