De La Mennais Brothers: Making Jesus Christ better known and loved by young people

  Another great devotional from Liz Milani (The Practice Co devotional app - https://www.thepracticeco.com) on the theme of gratitude in a time of trial. I made a note of this post when first reading it back in April. It's sentiments still very much apply today.         HOW TO SEE IN THE DARK - Part 7 When you feel like you can't see the way forward, or that your current experiences are murking up the water making it hard to make decisions and to know what to do, gratitude will clear the way, it will open your eyes, it will help you see in the dark. And these are dark times. Whether its COVID-19, job and income loss, a sense of hopelessness, relationship heartache, chronic pain, anger, frustration... whatever it is that is clouding your judgement, tightening your heart - sometimes the way forward is hard to see for all the mess and clamour of life. There is so much happening on so many different levels, it's natural and easy to feel overwhelmed and stunned into para

A while back I watched the Tom Hanks film “A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood”, based on real-life encounter between US children's TV legend Mr Rogers and a hard-bitten journalist.   I discovered Mr Rogers for myself as an 11 yr. old visiting my sister in New Orleans with my mum in 1980 but he didn’t really click with me at that point. Thanks to this film I have now very much warmed to both the TV persona of Mr Rogers and the man behind that persona, Fred Rogers. In fact, I think the two are pretty much one and the same. One thing I like about him (as portrayed by Tom Hanks) is that what you saw was what you got, whether it was on the tv show or in real life. After a bit of research, it would seem that this is a true reflection of how he was.    Given recent events in the aftermath of George Floyd's death, the below scene says so much. Apparently it did really happen. For me, it's is a taste of heaven. With the current climate surrounding abuse, the request in his sig