The Words of Connection Blog
Celebrating the Spirit of Sacred Summer and Light
Living near the sea, it’s impossible not to be affected by the resonance of summer, the very special light of the season and its sheer beauty… in the sky and on the water. Bearing this in mind we have a selection of prayers and readings that reflect the spirit of summer in all its glory. […]
Read more...Silence and Inspiration in Summer
It’s time to celebrate the arrival of summer, even if we are still experiencing some days of wet and rain. In the moment of celebration, we don’t need much encouragement lie back grab the sounds of the season — the buzz of bees, the song of birds, the wind in the trees… and silence. Silence […]
Read more...The Challenges of Life and the Weather
As we begin to see the possibility of a normal life returning, we find ourselves confronting some of the most inclement and disappointing weather yet seen in spring. Here on the South Coast the forecast has been about relentless rain, and bearing this in mind, Words of Connection is all about various kinds of miserable […]
Read more...Journeys in Time and Space – With Prayer
Since we started to send out Words of Connection last year, I have acquired an extraordinary collection of prayer books. Some of them seem a bit dreary, some weird, some traditional and some inspirational. Leaving out the dreary ones… it seemed like a great idea to delve into them, and discover five unusual prayers. The […]
Read more...Skipping out of the Gloom to Offer Cheerful Thanks
Are the days of darkness on the way out? We won’t know for a while. Apparently pandemics rarely last more than two years, so we may be over the worst. Meanwhile many of us have already started to celebrate; maybe the sunshine has affected us all, along with the loosening of the rules… so it […]
Read more...Joy and Colour: The Inescapable Splendour of Spring
This time of year is a flawless reminder of the reappearance of new life. It’s not just the powerful message of Easter, it’s the power of spring in all its forms. This week’s Words of Connection features two contributions. The first is by Rilke and was sent when we looked at the theme of patience, […]
Read more...Quite Suddenly Our Life Journey Changed Direction
A year ago we were swept up on an unexpected tide of events, a series of changes that made us think differently about our lives, our homes and our world. Many of us grieved deeply, and many became more spiritually focused. Our life journeys switched direction, and we had to go with the flow. Last […]
Read more...A Year Later… We See The Beauty
A year after the pandemic, and a year after we launched Words of Connection we can still see the beauty around us, despite the pain of lockdown. Spring is returning, leaving the cold, dark and wet of the winter months behind. Even if we can’t be together, there is an element of sharing, knowing that […]
Read more...Cosmic Kinship in Prayer and Poetry
We have all seen the image of the earth from space, ever since it was first photographed by the Apollo 8 astronauts just over 50 years ago. Today the image of the blue marble has become enshrined in our minds and out hearts. For those of us that are spiritual, it’s an image to cherish […]
Read more...Landscapes of Kindness – in Words and Images
A couple of weeks ago I was attending a Zoomed Quaker meeting, when one of the ‘friends’ spoke up about the great kindness she had experienced recently. It wasn’t just the kindness she had come across in the queue for the doctor’s surgery, but all the people she had met that day — on the […]
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