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Sunday story # 5 : Gary Lineker and the Soul of Mankind

The Gary Lineker thing now going on in Britain shows up what's so very wrong with present day society and culture. No, I'm not saying that he was right this week nor that I dislike him, but what the heck is going on today? The Soul of Man Under...

What does more harm to christianity today: new age, voodoo, pentecostalism, ...

Sunday story # 2 - The three emperors who were cousins

Where can one expect God's answer? In the unlikeliness of places. God's voice is there, and one only needs to hear it. More than one century ago there started a war to end all wars. The honest truth is that it started as foolishness as it was...

Sunday story # 1 - The Corryvreckan

"A Scandinavian Prince, Breakan, fell in love with a Princess of the Island, whose father consented to the marriage, on condition that Breakan should show his skill and courage by anchoring his boat for three days and three nights in the whirlpool...

An re-encounter with Losing my religion

The good old South way for sure. I'm losing my religion; I'm losing my grip on reality. It's my birthday soon and I'll be yet another year more than 50. I hate my life. Have gotten a degree in history but can't afford a master as yet. Love to study...

I Corinthians 13

Faith, hope and love

Into the storm we go together

Even the very best amongst us may still feel a constant anxiety in storms, of our own making or not, but then again one should always try look for some sort of spirtual guidance too so that it may strengthen and encourage ourselves. We're never alone...

Five Centurions from the Bible - 2

Julius, the shipwrecked centurion with St Paul (Acts 27:9-15) along the coast at Phoinix Perhaps you’ve already guessed that the point of looking into five centurions from the Bible is to show what the gentile’s role in ones own personal faith as a...

Five Centurions from the Bible - 1

The Roman centurion with great faith (Luke 7:1-10 and Matthew 8:5-13) at Capernaum: The faith of this non-named centurion was incredible, and even Jesus was amazed as we read in the Bible. Just halt here, and think about it this: even Jesus was...

When love is true

The question was always: is the love there was or even is still there, true? We aren't taught any more about the idealistic love that once was the subject matter of the medieval troubadour, and for sure not the adoration of God the Father. The...

Iona - A Celtic heaven on earth

There's a time and a place for anything human. Montaigne would have agreed with that though he knew that love came with hurt too. Well, there's this perfect ancient place to just go to and meditate and I want to tell you about it while I have the...

Morning Prayer With Tiger the Cat [I Pray]

The Little World of Don Camillo (1952) is an Italian-French movie with Fernandel and Gino Cervi. It was the first film in the "Don Camillo" series, which made Fernandel an international star in the 1950's. The film was based on the novel Don Camillo...

Mindfulness = meditation

Two years ago I came to a fork in the road and I sought help. At the end of the road I said goodbye to my therapist right after that she told me that my meditation was no good. Well, I put into practise the main lesson of the many sessions and put...