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Chris Williams
Feb 28, 20211 min read
Sunday 28th February - Icon of the Day
‘Whatever our gift, we are called to give it and to dance for the renewal of the world’ Robin Wall Kimmerer *** Image: Jazzart Dance...
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Chris Williams
Feb 27, 20211 min read
Saturday 27th February - Icon of the Day
‘The bloodline of God is connected to everything… shells on the ocean shore, the mushrooms growing in the forest, the trees stretching to...
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Chris Williams
Feb 26, 20211 min read
Friday 26th February - Icon of the Day
‘My Dearest Lord Be Thou a bright flame before me Be Thou a guiding star behind me Be Thou a smooth path beneath me Be Thou a kindly...
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Chris Williams
Feb 25, 20211 min read
Thursday 25th February - Icon of the Day
‘Jesus’ supreme example of the immensity, almost the folly, of God’s love for us.’ Sister Wendy Beckett - commenting on the Parable of...
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Chris Williams
Feb 24, 20211 min read
Wednesday 24th February - Icon of the Day
‘And if You hand us the heavy cup, the bitter one, Of sorrow, filled to the highest brim, Then we take it thankfully, without trembling,...
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Chris Williams
Feb 23, 20211 min read
Tuesday 23rd February - Icon of the Day
‘Lent is a season to sing the joy of forgiveness’ Brother Alois *** Image: ‘The Return of the Prodigal Son’, painted 1857 by Ary Scheffer...
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Chris Williams
Feb 22, 20211 min read
Monday 22nd February - Icon of the Day
‘God give me the desire to desire what You want me to desire.’ Richard Rohr *** Image: Praying Hands Window, Bay Ridge United Church,...
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Chris Williams
Feb 21, 20211 min read
Sunday 21st February - Icon of the Day
‘Singers and dancers alike say All my springs are in You’ Psalm 47:1 *** Image: Moutya dance, Seychelles Photo: Gerard Larose, Seychelles...
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Chris Williams
Feb 20, 20211 min read
Saturday 20th February - Icon of the Day
Hold my eyes open and set wide the gates of my soul Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916) *** Image: Maligne lake. Jasper National Park,...
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Chris Williams
Feb 18, 20211 min read
Thursday 18th February - Icon of the Day
‘Our vulnerability may be the greatest strength we have; it bonds us to one another. It is the gift given to us to enable us to embed...
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Chris Williams
Feb 17, 20211 min read
Wednesday 17th February - Icon of the Day
12 steps of humility Recognise the presence of God Accept the Will of God Accept spiritual direction Persevere Acknowledge faults Live...
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Chris Williams
Feb 16, 20211 min read
Tuesday 16th February - Icon of the Day
‘I know very little about you. I know that there is in you a chaos of things which has not yet acquired either an orientation or a form;...
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Chris Williams
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Monday 15th February - Icon of the Day
‘Each of us has a need, almost an imperative, to confront the unknown which lies coiled in the centre of our heart’s labyrinth.’ Frances...
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Chris Williams
Feb 14, 20211 min read
Sunday 14th February - Icon of the Day
‘I said to the almond tree, ‘Sister, speak to me of God,’ and the almond tree blossomed.’ Attrib to St Francis of Assisi, quoted by Nikos...
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Chris Williams
Feb 13, 20211 min read
Saturday 13th February - Icon of the Day
‘Make yourself wholly aflame’ Abba Lot *** Image: Campfire Photo: MarcusObal, 2005, used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike...
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Chris Williams
Feb 12, 20211 min read
Friday 12th February - Icon of the Day
‘I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what...
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Chris Williams
Feb 11, 20211 min read
Thursday 11th February - Icon of the Day
‘Silence – not an absence of sound, but a presence of something that is not sound.’ Sara Maitland *** Image: ‘Blue Silence’, watercolour...
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Chris Williams
Feb 10, 20211 min read
Wednesday 10th February - Icon of the Day
‘Listen to the silence of God.’ Thomas Merton *** Image: Thalkote Lake, Dambulla, Sri Lanka. Photo: ‘KUMUWICK’, 2018, used under...
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Chris Williams
Feb 9, 20211 min read
Tuesday 9th February - Icon of the Day
Not the one who takes up his bed and walks But the ones who have known him all along And carry him in — Their shoulders numb, the ache...
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Chris Williams
Feb 8, 20211 min read
Monday 8th February - Icon of the Day
‘Obedience is the road to freedom, humility the road to pleasure, unity the road to personality.’ C.S. Lewis – ‘The Weight of Glory’ ***...
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