BALANCE BETWEEN…. Thought for the day, 24th March 2024 by Marianna Michell
It’s the period of Lent and this year, the fasting month of Ramadhan overlaps with it. I’ve never seriously undertaken to follow Lent but, for some years, with others, I joined Muslim brothers and sisters to undertake the fast during Ramadhan. Outwardly, it’s 30 days of dawn to sunset without food or drink. That is […]
“Free, creative spirituality / How expressed through our daily lives / I’d really love to hear / How it manifests for you . . .” a Sunday thought for the day by Joy Magezis
Free, creative spiritualityHow expressed through our daily livesI’d really love to hearHow it manifests for you What feeds your spiritBrings meaning to your lifeBuilds, resonates with awarenessOf our precious time on this planet For me, it comes out in poemsDistillation of processTouching, tasting Mother NatureAs a child upon her earth Earth who feeds me again, […]
Ripples, streams, rivers, the sustaining sea – a thought for the day by Marianna Michell
A ‘Thought for the Day’ given by Marianna Michell to Cambridge Unitarians on Sunday 14 January 2024 I have a picture in my mind: it’s an image of rivers, streams and tributaries, seen panoramically. I see rivers running to a great sea, quietly subsumed into that sea. Other streamlets enter dry land and vanish, the […]
Follow the links in this post to read the Minister’s current blogposts and listen to his podcast
The minister’s written pieces can be found on his blog: CAUTE – MAKING FOOTPRINTS NOT BLUEPRINTS The minister’s podcast can be listened to at the following links: https://footprints.buzzsprout.com
Adopting the role of umpire and letting the role of player go . . .
Adopting the role of umpire and letting the role of player go . . . Text:<https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/04/adopting-role-of-umpire-and-letting.html>Podcast:<https://www.buzzsprout.com/1378024/8351156>
Cancelling my subscription to the Resurrection and truly living the death of God
Cancelling my subscription to the Resurrection and truly living the death of God Text:<https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/04/cancelling-my-subscription-to.html> Podcast:<https://www.buzzsprout.com/1378024/8265198> If you would like to join a conversation about this podcast then our next Wednesday Evening Zoom meeting will take place on 7th April at 19.30 GMT. Link below. Topic: Cambridge Unitarian Church, Evening ConversationTime: April 7, 2021 19:30 London […]
Jesus or Barabbas, Carl Schmitt and Little Red Riding Hood — a cautionary tale for twenty-first-century liberals
Jesus or Barabbas, Carl Schmitt and Little Red Riding Hood — a cautionary tale for twenty-first-century liberals Text:<https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/03/jesus-or-barabbas-carl-schmitt-and.html> Podcast:<https://www.buzzsprout.com/1378024/8221495> Our next Wednesday Evening Conversation on Zoom meeting will take place on 24th March at 19.30 GMT. I’ll send a link out for that next week.
“Firm ground is not available ground” — why building one’s religion and philosophy on sand rather than rock might actually be a very good idea
“Firm ground is not available ground” — why building one’s religion and philosophy on sand rather than rock might actually be a very good idea Text: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/03/firm-ground-is-not-available-ground-why.html Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1378024/8176552 If you would like to join a conversation about this podcast then our next Wednesday Evening Zoom meeting will take place on 24th March at 19.30 […]
Mothering Sunday—The mother of matter is the matter of the mother—A poetic, supreme fiction for our age
“Mothering Sunday—The mother of matter is the matter of the mother—A poetic, supreme fiction for our age” Text: <https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/03/mothering-sundaythe-mother-of-matter-is.html> Podcast: <https://www.buzzsprout.com/1378024/8133283> The next Wednesday Evening Conversation will take place on Zoom on 24th March at 19.30 GMT.
More speed? More strength? More consumption? More Things?—Revisiting a meditation on Love in the time of Coronavirus
“More speed? More strength? More consumption? More Things?—Revisiting a meditation on Love in the time of Coronavirus” Text: https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/03/more-speed-more-strength-more.html Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1378024/8087962 If you would like to join a conversation about this podcast then our next Wednesday Evening Zoom meeting will take place on 10th March at 19.30 GMT. Link below. Topic: Cambridge Unitarian Church, Evening […]