As I've been preparing for Pentecost this week, it has struck me that almost everything I read about the Holy Spirit is 'functional' - about the work and purpose of the third person of the Trinity.  Which is not everso helpful when I am working with three of the symbols/metaphors each of which convey something of the mystery of this aspect of the divine.

My ideas have yet to coalesce in to anything coherent... I have two lines of thought neither of which quite works but hopefully between now and Sunday things will fall into place.  Given that the two strands of thought relate to ancient classical philosophy on the one hand and the legend of a coat of arms on the other, getting to a common end point is not going to be trivial!

This evening sees the start of five weeks of short Ignatian reflections.  I have to confess I've cheated and downloaded them from the Pray As You Go website rather than source them in written form or create my own.

I'm not always entirely sure that this style of reflection 'works' for me, but it is good to give a go over a sustained period of time.

As the summer break approaches, I am starting to reflect on the six month experiment we've shared and to wonder what might be helpful for folk when we recommence in the autumn.

I think I know what hasn't really 'scratched where people itched' but I'm not so sure I really known what the 'itches' are that people want to 'scratch', so I can see a busy time of exploring ahead.

If nothing else, it has been good for me to try some different things.