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Loving Later Life An Ethics of Ageing

Posted on 10 October 201623 December 2016 by James Woodward

Loving Later Life An Ethics of Ageing Frits de Lange Eerdmans, 2015, 169 pages, pbk, £12.99 If asked to name one of the urgent ethical priorities for academics and practioners working across a number of sectors it would be to deal with this question ‘what are older people

Going Deeper for Truth and Freedom

Posted on 26 September 2016 by James Woodward

A Sermon preached at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 25th September 2016 at Evensong (John 8, 31- 38,48 – end) John 8;32,33 ‘If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.’ If you visit Birm

Spiritual Care: luxury or necessity?

Posted on 29 August 2016 by James Woodward

Spiritual Care in Practice : Case studies in Healthcare Chaplaincy Edited by George Fitchett and Steve Nolan Paperback 2015, 320pp, ISBN: 978-1-84905-976-3 It seems as if English bank holiday weekends bring out the some of the more gloomy of stories in our newspapers.

Nurturing Imagination ?

Posted on 28 August 2016 by James Woodward

Here at Sarum College our aspirational strapline is Learning to nourish the human spirit ( see something of our work at www.sarum.ac.uk) and as I complete the first year of my presence, engagement and leadership of the College I have been much intrigued about what it is that

Andrew Walker, Notes From A Wayward Son: A Miscellany

Posted on 10 August 201623 December 2016 by James Woodward

Andrew Walker, Notes From A Wayward Son: A Miscellany, ed. by Andrew D. Kinsey (Cascade, 2015) This is an intriguing, stimulating and rewarding book that offers a space within which Andrew Walkers rather original and distinctive voice can be heard. Some will know Walker thro

How Do We Access the Spiritual?

Posted on 18 July 201623 December 2016 by James Woodward

How Do We Access The Spiritual Edited by Jonathan Pye, Peter Sedgwick and Andrew Todd, Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2015; 280 pages; £19.99 I review this book (the second week of July 2016) when two particular conversations were at the forefront of my mind. The first was the

Longing for a deeper Church ?

Posted on 16 July 2016 by James Woodward

Andrew Walker, Notes From A Wayward Son: A Miscellany, ed. by Andrew D. Kinsey (Cascade, 2015), 322pp. no price marked. ISBN 978 – 1– 62564 – 161 – 8. This is an intriguing, stimulating and rewarding book that offers a space within which Andrew Walkers rather orig

How do we access the spiritual?

Posted on 15 July 2016 by James Woodward

Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2015; 280 pages; £19.99 ISBN 9781849054973 I review this book (the second week of July 2016) when two particular conversations were at the forefront of my mind. The first was the smooth transition between Cameron and May into 10 Downing Street and

Improving our understanding of Dementia ?

Posted on 10 July 2016 by James Woodward

[gallery ids="7044,7045" type="rectangular"] I am gathering together a small collection of books all published by Jessica Kingsley who is certainly one of the most innovative and ground-breaking publishers working in this field. Their list covering a range o

Spiritual Accompaniment

Posted on 10 July 2016 by James Woodward

Spiritual Accompaniment and Counselling: Journeying with psyche and soul Edited by Peter Masden Gubi Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2015 paperback 192 pages £16.99 Here at Sarum College ( www.sarum.ac.uk ) our two year certificate in spiritual direction is very pop

Performing Pastoral Care

Posted on 10 July 2016 by James Woodward

Making the case for the relevance of pastoral care today, this book explores the role of pastoral care through the prism of music. Using musical analogies, the author provides a new way of understanding and practising pastoral care, grounded in practical theology. Challenging o

Facilitating Spiritual Reminiscence for People with dementia

Posted on 19 June 2016 by James Woodward

A Learning Guide by Elizabeth MacKinlay and Corrine Trevitt Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2015 I have recently experienced the hospitalisation of a close relative and, once again, have been surprised by the culture of care in our Hospitals. There is a kind of functionalism that

Performing Pastoral Care

Posted on 10 June 201621 December 2016 by James Woodward

Sarum College: A Brief History

Posted on 16 May 2016 by James Woodward

From the early Middle Ages, Salisbury was an important centre for theological training, its great cathedral and Close attracting students and scholars from the whole of Europe. The history of theological study begins with St Osmund and the completion of the first cathedral at

What kind of leadership??

Posted on 25 April 2016 by James Woodward

Crucible : The Journal of Christian Social Ethics April 2016 Editorial What kind of Leadership? The four articles that follow in this edition of Crucible all take leadership as a starting point to reflect upon the nature of the Church and its exercise of power a

Sarum Lectures 2016 Renewing Hope – Pray, Serve, Grow.

Posted on 13 April 2016 by James Woodward

The Sarum lectures have a long and distinguished history in the life of the Cathedral Close. They are a partnership between Sarum College and the Cathedral and this year we are looking forward to four lectures from our Diocesan Bishop, the Right Rev Nicholas Holtham. Here is an

Gravity, Context and Choice

Posted on 13 March 2016 by James Woodward

Ministry in an Urban Context. The photograph above is one of the many aerial views of the city of Southampton available via Google images. A large group of our ministry students have just left the College after a weekend exploring the context and challenge of urban ministr

Good Disagreement? Grace and Truth in a Divided Church

Posted on 10 March 201621 December 2016 by James Woodward

Good Disagreement? Grace and Truth in a Divided Church Andrew Atherstone and Andrew Goddard (Editors) Lion Hudson 2015 There is a little bit of the playground and its visceral realities still in all of us. We prefer to get our own way and sometimes go to some lengths to ach

Ageing – an inner and outer journey

Posted on 1 March 2016 by James Woodward

TO SEE THE FLOWERS Don't go outside your house to see flowers. My friend, don't bother with that excursion. Inside your body there are flowers. One flower has a thousand petals. That will do for a place to sit. Sitting there you will have a glimpse of beauty inside t

Learning: enlivening and enlarging?

Posted on 28 February 2016 by James Woodward

[caption id="attachment_6759" align="alignnone" width="4256"] The best conversations are often the most unexpected[/caption] Sarum College is now almost empty with our third-year students from our Ministry programme having returned back to their homes and families. I have to sa

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