In more than thirty years Alan Neale has accompanied, supported and helped guide those in transition. Transition from single to couple, from closet to openly gay. The doors of transition have been marked age, employment, failing health and so much more. Alan’s work as Transition Coach is shaped by the beliefs that no-one is called to be alone in their journey, that strength is needed for the journey and that there is an “eloquence of the now” to which attention must be given. Everyone, every day is in transition; Alan is for you an experienced, sensitive, alert companion in the journey
About a week ago, I received a note from someone that I knew in Philadelphia. Towards the end of an essay he included the words below; they will be always very special because they speak to me of an openness to God that I hope I will never, never lose both in personal and professional… Continue reading
So we continue with part two of “Making Decisions”, reflections on human wisdom illustrated in our lives and in Scripture. Session #1 could be summarized by one word “perspective.” The importance of making decisions in the light of our experiences (good, bad and indifferent) and our abilities, in the light of the wisdom of others… Continue reading
(These are the bare bones, the provided notes, that helped guide the conversation yesterday. There was interest in discussing what it is that inhibits us from making “gut/instinctive” decisions? There was also a strong emphasis that before, during and after making decisions we develop our faith in God who wishes the best for us and… Continue reading
Some years back Malcolm Gladwell published “Blink”; in the book he argued well that we seem to have lost the ability to hear and follow the immediate decisions of our hearts and have surrendered this to a long process of decision-making. I agree… in part. Decision-making occurs throughout our days – from the minute and… Continue reading
13 Questions to AskBefore Getting Married By ELEANOR STANFORD MARCH 24, 2016 When it comes to marriage, what you don’t know really can hurt you. Whether because of shyness, lack of interest or a desire to preserve romantic mystery, many couples do not ask each other the difficult questions that can help build the foundation… Continue reading
Tomorrow Sunday February 7th is the last of a five part series “Discovering Divine Magic in Daily Lives”. I have been so very encouraged and inspired by the growing numbers at this series and by the readiness to learn and discuss; truly never before in my experiences of parish ministry. Well done, Trinity Newport Rhode… Continue reading
The Book of Psalms in Hebrew Scripture is constantly, and inexorably, the expression of all human emotions. The Book encompasses the most human of emotional experiences as fear, praise, jealously, confusion and anger. Thank God it does not massage nor anesthetize the starkness of these wayward and wild emotions; God’s presence seems not to require… Continue reading
Given my British background we may well agree to disagree on the pronunciation of “process” – is it “proh… (long ‘o’)” or “pror… (short ‘o’)? However it is pronounced, we won’t argue will we? “Let’s call the calling off.. off”. Well that was complicated but it is just the beginning of considering the importance of… Continue reading
The story is told that when John Wesley (then a member of the Church of England) approached Bishop Butler of Bristol to recount Wesley’s conversion, the Bishop responded, “Enthusiasm, sir, is a horrid thing; a very horrid thing indeed”. Now remember that the Bishop was an Anglican and that Episcopalians (the American expression of Anglicanism)… Continue reading
On Saturday night (12/5) I went to bed with, I thought, the sermon completed for the morrow. At 4am (12/6) I awoke ‘suddenly’ and was moved to write an altogether different sermon. I enjoyed preaching and thinking about this sermon and I think ‘syncopation’ is one way to describe the Advent tensions, maybe the tensions… Continue reading