‘Once a woman said to me, “Hafiz, what is the sign of someone who knows God?” I became very quiet, looked deep into her eyes then...

‘Together the living form with the dead one community of memory and hope, a holy people touched with the fire of the Spirit, summoned to...

‘The crucified Jesus is the only accurate picture of God the world has ever seen.’ John Austin Baker (1928-2014) *** Image: Shillito...

‘Peace rests on the decision always to struggle towards goodness, whatever our condition.’ Sister Wendy Beckett *** Image: Mute swans...

‘Enter eagerly into the treasure house that is within you, and you will see the things that are in heaven – for there is but one single...

‘You are not here to verify, Instruct yourself or inform curiosity Or carry report. You are here to kneel Where prayer has been valid.’ T...

‘Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking: if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you...

‘Lord, open our eyes And we shall behold your glory Lord, open our ears And we shall hear your call Lord, open our hearts And we shall...

‘Our protection is a God who spurned protection. Our protection is a God of vulnerability.’ Lauren F Winner *** Image: Wooden cross on...

God, who delights in clemency, and will again have compassion for us, will tread underfoot all of our guilt, and will cast into the...

‘Be glad. Celebrate! Lose your mindless fear and take courage today. No, don’t ever be afraid, no matter what has happened to you before....

‘Full measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap, because the measure you measure out will be...

‘Living water…who refreshes our weariness, Bathes and washes and cleanses our wounds, Be for us always A fountain of life, And for all...

‘Silence is making friends with time.’ Sister Wendy Beckett *** Image: Jökulsárlón, a glacial lake in Iceland. To the right, the mouth of...

‘I open my life to you, Lord, I make space this day for your coming I move from busyness to your stillness I move from sounds to your...

‘Surely the Lord is in this place.’ Genesis 28: 16 *** Image: Angels climb Jacob's Ladder on the west front of Bath Abbey. Photo:...

‘For surely I know the plans I have for you’, says the Lord; ‘plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.’...

‘Once we know that the entire physical world around us, all of creation, is both the hiding place and the revelation place for God, this...

‘Prayer is the movement of the heart…toward God: a movement that in a sense is within God – God in the heart sharing its life with God...

‘To be silent does not mean to be inactive; rather it means to breathe in the will of God, to listen attentively and be ready to obey.’...