This is my prayer for myself and for the whole world, to not forget the power, the wonder, the awesome Will of God. May we all trust in love and feel safely held in the Heart of Love; the Triune God, the Father, Son and The Holy Spirit. Amen
Thursday, 11 June 2020
Walking on Holy Ground
WALKING ON HOLY GROUND
‘To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground”; I have just read these completely unexpected words, right in the middle of an extraordinary mainstream management book.
(https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/
Reading them just now, I thought, no wonder I have been so compelled to build Holy Way, alongside my other website, Stonebird, which is about caring for people diagnosed with Severe/Very Severe ME.
For me, these words graphically illuminate that the Immanent and the Transcendent are intimately interlinked.
Surely the greatest service you can give someone, especially someone horrendously ill and profoundly disabled, is to care, really care. That, in our experience, means three things:
First it means your ability and willingness to listen with every part of you to the other person, mind, body, emotion, spirit.
Second it means to fully understand, as much as you are able to do, what the other person is telling you and what their needs are on the deepest possible levels.
Third it means your capacity to respond, to touch another’s soul, one human to another, with light, creativity, insight, joy, kindness, warmth and love.
On Stonebird we look at the practicalities of caring, listening, character building and advocacy.
On Holy Way, we look at what it means to bring life, to connect soul-to-soul, to walk a path of oneness, with each other and with all of creation, immersed in love.
Two very different websites, yet both so connected, so rooted in our long experience of suffering.
And all this walking on holy ground.
‘To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground”; I have just read these completely unexpected words, right in the middle of an extraordinary mainstream management book.
(https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/
Reading them just now, I thought, no wonder I have been so compelled to build Holy Way, alongside my other website, Stonebird, which is about caring for people diagnosed with Severe/Very Severe ME.
For me, these words graphically illuminate that the Immanent and the Transcendent are intimately interlinked.
Surely the greatest service you can give someone, especially someone horrendously ill and profoundly disabled, is to care, really care. That, in our experience, means three things:
First it means your ability and willingness to listen with every part of you to the other person, mind, body, emotion, spirit.
Second it means to fully understand, as much as you are able to do, what the other person is telling you and what their needs are on the deepest possible levels.
Third it means your capacity to respond, to touch another’s soul, one human to another, with light, creativity, insight, joy, kindness, warmth and love.
On Stonebird we look at the practicalities of caring, listening, character building and advocacy.
On Holy Way, we look at what it means to bring life, to connect soul-to-soul, to walk a path of oneness, with each other and with all of creation, immersed in love.
Two very different websites, yet both so connected, so rooted in our long experience of suffering.
And all this walking on holy ground.
Wednesday, 10 June 2020
Prayer for a new path
What can I do
When all is taken from me,
Even hope?
I can wait.
I can trust.
I can remain open
To goodness
And a perfect way forward,
Within the darkness,
Set aside only for me,
That will ignite a tiny flicker of light
In my heart
And set me surely on a new path
forward.
Amen
Tuesday, 9 June 2020
New poetry page
Poems from the Soul
Poetry is an immediate way to express things not so easily articulated in prose or direct speech. We have both been poets since our childhood expressing our deepest feelings. The more ill I have become and the more profoundly disabled I am, the more in pain, the deeper the devastation of paralysis and suffering I experience, the more I turn to poetry to try and express something of the inner experience.
We are delighted to add a new poetry page to Holyway, called Poetry from the Soul.
Please return to this page as new work will be put up over time. Thanks!
http://www.holyway.co.uk/poetry/we-light-a-candle-in-our-hearts.html
Poetry is an immediate way to express things not so easily articulated in prose or direct speech. We have both been poets since our childhood expressing our deepest feelings. The more ill I have become and the more profoundly disabled I am, the more in pain, the deeper the devastation of paralysis and suffering I experience, the more I turn to poetry to try and express something of the inner experience.
We are delighted to add a new poetry page to Holyway, called Poetry from the Soul.
Please return to this page as new work will be put up over time. Thanks!
http://www.holyway.co.uk/poetry/we-light-a-candle-in-our-hearts.html
Monday, 8 June 2020
New writing page
We are delighted to announce our new writing page on Holyway, where we hope to share our thoughts, insights and writings old and new concerning our own journey and awareness of the Holyway and the wonderful Heart of Love, the total love of the Holy Trinity and our relationship with them.
http://www.holyway.co.uk/articles/index.html
http://www.holyway.co.uk/articles/index.html
Friday, 5 June 2020
New song animation
I wrote this song for my wife who has been in constant pain for over a quarter of a century. It is a testimony to our love, in the most difficult of circumstances. Still love perseveres and wins through.
I am passionate about music and creative expression, using the gifts God has given me me to help me express my feelings, joys and sorrows as well as write dongs of thanks and praise.
I play guitar, both electric and acoustic, mountain dulcimer and keyboards and love to compose in a range of styles, including creating symphonies, as well as writing and recording blues, country and western, rock, folk and other songs.
It is my deep joy to share this animation with you. God gives us gifts of expression. Let us use them in confidence and feel blessed!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0WPaIyaGFQ
I am passionate about music and creative expression, using the gifts God has given me me to help me express my feelings, joys and sorrows as well as write dongs of thanks and praise.
I play guitar, both electric and acoustic, mountain dulcimer and keyboards and love to compose in a range of styles, including creating symphonies, as well as writing and recording blues, country and western, rock, folk and other songs.
It is my deep joy to share this animation with you. God gives us gifts of expression. Let us use them in confidence and feel blessed!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0WPaIyaGFQ
Monday, 1 June 2020
A short prayer for guidance
I do not know what to do
Lord show me
I do not have any answers
Lord speak to me
I do not see the way clearly
Lord be my light
I do not know the path to take
Lord be my guide.
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