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Tell me please; I want to know
Tell me please; I want to know
by Norman J Goreham (1931-2021)
May our lives be beautiful and true just as the music of the harp! PRAISE GOD WITH THE HARP! Tell me please; I want to know: why these strings without a bow? And this quaint three-sided frame: What’s its purpose? What’s its name? All my questions fade away‚ when I hear the harpis…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 119:80
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 119:80
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 119:80 Shame has all but disappeared from our society like vinyl records and black Bakelite phones. Symptomatic, I think, of a culture that would like to shrug off guilt in the quest to feel good. Today’s mantra is that nobody should ever feel bad about themselves. This is …
Simple Ways - Towards The Sacred - To Hear
Simple Ways - Towards The Sacred - To Hear
by SPCK - Gunilla Norris
We can close our eyes, but we cannot close our ears. Without ear-lids we are in a sense always open to the world, to its noise and joy, its confusion and its deep cries. Our eardrums cannot but resonate with what is around us. We thrum, whether we like it or not. Sometimes we dro…
Lectio Divina the Sacred Art - 11 AUDIO DIVINA
Lectio Divina the Sacred Art - 11 AUDIO DIVINA
by Christine Valters Painter
AUDIO DIVINA This chapter explores music as another sacred text through which we can encounter the Holy. Augustine of Hippo famously wrote in his commentary on the psalms, “He who sings, prays twice.” The psalms themselves are filled with descriptions of singing to God, such as “…
Body - Chapter 2 - Keeping body and soul together
Body - Chapter 2 - Keeping body and soul together
by SPCK - Paula Gooder
Keeping body and soul together We are now in a position to turn our attention to Paul and to his view of the body and soul. As we observed in the previous chapter, different understandings of the soul make it hard for us to work out what we mean when we use the word ‘soul’, let a…
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