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Listening to your Soul Julia Mourant

Posted on 29 December 20225 January 2023 by James Woodward
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  Canterbury Press 2022 ISBN-13 9781786223364 Pb 144pp   In these strange and unpredictable post lockdown days of uncertaint
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Leslie Houlden 1929- 2022 : Sacerdos, amator Dei, Quaerēns

Posted on 22 December 2022 by James Woodward
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A Sermon delivered at the Funeral Eucharist of Leslie Houlden at the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin Temple Balsall  21st December
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The abiding significance of sacred space

Posted on 7 December 2022 by James Woodward
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I wonder where your favourite space is in Salisbury? A visitor said to me recently – ‘I love Sarum College – it is a space where I can b
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PRACTICES FOR THE SOUL : FINDING MEANING IN OUR STRANGE NEW WORLD ?

Posted on 3 October 2022 by James Woodward
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The Power of Ritual : Turning Everyday Activities Into Soulful Practices Casper Ter Kuile William Collins 2020 reposted from 6th April 2021
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A Day that left its imprint on us all – The Funeral of HM The Queen

Posted on 22 September 2022 by James Woodward
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  On the day after the funeral I write this feeling a certain kind of disorientation. Bank Holidays often bring that disruption to the
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Waking up to God – Exploring faith by asking the right questions?

Posted on 17 September 2022 by James Woodward
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  Waking Up to God: Rediscovering Faith in Post-Pandemic Times by Neil Richardson  Sacristy Press 2022   Neil Richard
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Coping with the Uncertainty of these Present Times

Posted on 9 September 20224 September 2022 by James Woodward
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I have just returned for leading a retreat for twenty women and men supporting them as they prepare for their life as clergy. They talked abou
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ON FAILURE – HOW TO SUCCEED AT DEFEAT

Posted on 30 August 202229 August 2022 by James Woodward
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(The School of Life 2022) A hopeful and encouraging book that is gentle on its reader! In 2008, Alain de Botton was one of a team of write
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DIPPING INTO THE MIDDLE AGES

Posted on 29 August 2022 by James Woodward
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Hidden Hands : The Lives of Manuscripts and Their Makers by Mary Wellesley ( RiverRun 2021)   At Sarum College we have offered an MA
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IN PRAISE OF THE CATHOLIC HERITAGE OF ANGLICANISM

Posted on 29 August 2022 by James Woodward
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On Reading A Life-Long Springtime: The Life and Teaching of Fr George Congreve SSJE by Luke Miller (Sacristy Press 2022) Alfred Hope Patten
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What does it mean to Journey? Reading Crossroad by Moseley

Posted on 25 June 2022 by James Woodward
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Charles Moseley is a Cambridge scholar, teacher and English writer. I took this book with me to the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales last week
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In memory of Ruth Innes

Posted on 24 April 2022 by James Woodward
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I first came across Ruth at St George's, Windsor, when she came one year on a clergy conference. It was an intensive 10 days of learning
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Finding hope in the eternal values of truth and justice

Posted on 27 March 2022 by James Woodward
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The situation in Ukraine makes us feel so helpless. What can we do? Add this to our weariness and anxiety about the pandemic, climate change a
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Sunday Afternoon Cinema – The Duke

Posted on 1 March 2022 by James Woodward
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  I wonder where you consider home to be? And if you are a long way away from that place do you ever feel homesick? That strange longi
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Cambridge February 2022

Posted on 26 February 2022 by James Woodward
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Hearing God in Poetry by Richard Harries

Posted on 17 February 2022 by James Woodward
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Hearing God in Poetry Fifty Poems for Lent and Easter Richard Harries SPCK 2022   This is the time of the year when some turn to th
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Befriending the elderly stranger in us

Posted on 30 January 202230 January 2022 by James Woodward
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The Three Ages of Man or Reading a Song is a 1500-1501 is a painting by  Giorgione which is presently displayed in the Galleria Palatina in
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What shall I pray for ?

Posted on 3 December 20213 December 2021 by James Woodward
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Prayers for Living 500 Prayers for Public and Private Worship by Rosalind Brown (Sacristy Press 2021) I wonder if you pray how do you go abo
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Made in the image of ….?

Posted on 24 October 202124 October 2021 by James Woodward
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Global Images of Christ: Challenging Perceptions at Chester Cathedral The latest exhibition at Chester Cathedral due to end this month (October 20
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Listening Differently ? On being agents of change by Nancy Kline

Posted on 22 October 202120 October 2021 by James Woodward
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Change where your attention is I first encountered this book through a conversation with a colleague at Sarum College about pastoral supervision.
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  • Listening to your Soul Julia Mourant 29 December 2022
  • Leslie Houlden 1929- 2022 : Sacerdos, amator Dei, Quaerēns 22 December 2022
  • The abiding significance of sacred space 7 December 2022
  • PRACTICES FOR THE SOUL : FINDING MEANING IN OUR STRANGE NEW WORLD ? 3 October 2022
  • A Day that left its imprint on us all – The Funeral of HM The Queen 22 September 2022

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