tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post2388003439921128..comments2024-02-08T10:33:22.915+13:00Comments on Available Light: SunrisesKelvin Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682322819567886400noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-51630041614394818282009-01-16T22:06:00.000+13:002009-01-16T22:06:00.000+13:00Kelvin & Noelene - I suspect that most of thos...Kelvin & Noelene - I suspect that most of those who attend contemplative service will be happy to attend this seminar - probably need to start advertising it this Sunday though. Great opportunity which it would be a shame to miss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-82909419724567771962009-01-16T10:55:00.000+13:002009-01-16T10:55:00.000+13:00Thanks for checking out my site and for the compli...Thanks for checking out my site and for the compliments! I've subscribed to your RSS feed and look forward to keeping up with you on this journey. Let me know if I can ever be a resource or help for you.Ricky Spearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114053887886617287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-68243830427948001682009-01-16T09:01:00.000+13:002009-01-16T09:01:00.000+13:00You're right, Noelene. Come to think of it, Holy N...You're right, Noelene. Come to think of it, Holy Name does make more sense than Holy Cross. I see there is a charge too: $10.Kelvin Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682322819567886400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-8961712536065544422009-01-16T08:28:00.000+13:002009-01-16T08:28:00.000+13:00YES, Kelvin, that would be a great idea. We should...YES, Kelvin, that would be a great idea. We should make the most of this only visit to a South Island city. And... there is a purpose in this timing, don't you think?<BR/>Not sure about venue details in your above comment though. Here's what I found on WCCM site about Laurence Freeman's NZ 2009 visit:<BR/><BR/>February 1 New-Zealand - Holy Name Church - 420 Great King Street - Dunedin 9030 - 4.00pm-6.00pm - "The Hunger for Depth and Meaning" - Spirituality in a Secular Age"- Fr Michael Dooley, St Peter Chanel Parish, 242B Main South Road, Green Island, Dunedin 9052 - E-mail: m.dooley@xtra.co.nzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-51382480881376086102009-01-16T07:20:00.000+13:002009-01-16T07:20:00.000+13:00Ricky: your site is very well done, and your medit...Ricky: your site is very well done, and your meditations look like a very useful resource. They are well produced and nicely paced.It is not quite what I am pursuing myself, but will certainly recommend it to those who I think would benefit from your approach.Kelvin Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682322819567886400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-33888295147805950792009-01-16T07:04:00.000+13:002009-01-16T07:04:00.000+13:00Noelene: Laurence Freeman is speaking at Holy Cros...Noelene: Laurence Freeman is speaking at Holy Cross on the first Sunday in February 4-6 pm. I thought, seeing as it's scheduled to be a contemplative eucharist that night we might just hold fire and all go over to St. Kilda. What do you think?<BR/><BR/>Alden: That's not what I intended. I was thinking more of the way our lives are divided into phases or periods, each divided by a sort of conversion. Fowler, in <I>Stages of Faith</I> has got these periods neatly described and says they are common to all people; that we all have a faith system which develops in fairly predictable ways - similar to the way Piaget has described the development of cognition. He says the structure of our faith changes at each of these transitions, and sometimes, but not always the content. I think Fowler has a lot to recommend him. I can identify the transition that happened for me in 1991 as the start of my own shift from Fowler's stage 4 faith to stage 5. We often think of these changes as radical shifts: once I was an atheist, now I am Christian or once I was Pentecostal, now I'm contemplative. More and more, I see them not as shifts but as developments, each depending on the one that went before, and in a sense continuous with it. The Sun that leads is through Thursday is actually the same one that led us through Wednesday. <BR/><BR/>But as to reincarnation, that's another story. I'm less convinced about that than a Christian clergyman is supposed to be.Kelvin Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682322819567886400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-14826277524979305952009-01-15T23:53:00.000+13:002009-01-15T23:53:00.000+13:00Interesting, do I take the last paragraph to be a ...Interesting, do I take the last paragraph to be a sort of metaphor for reincarnation or am I reading too much into what you are saying here?Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-89501149427057873772009-01-15T08:23:00.000+13:002009-01-15T08:23:00.000+13:00Thanks, thanks - yet again, for what you are shari...Thanks, thanks - yet again, for what you are sharing. For alerting us to probably the most important thing we need to know, if we want to live and BE as our Creator intended.<BR/> <BR/>Have just been to the WCCM site and listened to John Main and Laurence Freeman explaining so gently, simply, lucidly how to approach this awareness, how to move away from self and let the "Other" be. <BR/><BR/>Note to other readers of this: I found the FAQ on the above site very helpful, too.<BR/><BR/>Kelvin, may God continue to give you the energy for this blog, and courage in the challenges of these days as the treatment grinds on.<BR/><BR/>Love, <BR/>NoeleneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-39743861912248342472009-01-15T05:23:00.000+13:002009-01-15T05:23:00.000+13:00Kelvin - I just discovered your blog. Excellent st...Kelvin - I just discovered your blog. Excellent stuff here! I've especially enjoyed your articles on Christian mediation, which is what drew me here.<BR/><BR/>I've been publishing my own guided Christian meditations at <A HREF="http://www.mindfulworship.com" REL="nofollow">Mindful Worship</A>. I'm not a student of any of the books and authors that you mentioned, I've just become aware of how mindlessly so many of us Christians go about our Christian walk and worship. I've added those as suggestions for my reading list though, so thanks! I'd love to hear any thoughts you may have about my site too.<BR/><BR/>Thank you - Ricky SpearsRicky Spearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114053887886617287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170814845771372625.post-51293228328780413362009-01-14T20:21:00.000+13:002009-01-14T20:21:00.000+13:00Yes!! I am delighted to read this Kelvin.Much lov...Yes!! I am delighted to read this Kelvin.<BR/><BR/>Much love<BR/>RozAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com