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Engaging with Christian Spirituality

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The series of seven sessions discussed in my last post starts this evening 21st April at St George’s, Broad Oak 730pm Revd David and I look forward to leading this Diocesan course, prepared by Canon Andrew Mayes, the Diocesan Spiritual Adviser. Ideal to attend all seven weeks on Tuesday evenings but it’s also ok to sign up and attend when you can. Come along this evening and see what you think or email Wendy Greenan at Church House, Hove. Continue reading Engaging with Christian Spirituality

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Diocesan courses at St George’s, Broad Oak

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Over the last few years we have run a number of Diocesan courses at St.George’s – one of the locations in the East of the Diocese. Courses have included the year through Following Jesus course in 2012-13, two shorter Developing Discipleship courses: The little way of St Therese of Lisieux and From desert to cloister in 2014, and the first new Engaging Christianity course: Responding to Religious Diversity in Autumn 2014.     Now a further Engaging Christianity course is released and we will be first to offer this in the Diocese: Engaging with Christian Spirituality. This is the first of … Continue reading Diocesan courses at St George’s, Broad Oak

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Spiritual people

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I am surrounded by them. They have conviction, strength. I met a man recently who had helped me years ago in my academic career – been quite pivotal in fact. If anyone is filled with the Holy Spirit, it is this man. He is full of energy at a time when many of his age are confined to home and reducing their horizons. He speaks with a clarity of thought which comes from knowing what God wants of him. Knowing that he will be shown. His contributions to other people’s lives and wellbeing make my tiny efforts puny and insignificant. … Continue reading Spiritual people

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Spirituality -what’s that?

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Lately I have been trying to work out the distinction between spirituality and emotional experience. Maybe I don’t need to and maybe there is little difference, but I think there should be. When we talk of emotions we envisage sensory feelings – tears, joy, depression, excitement, outrage and so many more expressions of emotional experience. But they seem to be linked to what we feel and those feelings have both internal or mental, and physical expression in body language and sensation. When we talk of spirituality, there is something else going on.  Emotions are definitely involved, but there is more. … Continue reading Spirituality -what’s that?