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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
Community Weekend Report. On 13/14/15 September, the Community gathered from all parts of the country, some near and some far, for our annual Community Weekend. We met at Whalley Hall, a small retreat centre in Derbyshire, founded originally to explore ecumenism and spirituality. As ever when we gather it is a time full of depth and energy; the theme of the weekend was The Trellis and The Rose, the title coming from our resource document for Companions.