Daily life
Digital download: Biblical reflections and intercessionary prayers relating to various aspects of daily life, aimed at bringing those for whom we pray into a triangular relationship with ourselves and God. Taken from the book Wild Goose Chase: Exploring the spirituality of everyday life, by Annie Heppenstall. 21 pages.
Daily life
Digital download: Reflections on being with God through cycles and passing of time - for each day of the week and different times of the day. Includes biblical quotes and references, reflections and points of focus, and a canticle and a prayer for each day or time. Taken from the book Wild Goose Chase: Exploring the spirituality of everyday life, by Annie Heppenstall. 24 pages.
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A Reflection on the Story of the Transfiguration (PDF download)
Digital download: Poet Joy Mead takes one of her usual insightful looks at a biblical event, this time the Transfiguration. 3 pages.
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Digital download: Contemplations that use a focus on various parts of the body as a device for bringing ourselves into the present moment. Each section includes a Bible quote and references, a discussion, reflective activities and a prayer. Taken from the book Wild Goose Chase: Exploring the spirituality of everyday life, by Annie Heppenstall. 25 pages.
Digital download: Meditations on the lives of some ordinary people from the Bible, using the haiku format, and a suggestion for using this method for contemplation on any chosen theme. Taken from the book Wild Goose Chase: Exploring the spirituality of everyday life, by Annie Heppenstall. 4 pages.
A free download providing an updated version of one of the poems in Glimpsed in Passing.
Poems from Iona Community member Joy Mead. They come from the beauty of the glimpsed moment - a precious jewel held for a short time amid the pain and sorrow of the world, then let go into the bigger picture - The beauty is what we remember, what gives the moment its significance.
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Poems from Iona Community member Joy Mead. They come from the beauty of the glimpsed moment - a precious jewel held for a short time amid the pain and sorrow of the world, then let go into the bigger picture - The beauty is what we remember, what gives the moment its significance.
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Digital download: A participative liturgy on love, designed to be carried out in a circle around a low table. Includes preparation notes. 11 pages.
Communion
Digital download: From the book Wild Goose Chase, by Annie Heppenstall, this is a radical (in the true sense of the word) way in which a group of 'ordinary' people can share thanksgiving with confidence, drawing from the roots and scriptures of our faith, using a structure which follows a traditional act of worship. 11 pages.
City living
Digital download: A litany for walking the streets of a city, taken from the book Wild Goose Chase, by Annie Heppenstall. The author says, 'The litany arose out of a desire within our church community to surround the area with prayer following a street shooting. So a group began to meet to walk quietly around the area, stopping at significant places to pray, to sing and to light candles.' 5 pages.
A book about small things and little occasions, the smells, colours, sounds, the looking, perceiving, thinking, remembering of our lives and the love that makes them significant. In a mix of poems, stories and material suitable for private or public reflection it explores our knowing and our unknowing. It celebrates the validity of all experience.
Care For Creation
A book of 28 short readings and reflections in response to the call back to the garden, back to full relationship with God and all creation. Suitable for group or individual use.
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Digital download: What has been the journey that brought you to this point? The Blessed Path is a creative and flexible marriage/partnership ceremony exploring the theme of life-journeys and the commitment a couple make to walk together along the path, 'on rough ground and on smooth ' 17 pages.
Through conversations and connections Joy Mead explores the true meaning of community - beyond the jargon of ''community cohesion'' and the ''Big Society''.
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A book of 28 short readings and reflections in response to the call back to the garden, back to full relationship with God and all creation. Suitable for group or individual use.
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Digital download: A simple meditation, using beads, based on the words 'Be still and know that I am God'. Includes a description of how to make the bead string and some further reflections. This meditation is useful for calming the mind when in challenging circumstances. 4 pages.
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Digital download: Detailed instructions for a workshop exploring meditative prayer using beads, based on the words 'Be still and know that I am God.' 18 pages.
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Digital download: Bible readings, poems, prayers and reflections for Good Friday. 15 pages.
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Through conversations and connections Joy Mead explores the true meaning of community - beyond the jargon of ''community cohesion'' and the ''Big Society''.
Meditations & Reflections
A collection of incarnational poetry exploring a spirituality that engages with people, things, and the joys and sorrows of daily life. Where are the altars? In the churches and great cathedrals? Or out in the world and in the everyday?
Five practical workshops, for groups or individuals, to explore the use of words and poetry in everyday life. The readings and activities in this book aim to lead us to a deeper understanding of how we use language.
Through poems and reflections Joy Mead imagines the women mentioned in the Bible as central to their own stories, rather than appearing briefly on the margins of a narrative which reflects a world perceived and led by men.
A moving and insightful reflection by a Christian minister on his grassroots engagement with Islam - from inner-city parish ministry in Leeds to the streets of Karbala at a time of rising Islamophobia and the 'War on Terror'.
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A moving and insightful reflection by a Christian minister on his grassroots engagement with Islam - from inner-city parish ministry in Leeds to the streets of Karbala at a time of rising Islamophobia and the 'War on Terror'.
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Annie Heppenstall points us towards finding God in all aspects of daily life and in the natural world around us. The book's many resources for individuals and groups include body prayers, bead prayers, a covenant of salt, shrine-making, contemplations for various daily activities, creating sacred space in the home, and a leaderless Eucharist.
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This collection of incarnational poetry from the author of A Telling Place, The One Loaf and Making Peace in Practice and Poetry explores a spirituality that engages with people, things, and the joys and sorrows of daily life.
Five practical workshops, for groups or individuals, to explore the use of words and poetry in everyday life. The readings and activities in this book aim to lead us to a deeper understanding of how we use language.
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Through poems and reflections Joy Mead imagines the women mentioned in the Bible as central to their own stories, rather than appearing briefly on the margins of a narrative which reflects a world perceived and led by men.