Archives for July 2012

Heart and Soul 3: Living in the Spirit.

Friday 27 July 2012

I began reports on Jo Gilbert’s workshop on Christian Community with her explanation of Koinonia. She had talked about how communion is rooted in the life of the Trinity and is our deepest vocation, as individuals and for the Church. She went on to look at how this communion, this koinonia comes out of experience […]

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“Thou”-For those who know each other.

Monday 23 July 2012

Listening to my Spanish CDs this weekend reminded me of something. The teacher introduced the informal way of talking by describing it as the “thou” form. Many years ago, when studying Medieval literature for my degree, I was taught that thou came to be used in informal or familiar circumstances. “Thou” form of pronouns were […]

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Benedictine Rule and Family Life.

Friday 20 July 2012

I am struck time and time again by the fact that God gives us what we need when we need it. There is a synchronicity sometimes in the way we experience the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Recently, while at the Celebrate Conference I bought a book called ‘The Rule of Saint […]

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Koinonia

Wednesday 18 July 2012

As mentioned here, Karlie and I attended a workshop by Jo Gilbert of the Wellspring Community, during the Celebrate Conference. Jo talked about the concept of koinonia. This is a Greek word that is used in the New Testament when speaking about the communities that formed the newly born Church. She said that koinonia is […]

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Books to develop Children’s Spirituality: Monster Mission.

Saturday 14 July 2012

After writing the post on God playing with the monsters of the deep, I kept thinking about Eva Ibbottson’s book ‘Monster Mission’. I thought how well it conveys this sense of God in the character of the Kracken. The Kracken is a huge sea monster who swims around the seas. He hums as he goes. […]

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Heart and Soul: Report from the Celebrate Conference

Friday 13 July 2012

Last Saturday saw several of our group go over to Brighton for the Celebrate Conference. We saw so many friendly faces, some from Eastbourne, some from further a field. For both Karlie and I, one of the best parts of our day was the seminar we went to after lunch. The one we chose , […]

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