The great moral theologian Alasdair Mackintosh has died at the age of 96. In his 1981 ground-breaking book 'After Virtue' he wrote 'We are waiting for another - doubtless very different - St. Benedict'.
Read 'A Way of Life for the Third Millennium' (MCauley) by Ray Simpson.
Olympic swimming champion Adam Peaty says 'Fighting all the time is not sustainable. I'd rather have faith and my relationship with Jesus than have gold.'
There remains a challenge: to take possession of our souls, to incline our hearts to the source of life, and to know before we die that that we have truly lived (Robert Ellsberg)
If you have a leading politician who is blind, ask Jesus to open their yes. If you have one who is bland, ask Jesus to open their heart. If you have one who is bruising, ask Jesus to humble them.
In the 1850's in Britain Edward Edwards and others established free public libraries in ordinary neighbourhoods. Now they are under threat. Let's have a world-wide movement to re-establish them.
Spur governments and citizens to earn the friendship, trust and gratitude of neighbours - China, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Russia, South Africa, UK, Ukraine, USA.
I arise today in the overcoming of the divine inner warrior: overcoming the false ego within, social media without, and the greedy plunder of the planet.
In the Celtic Christian tradition we bless 'every blessed thing': we may not bless every arrangement but we bless the divine image deep within every person who asks us to bless them.