The Salt Cellar Blog
My hope for The Salt Cellar Blog is that readers will find comfort, sustenance or at least suggestions to help them to be salt – not merely coping but living and not merely living but living life to the full!
The Salt Cellar
God in the Ordinary
On Christmas morning we are offered God in the ordinary. Yet we admire the gifts wrapped in glittering paper and adorned with ribbons. Are the wrappings …
Christmas Day
On Christmas Day we rarely have time to reflect but if and when you do have time here is a thought from Evelyn Underhill. …human …
Who is welcoming whom?
In advent we prepare to welcome Jesus into the world but who is welcoming whom? Do we believe that God is somehow ‘out there’ and we …
‘may it be…’
Mary said to the angel ‘may it be as you have said.’ A medieval German priest named Meister Eckhart asked ‘What use is it that Mary …
John the Baptist
John the Baptist is the focus for this Sunday, the third Sunday of Advent. His mission was to prepare the way. Last week I said that a …
The Prophets
The prophets are the focus for the Second Sunday of Advent. We reflect on the way the birth of the Messiah, whom we call Jesus, was …
Advent
The word Advent means coming and I suspect that children will think of Advent mainly as the time that marks the coming of Christmas. For children …
‘Follow me’ (Mark 1: 17)
Jesus said ‘Follow me…’ to the fishermen Simon and Andrew. It was an invitation… Have you heard the story that Jesus commissioned the Jerusalem Management Consultancy. …
Remembrance…
Today, November 11th, is Remembrance Day. We remember those who died in war. We remember with respect and gratitude those ‘who for our tomorrow gave their today’; we remember …
Adjusting expectations
Adjusting our expectations as the clocks change we notice the balance of darkness and light changes. We adjust to the fact that the quality of the …