‘Gather us in to listen deeply, share intently, understand so fully that our differences become starting points and our points of intersection become rivers of connection flowing more deeply than all that divides…’ Read Ruth’s reflection in full in the second postcard from a Listening Pilgrimage.
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With a situation so vast, against the backdrop of a complex world stage, it is difficult to know how to respond to the devastation in Israel/Palestine. Here are some suggestions of how to learn more, pray faithfully and act wisely.
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‘If day one was a day of opening our hearts to the pain of the past, day two was a moment of healing amongst friends and strangers. ‘ Ruth Harvey shares reflections from the first stage of the Listening Pilgrimage in the lands now called Australia.
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This beautiful image was commissioned by the Wellspring Community for the Listening pilgrimage. Find out more about the artist behind it and the Listening pilgrimage here.
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Interfaith Relations CCN and Peace CCN are collaborating with ‘Alignment: Interfaith Contemplative Practices’ (headed up by Associate Member Margaret Somerville) and the Week of Prayer for World Peace (WPWP) committee to produce a digital offering for this year’s prayer week.
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In October's Sounds of Iona, Ruth considers the dance of culture and strategy ‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast’, according to management consultant and writer Peter Drucker. We can have all
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In September's Sounds of Iona, Ruth joins the pilgrimage for peace It was a drizzly, dreich day when Nick and I set out from Taynuilt with our dog Luna, to
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Thoughts of nuclear warfare are at the forefront of many these days, thanks to the cinema release of Oppenheimer. Former leader and decades-long campaigners against nuclear war, John and Molly Harvey, review Oppenheimer and remember the time they went to the cinema with a survivor of the Hiroshima bomb.
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Is it possible to grow as a global community in such a way that it will not ‘cost the earth’? What are we asking of our Members as we expand
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Image: Exploring gifts from Denmark in the refectory at Iona Abbey. Staff at Iona Abbey receive lots of intangible gifts from guests. Recently a large group from Denmark stayed. They presented
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