We see life from different perspectives. The view from your top floor window is different from that of my room next to the front door, which is different again for the person who looks out onto the branches of a tree. And although in a house I can go and look at your view, in…
Category Archives: Sunday Collection
Sunday Collection: Women’s spirituality
Why a spirituality for women? Isn’t spirituality simply that, spirituality? Well perhaps. None of us can really share what spiritual experience means to us, no matter what gender we are. What I’m talking about in this week’s collection is spiritual practice and expression. And there are many reasons, some obvious, some more subtle, for spiritual…
Sunday Collection: International Women’s Day
Is it me or is International Women’s Day losing its meaning? Last Friday, I felt a certain ennui reading all the self-serving contributions from political and business leaders. Are we turning our backs on what the Day should represent? Corporate women The official site is sponsored by BP, another energy company, and financial institutions, with…
Sunday Collection: Simplicity
I really do believe that living more simply is a big part of growing older with grace and gusto. Several readers have commented to me over the months that clutter seems to collect effortlessly as we grow older (well for some of us anyway) and that getting rid of it frees up enormous reserves of…
Sunday collection: sacred dying
I woke up this morning thinking about death. As you do. And then the first thing I saw on Facebook was this update from a friend about our age: Two contemporaries facing the end of their lives. Much need for helpful reflection about how we prepare others and ourselves for this critical stage of our…
Sunday Collection – Rising
On my old blog, I had a popular feature called the Sunday Collection, which I’m introducing here. Based around loose themes, it’s a weekly collection of blog posts, photos, quotes, videos and so on. This week has seen a LOT of action: a resigning Pope, Carnival and pancakes, the arrival of Lent, Valentine’s Day, One…
