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Quelling of noise within the soul
ANGLICAN silence may seem an unpromising topic, because Anglicanism is so wordy. After all, Montaigne said that the Reformation was, in essence, “a quarrel over words”. A “verbal affair”, its “cardinal doctrine” was sola…
New Arthurian ballad cycle for modern Britain
MALCOLM GUITE is an interviewer’s dream. Speaking from his book-lined study at home in Norfolk, he says he is still jet-lagged after recent speaking engagements in the United States. It is hard to believe. He is as excited,…
A cappella group retells the Passion story with women at the centre
IT WAS a conversation with the choral director Sarah Tenant-Flowers, four years ago, that sparked the first draft of a new work focusing on women in the Passion story. Sarah Meyrick (now the editor of the Church Times) went…
Why are some young people being drawn to the religious life?
“IT’S a gorgeous place,” Brother Felix tells me enthusiastically on Zoom from his monastery between two Worcestershire villages, where the patchy WiFi is compensated for by the views over the rolling hills. “It takes about…
Healing power of group walking
IT IS All Saints’ Day, a damp and misty November morning that inclines itself to reflection and remembrance. A band of pilgrims, we turn up with our rucksacks at St John the Baptist, Tideswell, in Derbyshire, a church known…
On the trail of a forgotten saint in York Minster
OUTSIDE York Minster on a sunny Monday morning in March, visitors from around the UK and as far away as the United States mill around, gazing up at the windows and stonework. They look blank, and often apologetic, at the…
Spiritual care for carers
WHEN Sarah Smith became employed as the co-ordinator for Carers Connected, she was caring for her mother. The initiative, from the Christian charity Embracing Age, connects carers via weekly online Zoom gatherings.“So many…
‘Ten years without a conversation’
“MAGGIE was a huge personality, highly intelligent: she spoke several languages. Initially, she was diagnosed with ‘semantic dementia’, but it may then have become Alzheimer’s as well.“I was fortunate in that she retained her…
How Christian support can transform a birth
OVER the past decade, alongside a broader cultural shift toward health and “wellness”, there has been a marked rise in the demand for holistic birth support. This growing interest is fuelled by parents’ desire for more…
What is Christian Hypnobirthing?
TARA MENZIES’S Christian Hypnobirthing app was inspired by her own search for faith-based support when she was pregnant with her first son.“My sister-in-law recommended hypnobirthing, and, while I tried different apps, I…
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