Reflecting upon Covid-19 makes me think of the words of Psalm 46 ‘Be still and know that I am God, exalted over nations, exalted over earth’. We are not in charge. For too long we have behaved [...]
O, that you would tear the heavens open
and come down
From where we stand, the Cave is dark.
We wait in this valley of darkness; this night
of shadows and echoes from the past.
For many of us, silence plays an integral part on our spiritual journey. It may be experienced as a welcome challenge or a necessity for the nourishment of our souls and inner lives. Silence may [...]
In this short piece, I would like to wander from the beaten path to Finchale (pronounced Finkle) Priory, a stage of the camino ingles, on the banks of the River Wear near to Durham. There, we can [...]
Claire was born at the end of a beautiful day in the early summer of 1981. It was the Year of the Disabled, but we did not have an inkling of what that year would bring.
We already had a [...]
The Rule of St Benedict for August begins by talking of monks who have to travel, rather ironic in today’s society where we are only just coming out of an unprecedented ban on travelling. Yet, [...]
I was happy that my husband could visit Mount Athos. In a series of ecstatic phone calls he described the landscape as he walked between the monasteries. “The land is covered in flowers. The [...]
Someone asked the question ‘What is God trying to tell us by the pandemic?’ God does not intervene with a pandemic to make a point or get people to think. Nevertheless it is important for us to [...]
At this unhappy time when we may be forgiven for anxiety about the health and welfare of our loved ones, Society and, indeed, ourselves it may be helpful to consider times when Christians have [...]
In his Holy Rule, St Benedict often refers to murmuring and grumbling. This is understandable as murmuring and grumbling can present obstacles to anyone trying to build up and maintain an [...]
