spiritual and ministerial development
Meditation series for the liturgical year By Stony Paths: Holy Week 2020 Podcast series (10 episodes) Beyond the Empty Tomb: Easter 2020 podcast series (6 episodes) Advent, Christmas and Epiphany: 2020/21 A series of web based meditations (6 episodes) All Shall Be Well?: Holy Week 2021 podcast series (8 episodes)
Take a deeper breath… with Julian of Norwich A Quiet Day with Nick Helm Julian lived an age of the black death and social and ecclesial upheaval. In the midst of this she was given a profound experience of the love of God. We live and minister in an age of pandemic, and significant social […]
“Practical Spirituality: spiritual practices that can energise and shape our living.” 1st May 2021 10am – 3pm 10-10.45 Welcomes followed by First Input: Prayer as Welcome: Receiving the welcome of God Use these links to access the resources for reflection and prayer: Rowan Williams on Prayer God’s View of Me Beloved 10.45 – 11.30 Space for reflection […]
This programme is to provide support for those looking to accompany others praying the Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life (often known as the 19th Annotation) Here are the resources for downloading and printing. Downloadable Documents Here are the handouts Saturday 17 April: Accompanying the Spiritual Exercises Handout Booklist Presentation Slides Desire – Quote from Michael Ivens […]
Resources for Weeks of Accompanied Prayer Using These Resources on a Week These resources are intended as a support for your praying through the week and beyond. They are offered, if they are needed or useful, and there is no expectation that you use them all this week. In fact some may not refer to […]
Hosea 11 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. 2 The more I called them, the more they went from me; they kept sacrificing to the Baals, and offering incense to idols. 3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took them up in my arms; […]
Listening Groups Listen … to the fragile feelings, not to the clashing fury… to the quiet sounds, not to the loud clamour… to the steady heartbeat, not to the noisy confusion… to the hidden voices, not to the obvious chatter… to the deep harmonies, not to the surface discord… Jim Cotter The Aim of Listening […]
Resurrection seen through God’s eyes https://youtu.be/hJe828A0f5U Lord and Servant How is the loving lord looking upon the fallen servant? The lord looks upon the servant ‘with pity, not with blame’. The lord’s view: ‘All this time, his loving lord looks on him most tenderly, and now with a double aspect, one outward, very meekly and […]
Fallen and blind https://youtu.be/wYn3_-0jSME How do I resolve the contradictions? Julian wrestles with the difficulty that human beings have to comprehend God’s. What on earth is God up to? The presence of sin and suffering and a church that requires confession sits very uncomfortably with the God of love she has come to know. Ellyn […]
Facing the Cross: Can all be Well? https://youtu.be/5g_Pv3zyYpw This meditation has two parts, with a space in between. Between the two parts is time for you to read quietly and slowly for yourself one of the gospel accounts of the crucifixion. Choose one of these: Matthew 27. 32-61, Mark 15.21-47, Luke 23.26-56, John 19.16-42 You […]
