Last month as an Interfaith group born from the Elijah Institute Summer School 2020 we looked at Resonance (thoughts below). Resonating The other Sunday our Elijah Interfaith class of 2020 met on Zoom. We were looking at the word ‘Resonance’.gordiejackson.medium.com This month Jane one of our number with the encouragement of Murray decided to use Haiku as a creative way to bring it further alive in us.

Benediction, Goodfellas and Nicolas Cage — On Thursday I had such a day of it that as I drove home I thought, “Should I go to the local (one-screen) cinema?” Some people get drunk I get drunk on a film. I thought, “I don’t even want to know the film whatever it is I will watch…

I went to Conscious Cafe on Monday night. The theme was ‘Our Shadow’. I almost always saw the shadow as our darker side but a quick read before suggested it can also be our light. What did I learn? A narcissist believes their view is correct and everything that falls…

I was just sitting when I was reminded there were some books in a cupboard by the Quaker Thomas Kelly. I pulled them both out and started reading ‘Reality of the Spiritual world’ After a few pages of musing on how to decide whether God exists he writes, “But there…

The other week, we were contemplating Matthew chapter 5 verses 21 to 32. We stay with the same passage for two weeks, believing that the longer we stay with it, the more we will absorb its fullness. It was verses 31 & 32, that focused me, “ It has been…

Praying together in Jerusalem — The Queen’s Jubilee in the United Kingdom was made a public holiday which allowed me to join via Zoom, Elijah Interfaith Institute and Praying together in Jerusalem. I first joined in 2020 when we were all in lockdown. Indeed it hadn't been on Zoom until lockdown. I haven't been free…

White British Quakers considering their part in racism — It started at 8 30 am with Meeting for Worship led by a Polish Friend. I found myself amazed how this Quaker way has found its way into so many countries. In Poland, there are perhaps less than 100 Friends yet that does not diminish for me the amazement that…

The Swarthmore lecture — Perceiving the temperature of the water by Helen Minnis — Today's last session was the Swarthmore Lecture given by Helen Minnis. This one is going to be short as I need to sleep. The good thing is you can listen to Helen’s lecture once it becomes available on Monday. Swarthmore Lecture | Woodbrooke Watch the 2022 Swarthmore Lecture The Swarthmore Lecture has two key purposes: to interpret to Quakers their message…www.woodbrooke.org.uk