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High classical trees that cool
people who visit
the science museum
of Benjamin Franklin
in the summer season
and who loll on the grass
with homeless people
like lionesses
while grand children
play on the swans and
the giant First Nation people
at Logan Circle more» -
John's Gospel is famously unique for its seemingly 'loose' treatment of history.... more» -
This is Camelot, the Isle of Avalon, a place of disappeared kingdoms, myth, intentional well-being, religious and New Age pilgrimage. more» -
I never knew my mother
was a dancer and a lover... more» -
My mother used to say
she didn't know why she
carried me for nine months
when my father could have

spat me out in one day.
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...why did this speak to you?
This stone, or shell, or piece of glass -
its shimmer, shape or hue? more» -
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IntercessionI intercede for you who needs an encounter,with Christ.I intercede for myself; may I know todayJesus as lover of my soul.I intercede for my world; may it bedrawn to unityI intercede for more» -
Lord, when my season is joy, let me celebrate
and be thankful;
When my season is pain, let me discover
you healing me... more» -
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Travelling is in the DNA of most New Zealanders. Over a million of them live overseas and thousands holiday around the world each year. Families love nothing better than packing up the tent, caravan or camper van and hitting the road to enjoy some R and R. If you've got an iconic V Dub, all the better. more» -
A visitor from New Zealand comes to call and eggs are cooked on a makeshift stove... more» -
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The heavy cries of the swooping seagulls fell silent and a chill crept into the air as the Moon came between us and the Sun. The deep shadow, which formed first in the North Atlantic, swept up into the Arctic and at the North Pole became no more. As the recent solar eclipse reached totality and the irridescent crown of the corona surrounded the sun, words from Pádraig Ó Tuama's poem, In-between the sun and moon came to mind... more» -
Hilary finds an antidote to unpredictable weather... more» -
the starry cathedral sky
scattered sparks of desert sand
merged into an orange molten hand
fingers coloured the gleaming night... more» -
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Darkened sky,
torrential rain,
roiling thunder
exploding overhead,
road corner flooding within minutes... more» -
New Zealand has a history of criminal trials and subsequent resolutions exposing miscarriages of justice. more» -
I saw it on the Salisbury Centre stall.
It was the shape that drew me - simple and symmetrical.
Carefully I picked it up and turned it round
to savour its perfection. more» -
Contemplative experience is profoundly personal. The practice is about entering an inner vulnerability that may, mysteriously, reveal a sense of transcendent wholeness. more» -
A first candle:
Light, as breath,
bringing life to
islands, sky and sea.
For creations gift,
our prayer and praise. more» -
Letting go,
hands open,
a gentle push
and a wicker basket
carrying treasured cargo
floats down the Nile. more»
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