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What does retreat look like for you?
During the summer I managed two short retreats. Each quite different, they met my need to take myself away from the everyday stuff of work and life for a while; to spend time doing something different, with some input and time to reflect, pray, enjoy and create. For one, I spent a few days in…
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Retreat for Holy Week
Waiting in Hope Make space for wonder, for rest, for beauty, for sorrow, for gratitude, and hope, and let your being breathe. (taken from Gideon Heugh’s poem, Darkling). I’m looking forward to leading this retreat morning on the Monday of Holy Week, via Zoom. Exploring hopefulness of the season – with image, prayer, poetry, and…
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Quenching our Thirst
Sometimes you notice God’s prompts more than others, sometimes they are glaringly obvious, other times they may go nearly unnoticed. Last week I facilitated an online retreat on the theme Water of Life, using the image that I’ve blogged about previously – of the sculpture based on the gospel story of Jesus meeting with the…
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Advent Retreat – online
Waiting and Wondering It’s that time of year when frenetic busyness and worry can take over, and what we really want to do is to focus in on the reason behind the season. I’ve created a morning retreat, via zoom. It’s short enough to fit into a busy schedule, to give an opportunity to pause…
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Prayer Vigil
I felt I wanted to respond in some tangible way to the situation in the Middle East. In 2001 I visited Northern Gaza. I met such lovely welcoming people, spent time visiting people in their homes, and visiting projects supported by Christian Aid. We heard from local people about how their lives were impacted by…
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Noticing
I’m working with a local community church at the moment, running a photography project. Those who know me, know that I really enjoy photography – taking photos and going to photography exhibitions, etc. I used photography as the methodology for my doctorate, so it’s great to be able to use my skills in participatory photography…
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waiting within the darkness
Photo credit @wildkindphotography On this the shortest (and darkest) day of the year, it seems apt to add a little reflection about waiting in the darkness! I’ve enjoyed Gideon Heugh’s poetry this year after being given one of his books for my birthday, and I’ve used a number of his poems at retreat days I’ve facilitated since. Yet…
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Water of Life
The Water of Life sculpture is found in the cloister garden at Chester cathedral. It’s a lovely place, a haven of calm and green in the midst of this small city. Words from the story of Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well (John 4), that the sculpture depicts, sit around the base…
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Good Friday
A reflection in words and images for Good Friday, created last year with photographs from the Hill of Crosses Lithuania.
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Pandemic prayer
I was Chaplain to Baptist Union Council as they met this week over 2 days via Zoom which involved me leading prayers and worship at the beginning and end of each day. On Tuesday we included a time of reflection in line with others across the country to mark a year since the first national…
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