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What is Contemplative Fire?Contemplative Fire is a dispersed community of Christ at the edge. We have a simple rhythm of life, which each member or Companion on the Way adjusts to their own life pattern.
See our Vision and Values here
What is this rhythm of life?
Seeking a balance of being, knowing and doing, of contemplative practice, creative practice and compassionate practice. This ancient rhythm of prayer, study and action is how we commit to aligning ourselves with Christ’s way of love.
Why Contemplative Fire?
As our name suggests, we seek to integrate the opposites, the paradoxes that have been felt, lived, wrestled with and reflected upon since the time of the earliest Christian communities. The contemplative call is to make time in the everyday flurry of things for reflection and stillness. The fire is the energy and vitality of God’s Holy Spirit as we open ourselves to the creative and re-shaping power of God’s life in us.
Do look at our Events page to see what’s on where and when.
Beginnings
Now that we are into our second decade as Contemplative Fire, our founder Philip Roderick has recorded and made available some impressions of the very early days of this network community of Christ at the edge.
A small series of interviews with Philip and with four other Companions on the Way who shared in the emergence of CF in its infancy is here.
Welcome to Contemplative Fire
Travelling Light, Dwelling Deep. Drawing from the well of wisdom across the centuries, Contemplative Fire is an exploration of a great spiritual tradition as it impacts life in the 21st century. This is a path of unknowing and knowing, of being loved and loving, of letting go and taking hold.
Contemplative Fire is a dispersed community of Christ at the edge, inviting us into transformative awareness.
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Community Together
Book here for the Community Weekend at Whaley Hall, Peak District from 13-15 September. Our theme is The Trellis and the Rose, which is so beautifully illustrated on the cover of our resource book. We hope to be an abundant crop of roses on the trellis we are so fortunate to have had created for us over the years.
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Sweet Water Well
CF founder Philip Roderick muses on De-constructing and Re-constructing: Tradition and Creativity in Contemplative Fire in our new reflective feature page. "The awakening to the inner significance of a new sign or parable gives us an unequivocal sense of what it means to belong to and contribute in different ways to an open community. We come to learn that we can enjoy the same radical choice as the mystics, activists and artists – the heady opportunity to delight in discovering for ourselves new ways of becoming who we already are."