26 Dec Mealtime books: November 2018
Extra Ordinary Eating in silence while listening to a book being read aloud is a practice found in Chapter 38 of...
22 Dec Love bade me welcome
A good friend of mine died a year and a half ago. I recently gathered with his family to plant...
30 Nov In search of stillness…
Immediately I arrive at Mucknell Abbey, I pick up its rhythms, its pace, its quiet activity. I am here for...
28 Nov Travel light this Christmas with Discovering Prayer
'Travelling Light' in the run up to Christmas Christmas can be a really stressful time. Many of us would like to...
26 Nov Monthly Digest: November 2018
"So dull and dark are the November days. The lazy mist high up the evening curled, And now the morn quite hides...
09 Nov Make your hearts glad as you are able
Advent is looming: time, in the words of one of my favourite Advent carols (‘People, Look East’) to ‘trim the...
31 Oct Prayer 101: Imagination in Scriptural Prayer
Now, let your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God The fourth in a series of short articles about...
31 Oct Like listening to the sea
I like to think of my friends at Mucknell speaking or singing the daily office during my working day. I...
30 Oct Monthly Digest: October 2018
The month began with our week-long Community Retreat. During this time the guesthouse is closed and we observe silence...
29 Sep Br Stuart’s September Diary
When one of our guests recently asked a Sister "Where is Br Stuart?", she answered "Who?" In recent weeks, it...