Toggie Tales

25 hours of prayer...

Memorable Moments

"The thing about real life is that important events don't announce themselves. Trumpets don't blow, drums don't beat to let you know you are going to meet the most important person you've ever met, or read the most important thing you are ever going to read, or have the most important conversation you are ever going to have... usually something that is going to change your life is a memory before you can stop and be impressed about it." (L'Abri, Edith Schaeffer)

Friends, live life more slowly today...

Boiler Room Open Day, Guildford

I've been in Guildford today, helping to run a 24-7 Boiler Room Open Day. We host these every few months for people who are 'on the Boiler Room journey' in some way... it's space to talk, swap stories, hear about the Boiler Room history and practices, and to make new friends.

Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

"I should admit that while I am not a Benedictine, I have lived under a vow of stability for almost twenty years. I have not always found this convenient," writes Jon Stock, "but I can call it good."

Gallop

Jon Bilbrough's new cd, Gallop, is now available, from his website and from iTunes. Unique, beautiful, brilliant. Click and buy. You won't regret it.

with Jo and Tom, from Malawi

 

Pray and Play

"Praying and playing share this quality: they develop and mature with age, they don’t go into decline. Prayerfulness and playfulness reverse the deadening effects of sin-determined lives. They are life-enhancing, not life-diminishing. They infuse vitalities, counteracting fatigue. They renew us, they do not wear us out. Playing and praying counter boredom, reduce anxieties, push, pull, direct, prods us into the fullness of our humanity by getting body and spirit in touch and friendly with each other." Eugene Peterson (Thanks for this, Glyn.)

Best Things In The World... Ever

LEGO is one of the Best Things In The World Ever! Seriously, it is. And Batman is one of the Even More Bestest Things In The World Ever! And now those clever Sony people have squished both together in a PlayStation game. I've got it! I love it!

Greed Is Good?

I just read an interesting article on the New York Times website, entitled 'Modern Market Thinking Has Devalued A Deadly Sin'. "Greed has disappeared," says the author, "and (has been) reborn, domesticated, as self-interest." Clever.