The interface between Ch’an Buddhist practice and Christian practice is that of contemplative prayer. Contemplative prayer is preferably ‘silent’, and comprised of a single, meaningful, one-syllable word.
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Exploring the paranormal and so-called psychic phenomena! Is it real? Let’s find out!
Email: The Lord’s Prayer and ‘Q’ History (27.7.2020)
As I work in translation, I am surprised by the latitude the Christian Church has allowed for English translations from the Hebrew and the Greek.
Email: The Lion Cometh (Talking, Obviously)! (23.7.2020)
Dear Gillian Well, there’s been a talking dog and very well behaved and cooperative bed bugs, and now Paul has encountered a lion that instead
Email: The Horror of Industrialised Farming (22.7.2020)
Dear Gillian It is interesting to consider what the Established Church decides to emphasise and to withhold through its teaching, and how you can work-out
Email: How St John followed the Talking Dog… (22.7.2020)
The early Christian scribes must have been engaged is some kind of internecine holy war which saw the principle of ‘one-up-manship’ fully in operation! First,
Email: Glimpses of Gnosticism (17.7.2020)
Dear Gillian The Early Church (Apostolic) Fathers reacted unfavourably to a teaching they referred to as ‘Gnosticism’. With the discovery of the Nag Hammadi Library (and Dead Sea Scrolls), we know
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