Trustees
I have been a CF Companion on the Way for about 11 years. I live with two friends in a community household, where I often practise contemplation with the help of Xena the household cat. In our household, together and with others, we create spaces of prayer and sanctuary in the city. I facilitate quiet days, retreats and “wild sing” walks and I am a life coach and Spiritual Accompanier. I am also an Anglican priest, and I often coach people discovering what “church” looks like when it emerges among people who are culturally distant from traditional expressions of church.
I have been a Companion for only a little more than 2 years but I have connected loosely with Contemplative Fire since 2010 through Whirlow Grange (now renamed as Whirlow Spirituality Centre) when I moved to Sheffield from Nottingham, following the calling for my late husband who was a Baptist minister. We have a son, now in his early 20s.
Having worked, studied and lived in various countries, I have made my home in Friesland, a northern province of the Netherlands. I am a mother of four sons and an informal foster parent to several other young people. I consider myself to be a truly global citizen, speaking 6 languages and I love to learn about other cultures and faith traditions.
I make art, read extensively and write a bit. I used to run an accountancy consultancy. I ponder. I live in a tiny wooden house beside a small pond and love to share this space with birds, bees, water creatures and people. I enjoy mixing all these up and have lived in Devon now over 30 years.
I have been a part of Contemplative Fire since Christmas 2020, quickly becoming a Friend and then Companion. I was worshipping at a local Methodist Church, but found that too much of me was hanging over the edge of the box I was in. I love CF because it gives me the freedom to discover who my God is, and to commune with Him in my own way. I am an artist, musician and serial journaller, seeking to deepen my spirituality through my engagement with the arts and the natural world. A creative thinker, I want to offer this gift to the CF family. I live in Sheffield with my partner and four furbabies.