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The Spirituality of Illness – Mountains & Heart Surgery

I listened to a Speaking of Faith podcast recently with cardiovascular surgeon, Dr Mehmet Oz. It’s funny how priorities change.…

I said in the opening post of this occasional series that I did not wish to be defined by my…

I don’t feel like someone who is about to undergo open heart surgery. It’s not that I have no symptoms,…

What I never really comprehended before is that waiting is the constant companion of illness. Waiting for appointments; waiting for…

In a matter of weeks, or maybe a few months, my heart will stop beating for the first time. After…

I’m astonished that what started out as an attempt to get a dozen or so people together to blog through…

I wonder what Advent is going to be like for you. For many of us it’s a busy, busy time,…

Derek Poole of CCCi came to the Mission yesterday as part of our occasional series of encounters with alternative voices. …

Last night Ade and I went to see ‘Evan Almighty’, and we enjoyed it. OK it was a little muddled…

I was brought up in a religious tradition which was highly liturgical and though I have long since left it,…