Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Monday, December 10, 2012
my mission and vision
a
renewed statement - december 2012
My mission is to assist individuals and intra-cultural
communities to discover their purpose and explore their spiritual and moral
potential.
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My previous statements, which have sustained me since 2001, were:
My
vision is a society where justice and compassion are
instruments of reconciliation and hope; where people live safe and productive
lives; where human dignity, equality and freedom are cherished.
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My previous statements, which have sustained me since 2001, were:
My vision is a global community celebrating significant and abundant goodness, with a transforming Church instilling God’s values in the World.
My mission is to be a source of hope and inspiration to others, changing perspectives of pain and limitation into perspectives of hope and fullness of life.
the summer prayer
"Great Light, Mover of all that is moving and at rest, be my Journey and my far Destination, be my Want and my Fulfilling, be my Sowing and my Reaping, be my Song and my stark Silence. Be my Sword and my strong Shield, be my Lantern and my dark Night, be my everlasting Strength and my piteous Weakness. Be my Greeting and my parting Prayer, be my bright Vision and my Blindness, be my Joy and my sharp Grief, be my sad Death and my sure Resurrection!
"So be it!"
Stephen Lawhead, 1989: Arthur; a Lion paperback - Oxford. pg 477
"So be it!"
Stephen Lawhead, 1989: Arthur; a Lion paperback - Oxford. pg 477
the kingdom of summer
"I have seen a land shining with goodness, where each man protects his brother's dignity as readily as his own, where war and want have ceased and all races live under the same law of love and honour.
"I have seen a land bright with truth, where a man's word is his pledge and falsehood is banished, where children sleep safe in their mother's arms and never know fear or pain.
"I have seen a land where kings extend their hands in justice rather than reach for the sword; where mercy, kindness, and compassion flow like deep water over land, and men revere virtue, revere truth, revere beauty, above comfort, pleasure or selfish gain. A land where peace reigns in the hearts of men; where faith blazes like a beacon from every hill, and love a fire from every hearth; where the True God is worshiped and his ways acclaimed by all."
Stephen Lawhead, 1989: Arthur; a Lion paperback - Oxford. pg 152/3
"I have seen a land bright with truth, where a man's word is his pledge and falsehood is banished, where children sleep safe in their mother's arms and never know fear or pain.
"I have seen a land where kings extend their hands in justice rather than reach for the sword; where mercy, kindness, and compassion flow like deep water over land, and men revere virtue, revere truth, revere beauty, above comfort, pleasure or selfish gain. A land where peace reigns in the hearts of men; where faith blazes like a beacon from every hill, and love a fire from every hearth; where the True God is worshiped and his ways acclaimed by all."
Stephen Lawhead, 1989: Arthur; a Lion paperback - Oxford. pg 152/3
Thursday, December 06, 2012
liberation
"How shall I get liberation?"
"Find out who has bound you," said the Master.
The disciple returned after a week and said, "No one has bound me."
"Then why ask to be liberated?"
That was a moment of Enlightenment for the disciple, who suddenly became free.
De Mello, Anthony 1988: One Minute Wisdom; Double Day: New York
"Find out who has bound you," said the Master.
The disciple returned after a week and said, "No one has bound me."
"Then why ask to be liberated?"
That was a moment of Enlightenment for the disciple, who suddenly became free.
De Mello, Anthony 1988: One Minute Wisdom; Double Day: New York
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