spiritual and ministerial development
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 and ecclesial upheaval. In this day we’ll reflect […]
The Grove Book is now out of print, but interest in the course remains. (If you are interested in a digital version of the book please contact me.) Sheffield Diocese are going to run Soul Spark this year as part of their ‘Lights for Christ’ encouraging discipleship programme. I was recently interviewed about Soul Spark […]
Online Seminar Reflection points can be downloaded by clicking here Presentation Slides can be downloaded by clicking here. David Adam explores the season cycle in ‘Tides and Seasons‘ My book ‘Ignatius of Loyola: A guide for spiritual growth and discipleship‘ includes a greater description of the cycle of the spiritual exercises. David Runcorn’s ‘Touch Wood‘ includes […]
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; […]
Archbishop Rowan Williams on ‘Pause for Thought’ – Terry Wogan Radio 2 Tuesday 18 October 2005 Archbishop Rowan uses a surprising and yet helpful image to help understand prayer which I draw upon from time to time: I think it’s really dangerous if you think you are an expert on this one. But it is something […]
27th of February 2021 10.00 – 12.30 on zoom Led by Nick Helm for Rochester Canterbury Diocese Spirituality Networks How do we recognise where God’s invitation to us is in life when there are many possibilities / options and challenges? It can be really tricky to sift the options and find some clarity. In this session […]
7 Web Resources to enrich your prayer life www.sacredspace.ie daily prayer and reflection using a scripture reading for the day www.24-7prayer.com encouraging prayer www.approachestoprayer.info plenty to explore www.prayingincolor.com using doodles and colouring to enable your prayer. www.thykingdom.co.uk Anglican initiative to encourage prayer and praying for people to grow in knowing God www.trypraying.org encouragement to people who […]
As we live through what might be the tail end of a middle stage of lockdown, there is an opportunity to ponder what has been learned, what challenges have been risen to for the better, what realties still need to be faced I was told by a directee last week that I’d asked a really […]
Praying with the Trinity After many years of using this icon, I still find it enormously helpful to draw me into being with the community of the Trinity. One of the options in the Soul Spark course is to pray with the Trinity – use this link to see this resource A leaflet I have […]
I’ve used John Veltri’s ‘Orientations’ to take people through the Spiritual Exercises. Of the various adaptations of the Exercises for the 19th Annotation that I have used, this is my preferred option. All the resources are online but some of the key elements are: Prayer exercises to help someone prepare for the Exx: http://orientations.jesuits.ca/bob/page5.htm#77 The […]
