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08/04/2026

I learned these words of John Henry Newman as a child ‘The night is dark and I am far from home, lead thou me on. Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see the distant scene: one step enough for me.’
To have such peace and confidence – wonderful. But I am always, and I think always into the future, the one who wants to see more, know more. A restless soul – but in that same classroom I also learned Gerald Manley Hopkins ‘ poem ‘Pied Beauty’ in which he praises the diversity of creation,. The poem ends ‘Praise him’, so among that huge variety it seems there is room for me too – the questioner, the peeker around corners. The child of God. Praise him.

30/01/2026

Jesus was not the only rabbi going around Israel in the first century. There were several including a certain Rabbi Eleazer.
One day, in debate, he could not convince his disciples of a point. He even created a miracle, but they just responded that miracles were not part of debate. Then he said ‘I will have to appeal to heaven.
Soon enough all heard the celestial voice. ‘Why aren’t you agreeing with Rabbi Eleazer. He is right.’
This however was disregarded , as in debate the majority view was judged to be correct.
How often we ignore the voice of God and of reason – why? Perhaps because we don’t want to be proved wrong. Or maybe it is because if we do listen then something is going to have to change – our attitude, our response to others, our response to God.
Johnathon Pye describes God as unchanging and ‘yet in all ways our transformation.’ He goes on, ‘So that the world may be transformed by our sharing of your love.’
Albert Orsborn’s hymns don’t get heard much these days , but they should be. He wrote ‘Give me the strength of faith that dares to die of self each day. That bravely takes the cross, nor cares to find an easier way.’

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