James Woodward
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Money and soul are united. There is a river beneath the river. The upper stream has always been money in all its forms. The deeper stream is the spiritual meaning such exchanges must have for our lives. Money and soul are both about human exchanges, and therefore, divine exchange, too.
This weekend @sarumcollege.bsky.social welcomes participants for a weekend gathering to dig deeply into the life and poetry of George Herbert
Another day - three views as I prepare to lead a Study Day with Julia Burton-Jones on
What is Old Age For ?
What is Old Age For ?
Every act of communication is an act of courage in which we give ourselves to two things: the possibility of planting into another mind a seed and watching it blossom into a breathtaking flower of mutual understanding; and the possibility of being wholly misunderstood, reduced to a withering weed.
Is it really possible that what is given up will be returned a hundredfold? Can we believe that as we lose ourselves, we will find ourselves? Francis, who renounces his claim on all things, is free to enjoy all things as gift. Utterly foolish. Impractical. Subversive. Even dangerous.
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In one of the earliest accounts of his life, Francis offers this instruction to the first friars: “You only know as much as you do.” His emphasis on action, practice, and lifestyle was foundational and revolutionary for its time and remains at the heart of Franciscan alternative orthodoxy.
Francis didn’t want his friars to preach salvation (although they did that, too) as much as he wanted them to be salvation. He wanted them to model and mirror the life of Jesus in the world, with all of the vulnerability that would entail.
Managed to make a brief visit to the Faith Musuem aucklandproject.org/attraction/a... this morning
Was there ever a better view from an English Station ? Glad to be home to catch up with family and celebrate a life well lived today
I am not afraid of the word tension. I have earnestly worked and preached against violent tension, but there is a type of constructive nonviolent tension that is necessary for growth.
—Martin Luther King Jr., “Letter from Birmingham City Jail”
—Martin Luther King Jr., “Letter from Birmingham City Jail”
The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way,” William Blake wrote in his most spirited letter. “As a (man) is, so (he ) sees.”
Because how we look at the world shapes the world we see, every act of noticing is an act of worlding.
Because how we look at the world shapes the world we see, every act of noticing is an act of worlding.
Memories 2000 : Cambridge : birthday party speech ?
Where do the years go ?
Where do the years go ?
Moving between meetings today I found this lodged in my back windscreen wiper - it made me think differently about time and change and space a few seconds
So well deserved : a gripping, disturbing drama with stunning acting @netflix.com
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Emmys 2025 live updates: Adolescence, The Studio and The Pitt dominate Emmy Awards
Owen Cooper, 15, makes history as Severance, The Pitt and The Studio also win at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Looking for some learning this Autumn? Take a look at our short courses brochure Sarum College @sarumcollege.bsky.social
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Much of our suffering comes from wrong perceptions. To remove that hurt, we have to remove our wrong perception.
When you make the effort to listen and hear the other side of the story, your understanding increases and your hurt diminishes.
Thich Nhat Hanh
When you make the effort to listen and hear the other side of the story, your understanding increases and your hurt diminishes.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Since Constantine, Christianity has repeatedly claimed a legitimate right to do violence to its members [and others] to protect its interests and conserve its supremacy. It has behaved like a totalitarian power, suppressing dissent and claiming divine authority, capable of absolute corruption.
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By Contacts We Are Saved: The Forgotten Visionary Jane Ellen Harrison on Change, the Meaning of Faith, and the Courage of Heresy
By Contacts We Are Saved: The Forgotten Visionary Jane Ellen Harrison on Change, the Meaning of Faith, and the Courage of Heresy
If we can stay with the present moment, as hard as that may be, and take care of this present moment, then the next moment is a continuation of this moment, so we can also take care of that moment.
—Kaira Jewel Lingo
—Kaira Jewel Lingo
#BeingPresent
What could it mean to be present with each other across time and space and difference? Presence is interpersonal and interspecies and intergalactic, in some ways eternal.
#Noticing #curiosity #attention
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What could it mean to be present with each other across time and space and difference? Presence is interpersonal and interspecies and intergalactic, in some ways eternal.
#Noticing #curiosity #attention
@sarumcollege.bsky.social
www.sarum.ac.uk/short-courses/
"This is the great thing about getting old: things that preoccupied you when you were young cease to preoccupy you."
- Isabella Rossellini
- Isabella Rossellini
Great visit to Campion Hall—University of Oxford to catch by up with Colin Brady before the
Catholic Social Teaching On The Streets - Fr Charles Plater SJ 150th Anniversary Conference tommorrow where I am speaking
Wonderful to see this piece from beloved Fairacres : Sitio
Catholic Social Teaching On The Streets - Fr Charles Plater SJ 150th Anniversary Conference tommorrow where I am speaking
Wonderful to see this piece from beloved Fairacres : Sitio
