Year: 2020

The challenge of silence is to listen with our heart and soul. However sometimes it can possibly seem easier to live without any silence. That can mean that we can perhaps sometimes try to live in such a way that we try to fill every moment with noise. Yet the very profound aspect of silence in there is a whole sense of being to be found within it. That reality of embracing the silence and asking God to speak to us in that process means encountering ourselves as we really are, not hiding from our strengths, weaknesses, hopes and sorrows. [Read More]

Have you ever encountered someone who really listens? It is possibly a completely disarming and liberating experience. In the encounter with someone who does really spend time listening to God and to others, it is possible to see the impact they have on the world around them is remarkable. Perhaps it is that they have dedicated themselves to a life of prayer. In that process they have worked through some of their own struggles and difficulties in life and prayer and so are able to reflect that experience and wisdom. And it is not so much about what they say. [Read More]

The next ten days or so are a very important moment in the Christian calendar.  As we come towards the end of Lent and head towards Easter, we focus on Christ’s journey to the cross and his resurrection. As completely central to our faith, the coming of Christ, the eternal Word made flesh  as expressed in John chapter 1, almost gives a summary of our focus as Christians at this time as it does during Advent, when it read at services in preparation for Christmas. In reflection of that, not only at Easter but on every Sunday, in some church [Read More]

The current circumstances have meant that we have found a new appreciation for staying in touch as we have had to find new ways to connect and communicate with one another. Perhaps, as we have to connect more than ever through online communication and meetings and emails, we are having to learn to listen to one another in a different way. We have had to listen carefully to each other, to what we say and how we say it. We have had to listen for that inner thread of the Spirit of God both in how our daily routine has [Read More]