Category Archives: Chasing the Wild Goose

Spirituality and Energy Security – Mr Andrew Pickford, Managing Director, ISSA Indo-Pacific As a consultant and researcher in the field of energy, Andrew Pickford will discuss the spiritual considerations of energy. This talk will cover topical matters around our energy … Continue reading →

Edwina Gateley Let Your God Love You Be silent. Be still. Alone. Empty Before your God. Say nothing. Ask nothing. Be silent. Be still. Let your God look upon you. That is all. God knows. God understands. God loves you … Continue reading →

  Gospel writer John loved a good agricultural metaphor; (were there many other kinds in a pre-industrial age?) Jesus, lover of people, welcomer of ratbags and friend of troubled souls; likens himself to a shepherd who cares only for the … Continue reading →

This Spirit Journey to be led by Ian Robinson and Rick Read July 7-15, 2012 to the semi arid zone and the big lakes between Coolgardie and Sandstone. This will include a walk around the sculptures on Lake Ballard. OR if … Continue reading →

“They Didn’t Believe the Women” When my father died in 1998 he donated his body to science for medical research. Eighteen months later FedEx delivered his “cremains” to our house, and I remember thinking that there had to be a … Continue reading →

Thin Places Everywhere: A Celtic St. Patrick’s Meditation Bruce Epperly Like many students of spirituality and theology, I have been intrigued by the Celtic vision of “thin places.”  You might say that my recent book, The Center is Everywhere: Celtic … Continue reading →

Lectio Divina: A brief history Latin for Divine Lectionary or Sacred Reading.Lectio Divina is a very old method of reflection on scripture, which finds its roots in the desert movement in early Christianity. The desert fathers and mothers were a … Continue reading →

Prayer of the Heart Different styles of contemplative prayer have the same intention. They are to help you move away from years of trying to pray correctly, to a deeper awareness of God. (1 Cor. 13:11) When I was a … Continue reading →

New resources from the Wellspring Centre at Ashburton, Victoria. Centering Prayer There are different types of silence we experience in meditation and different styles of prayer to practice entering the silence but focused on intentional silence, which is what we … Continue reading →