Putting Christ into Christmas

I thought I would do things a little differently for my blog this week.  This week, I picked a card from a Tarot deck for inspiration.  (I used the Archangel Power Tarot deck from Doreen Virtue and Radleigh Valentine.) The card I picked was the 5 of Ariel. The traditional 5 of Pentacles, which this card replaces, is often seen as a negative card, but I don’t see this card

By |2015-12-11T17:11:14+10:00December 11th, 2015|Christianity, Christmas|

Initiation?

I was thinking this morning that, as I near the age of 60, I am finally just about feeling happy in my own skin.  By that, I mean it has taken me nearly 60 years to value myself as an individual and to feel content with who I am, most of the time. I began to wonder if it takes everyone this long, and if our culture fails to instil

By |2015-06-05T19:00:36+10:00June 5th, 2015|Native American Spirituality, Society|

Can We Get Our Children Off The Rat-Race?

During my recent trip to Aitutaki, I noticed the differences between their society and our Australian society, and started to analyse the causes of these differences. One thing I particularly noticed was that everyone there seemed to be happy, most of the time at least. They have a few rules and regulations there, but they are more guidelines than enforceable laws. Could this be one reason for their happy disposition

By |2014-05-02T22:17:27+10:00May 3rd, 2014|Society|

Legacy

How would you like to be remembered? A lot of my writing in recent weeks has been about the fact that we are all one: we are all part of the one God, the one creation, the one community on Earth.  Despite our different religions or different beliefs, we all have the same needs, not least of which is love. Although we are all one, and can think of ourselves

By |2014-02-28T19:15:44+10:00March 1st, 2014|Mother Earth, Peace, Society|