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\nLast week I was in Yorkshire for the annual Resound Worship Songwriter Retreat<\/a> held at Wydale Hall. One afternoon I joined an excursion to Bempton Cliffs<\/a>, hoping to see a real puffin up close. It didn’t happen for me (others had more luck). I saw lots of birds though, and stunning scenery. Along the cliff path I also stumble on this blooming thistle with a bumble bee bumbling about, sampling the nectar.<\/p>\n

May you find time this summer to bumble about and sample things that are sweet and nourishing for your heart and mind and soul.
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin<\/strong> said, <\/p>\n

\u201cAbove all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We would like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new. And yet, it is the law of all progress that it is made by passing through some stages of instability \u2014 and that it may take a very long time. Above all, trust in the slow work of God, our loving vine-dresser.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 
\nfrom Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals<\/a><\/em> by Shane Claiborne<\/strong>, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove<\/strong> and Enuma Okoro<\/strong>, p. 335
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From the blog<\/strong>
\nWhen hot and bothered<\/a>
\nAll my days and forever<\/a>
\nBright and beautiful<\/a>
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  Last week I was in Yorkshire for the annual Resound Worship Songwriter Retreat held at Wydale Hall. One afternoon I joined an excursion to Bempton Cliffs, hoping to see a real puffin up close. It didn’t happen for me (others had more luck). I saw lots of birds though, and stunning scenery. 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