Category Archives: Religion

I am an Anglican so I write from an Anglican point of view

Why is Dying so hard?


In her last week Patricia Bow asked about dying, “Why is it so hard?” She also wrote: ” I hate the fact that I am making several loved people unhappy.” The thing about dying is that no one wants you to die. … Continue reading

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One with God


Last night I dreamt Patricia Bow and I were swimming in a blue lagoon (Yes think the movie “The Blue Lagoon 1980”) and after I awoke I lay in bed thinking; these thoughts came to mind: The Gospel says God and Heaven … Continue reading

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More than life itself!


Patricia Bow and I were in union with God from the very beginning. We just had to recognize that there is an absolute, eternal union between God and the soul within all of us and in everything. As Paul says we … Continue reading

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Blessed to find my soulmate


God, the love within you, is the bonding process of soulmates. God makes the soulmates One with Him and each other. A soulmate relationship is what C. S. Lewis meant when he urged Vanauken to strive for “God and us.” … Continue reading

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Love is all you need


Patricia and I were sort of Hippies when we met. We believed in “make love, not war” as a road to a gentler more peaceful, caring life.  You didn’t say Love, you lived it. Those who spoke, didn’t Know, those … Continue reading

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Love, marriage and God!


Yes, Patricia is within me and I am within her; we know each other so intimately – like knowing like. We were made for each other from the beginning. She was who I was seeking as was I who she … Continue reading

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Soulmate love


Marriage is a commitment to sharing your life with another forever. Marriage is a journey in which you grow toward becoming “God and Us.” You truly become one with each other. The Ancient Greeks had six Words for Love: Eros, … Continue reading

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Hermits together forever!


Heaven is a resurrected Eden! This time we KNOW and are contented. We ask nothing we have all in our resurrected bodies we know God! Patricia Bow and I are back to where we began: “A Book of Verses underneath … Continue reading

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In a Quiet state or going mad?


Sometimes when feeling deep within myself for myself, my beloved spouse and God, my rational mind thinks I’m going mad.  There is nothing there, but dreams and I am alone. I can not awake to that great dawn until I … Continue reading

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The Kingdom within!


After death, your beloved spouse’s Presence within you is a great comfort but it cannot replace the gentle kiss, the full embrace, the loving glance, the soft touch as she squeezes by you. She still exists but it requires God … Continue reading

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