Retirement is the luxury of the rich
Talking about 'Work Balance' got me thinking such a concept is a luxury that the poor know nothing about. While we talk of our pensions for retirement and our need for a holiday. Millions of people in the world just struggle to survive a day at a time. In fact the majority of the population will never be able to retire. They will work till they die. I wonder if we have all become too sophistocated too demanding complaining because the retirement age might be increased by...
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As we all face the possibility of greater numbers of unemployed people due to the present economic downturn. Does this mean that work is defined simply by employment? As christians should we be encourageing more people to think about an intigrated life of service.
For the past couple of Sunday evenings I've been preaching about the importance of having a good life balance. I know some people might think that I'm a workaholic and that perhaps I should be taking the...
To move from sitting in Iona Abbey to be standing in The Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada in Barcelona all within a few days is quite an overwhelming experience.
To stand on a boat and view the simplicity of The Abbey on Iona and then to stand in Goudi's amazing unfinished church which seeks to emulate the shear awe and majesty of a medieval cathedral for me opened my mind to all kinds of questions. What do you say when you enter a building that has been under...
This is a good place to be
It's silence and serenity is like gold
But you have to mine it
Dig deep into yourself
To lose the noise of footsteps,
voices,
camera clicks,
and the rustle of clothes.
People move around as though searching,
looking,
some leaning on sticks.
Some full of faith
Breathing in the worship space.
Candles lit in a circle of iron
Prayer requests
pinned to a cross.
Stone slabs neatly laid.
Stone crosses wooden beams
shaped and...
A girl sings on the street
From the back of her throat
Her voice sings U2
Bono would be proud
No stadium to rock
Just a few pigeons
And a couple of old age pensioners
Tapping their feet
The Holy Trinity is behind her
" With or without you "
Echoes off the walls
She gives herself away
Sharing songs on a lunchtime break
She's coined a phrase
earned her lunch
She has to Run
Amy MacDonald couldn't do better
We visited St Andrew's today. The town is...