Tag Archives: Listening
Meditation and the Secret Life of Bees
“If the heat goes over 1040 in South Carolina, you have to go to bed. It’s practically the law.”
An extract from The Secret Life of Bees that call us to slow down and listen (whatever the temperature) Continue reading →
Filed under Books & Movies, Meditation & Prayer
Tagged as books, Listening, meditation, Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
A Prayer about Prayer
How you long for a quiet moment,
When the babble and the tears and the anger subside;
A quiet space for your still small voice to penetrate…. Continue reading →
Filed under Meditation & Prayer
Tagged as Christianity, Father, Listening, Meditation & Prayer, prayer, Relationships, Spirituality
Too Busy to Listen
Listening is such hard work; waiting for the future to happen, so difficult. I’m much too busy; there’s too much to get through; I want to read, to write, to learn, to do. Continue reading →
Filed under Meditation & Prayer, Poetry
Tagged as Faith, Friends, Future, God, Inspiration, Listening, meditation, Retreat, Spirituality
Three sausages and a funeral
At his (step) Mum’s funeral he said that when his Dad told them he was going to marry again his first thought was, “What will happen with the sausages?” Continue reading →
Filed under Community, Odds & Ends
Tagged as children, Friends, funeral, Listening, Sausages, second marriage
