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mystical Christianity

Temple Arts & Evensong

4pm – Temple Arts in preparation for 5pm Evensong at Brooking Church on the 4th Sunday of most months. During the growing season (from March until October) there will be an inclusive/non hierarchical language mystical Christian Evensong at Brooking Church,… Continue Reading …

Advent Evensong with O Antiphons

6pm every day, from Tuesday 16th until Tuesday 23rd December, at beautiful Brooking Church. In the magical, concluding week of Advent and the approach to Christmas, we will be gathering every evening for a one hour Evensong service by candlelight…. Continue Reading …

‘No Mow’ Mystics Retreat

Sunday 11th May – 10am to 5pm at St Barnabas Church, Brooking, Dartington TQ9 6DW. With Clare Coyne and Sam Wernham. A gentle day among the bluebells, in the beautiful wild churchyard, with some Buddhist, Daoist and Christian explorations of… Continue Reading …

Wild Scripture

Since returning from my ‘wild monastery pilgrimage’ in late April, I’ve been back at work and also taking time for some deep discernment into what the Holy One – Blessed be She – is calling me into for this next… Continue Reading …

Returning to the Monastery of the Heart

As I write this, the world is reeling in the face of COVID-19. Here in the UK, on Monday the PM began the process of lock down, stressing the need for social distancing. Yesterday the Archbishops of Canterbury and York… Continue Reading …

Beginning again… and again

During my time at Tassajara Zen Monastery in my twenties, I remember hearing a quote by its founder, Shunryu Suzuki. Now that I am in midlife, naturally I can’t remember it fully! But it was something along the lines of…… Continue Reading …

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