News - Page 19 of 20 - Contemplative Fire
Review Group
At the Community Weekend in September,
the following proposal from CF North was
supported by Companions present:
“That CF should set up a Review Group of
Companions to:
-look at our current organisational
structures in the light of our current needs
and to explore whether there are other
formal organisational structures that we
should now consider…for where we are now
and which would reflect our values of
inclusiveness by being owned by all
Companions
-consider the precise responsibilities of this
structure and what resources, financial and
human, are required to deliver them
-report their recommendations in writing
and at a national open meeting of al
Companions.”
The Ash Tree
Companion Rebecca Mealing writes:
An Ash Tree, approximately 40 years old, was felled and upon splitting a log, about 20 years old, I was surprised to discover a story symbolic of growth, healing and history greater than ours…
Community Weekend 12th – 13th September
“Let us praise the grace and risk of Fire”
(from Benedictus by John O’Donohue)
This issue includes some of the words and images from the Community Weekend.
Wisdom on the Way: 11th July Douai Abbey
Companion Georgina Heskins writes:-
“…Brother Christopher Greener gave us an absorbing overview of the book, Western Mysticism by Dom Cuthbert Butler, originally published in 1922. For Brother Christopher this is an excellent introduction to three great spiritual masters: Augustine, Gregory and Bernard of Clairvaux,
Wisdom on the Way (9th May) “Crossing Thresholds?”
“…Contemplative Fire’s rhythm of life holds within it the invitation and challenge of the Holy Spirit to live and witness with humility in places of the ordinary….we are drawn out of our comfort zone to be at the edge….we find ourselves led through to genuine mutuality and open-heartedness. Be it in justice or compassion…the Spirit illumines and instructs, dismantles barriers and builds bridges.
Hidden Houses of Prayer Gathering
Coventry Cathedral, 23rd May
Companion Charlotte Wright reflects:
Much of my life revolves around my home and what happens in it. The world comes to me, communicating and connecting with me as it can and does in our technological times. But it all becomes too big, too heavy a burden to carry, when, for example, the traumatised and bereft people of Nepal fill my screen with their tears and cries.