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This one happened cycling home from Bardney after a day of reflective pioneer work as part of the First session of the CTAL Learning Community. The Heron.I was cycling home from Bardney along the Water Rail Way— you know the one, that long flat path between two watercourses where the wind comes at you from strange angles and the turns and views are strange and you have to decide whether you mean…

Made a tiktok never done one before – seemed like a good day to do something new – on the way home after a day of pioneer sharing and work at the CTAL learning pathway session. Brilliant day filled with faith, prayer and fellowship as people moved forward in their ministry and outreach as Pioneers and Enabler in their community.

Pedals meet the frost-kissed earth,  as the river whispers secrets,  each turn of the wheel a quiet prayer,  a journey through the misty calm.  The weight of the world drifts away  in the hush of winter’s embrace,  bare branches reaching towards possibility,  inviting me to let go, to breathe.  In this place, where shadows linger,  I find a sacred space,  the soil waits patiently,  Still yet as…

What an incredible and unexpected #prayercycles that was, stopping in Hartsholme Park under the canopy of autumn leaved trees to join with others across the city on Zoom to pray for our City! Just perfect timing (and thank you Angie for being willing and finding the perfect spot!) … And truly all creation joined with us in praise, from falling leaves that fell as blessing, to sunlight shining…

‘ Look I bring life from what seems chopped down, stunted, less than it was… But it is yet serving its purpose and from the one the many flow……

Swans and Ducks at Evening on Bracebridge Fishing Pool on Flickr.

Castle & Cathedral…

My morning commute is always a PrayerCycle ride but some days you are just hit with, or stumble across, a real moment of revelation that had you not been cycling along seeing the world in front of you as the ground passes under your wheels you probably wouldn’t have had. This morning that realisation came along as I saw something I have seen hundreds of times before… But for some reason it popped…

I was out last night with my new pocket camera trying to capture some of that wonder because it was a very cold night and so the stars were clear and sparkling in the night black sky… And they always make my heart sing.Then there were the lights reflected on the water, that soothed my soul with their own calm gentle prayer of reflection that I joined in with for just a few minutes too.

Finally…

So I saw this huffpost today… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nature-can-offer-its-own-form-of-religious-transcendence-suggests-study_55c38443e4b0f1cbf1e3f31a

and it seems to me that there is much in the idea that nature and religious experience are linked, after all that’s one of the reasons that I am committed to the idea of Prayer Cycles rides, going out and experiencing the landscape and…

Prayer Cycles Rides – even alone and on the commute

Any cycle ride can be a Prayer Cycles ride, because wherever you go, God goes with you… or maybe it is more that you journey with The Creator and for a while can glimpse The Creators hand at work in everything you view and feel compelled to offer up your thanks and praise for that moment in your journey.

I am blessed to be able to take a route on my daily commute that rarely ever fails to compel…