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English Hedges
Be Thou my vision does fit with night-time prayer, especially with the line "both waking and sleeping, Thy presence my light."
But I give myself permission for important day prayers because of the preceding line "be Thou my best thought in the ...
DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago
Does God Speak?
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question and in correction of my misdescription.
Yes, I agree that "excessively, extremely humid, muggy" weather cannot be evil even as it continues God's creation and ...
DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago
Christian Hermits
Best wishes -- with Nathan Pacheco's voice so strong, in Be Thou my vision, that it achieves ;-D sound waves all the way to you and Maureen and your family and to Veronica and her husband and their family -- with physiotherapy!
DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago
Can You be Rational and Religious?
And yet Alexander (July 20/21, 356 BC-June 10/11, 323 BC) became versed in Greek culture through Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC), Macedonian culture through his father, Philip II (382 BC- Oct. 21, 336 BC), and Trojan culture through his mother, Queen ...
DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago
An Island Castle
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question.
It interests me that Orkney -- alone of all lands within the United Kingdom? -- invokes individual, not Crown, ownership.
Is that always the case with Orkney ...
DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago
Messages of Puss in Boots
My procedure generally begins at the beginning and goes through each subheading in order as I come up with comments and questions.
But the five links at the very end draw me.
The linked images, the linked information furnishes elaborations and ...
DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago
An Island Castle
It belongs to the individual owner.
frankbeswick, 3 days ago
Can You be Rational and Religious?
I think that Alexander was too busy conquering to promote a philosopher
frankbeswick, 3 days ago
Christian Hermits
That e-mail address is no longer operative. Have you read the story. If not I will look through my records and try to find it. Otherwise I will rewrite it. I won't do it this morning as I am awaiting a visit from the physiotherapist.
frankbeswick, 3 days ago
Does God Speak?
I think that places can have a dark, unpleasant atmosphere. Comparing it to a dull muggy day might have poetic value, but such a day is not evil, as it is part of God's creation, so the metaphor is not fully apt.
frankbeswick, 3 days ago
English Hedges
Prayers inspire us in a great variety of ways. Be thou my vision is for me a night time prayer.
frankbeswick, 3 days ago
English Identities
Skye is part of Scotland.Orkney and Shetland are also legally Scotland, but have a sense of their Scandinavian heritage. The Channel Islands were part of Normanday that remained under crown control when the rest was captured by France.They are ...
frankbeswick, 3 days ago
Late Winter in the Garden
The modern inhabitants of Cornwall are directly descended from ancient inhabitants of the county, though English blood is also present.
frankbeswick, 3 days ago
Review of Paul: a biography
They cannot agree on them identity of the messiah. They do not know who it will be.
frankbeswick, 3 days ago
The Christian Teaching on the Holy Spirit
Quite possibly. It is thought that Thomas' twin might have been the apostle James the lesser, as he seems to be mentioned in the list of apostles with Thomas.
frankbeswick, 3 days ago