Invited by Jim Hall

Far away but invitedDistant but soughtwandering and apatheticIt’s time to go backTime to seeTime to hear If I lie on the beach will I soak up the sun? Will feel the warmth? Can I breath in the air? Will I stand up or will I sit down? Will I run with the horses...

The Problem with Zeal – St Isaac of Syria

Have Peace in Your Heart "Someone who has actually tasted truth is not contentious for truth. "Someone who is considered among men to be zealous for truth has not yet learnt what truth is really like: once he has truly learned it, he will cease from...

Assassination and Call to Prayer for Burma

Dear Friends, Firstly Partners wishes to express our sadness over the loss of the KNU (Karen National Union) General Secretary, Padoh Mahn Sha Lah Phan who was assassinated at his home on the 14th February 2008. We mourn the loss of a great, passionate and...

Theology, Culture and M.E. by Brian Schmidt

Theology, Culture & M.E. Brian Schmidt, BGS, M.Ed. [& M.E.] The following is an excerpt from my All Saints’ Day, 2007 reflections on living with M.E. after having the illness for 17 years, and a month after a dear person who had M.E. took her life after...

Welcome to My Living Room by Corinne Vooys

WELCOME TO MY LIVING ROOM A swirlingSoftnessFills the room, as a fog.It gently brushes my face, with sweetness and refreshing.A presence. I look through the fog and seeFaces of joy,Which in one world would be seen as a face of the disabled,but here it is the face of...