The Beneficial - news for April 2024

Jeremiah, one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Scriptures, is often characterized as a doom-monger. The quotation above gives that the lie. Yes, he speaks of God’s frustration and anger at the Israelites’ behaviour, but is always reassuring and ready to bless. So how do we seek God with all our heart? Recently I’ve been looking deeper into Celtic Spirituality. Here the emphasis in not on words, but silence. Not on the head, but the heart. Finding God not just in the religious, but in all things. The core idea is that God is what is deepest in us. Our hope, our future, our prosperity rests with our seeing God in one another, in all people, in all creation. This is where we find God.

Rev’d Philip Hawthorn, April 2024