Home supports widows’ children in Nalerigu
The Home Community has recently pledged to give part of our income this year to support the Dorcas Foundation, which exists to give encouragement and support to widows in the northern region of Ghana. The country has made strong economic progress in recent years but there are still around two million people who cannot be...
Love Wins
Rob Bell’s poetic book, Love Wins, is a must for anyone struggling to reconcile the God of love with evangelical theologies of salvation. He tackles questions of heaven, hell, who gets in (!), what God wants and the importance of Jesus in a thoroughly biblical manner. But the thread holding his study of “life’s big...
Falling Upward
I’ve just finished reading Richard Rohr’s excellent little book, “Falling Upward – a spirituality for the two halves of life”. This book is a real encouragement for anyone who finds him or herself becoming less convinced of the absolute truths of religious dogma that used to seem important. It gives permission to those of us...
Trees and Poetry
Although we at Home have now finished our Poets and Prophets cycle of gatherings, I’ve been continuing to read poetry as part of my spiritual journey. Last night I came across this poem by Anne Lewin, in her book, “Watching for the Kingfisher”. It offers a metaphor for us as we grow in our Christian...
Compassion
I’ve just finished reading Karen Armstrong’s “Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life”. I recommend this to anyone who feels they fall short on compassion (everyone, perhaps?). It’s an easy read with many ideas on how to change ourselves and learn to live a life which reflects a compassionate concern for our neighbours near and far....
John Stott’s Morning Prayer
Over the past few weeks we have been thinking about the Trinity and how we can “participate in God”. Yesterday at our Open Source gathering, among contributions from several Home members, I read John Stott’s Morning Prayer. John died last week – a much loved theologian and church leader. The prayer helps us to worship...
When the vicar’s away…
One of the important features of Home is our intention of being participative. On July 3rd we had the opportunity of putting this into action by holding our Sunday Gathering without our chaplain, Matt. Nine members of Home took leadership roles, with Renny acting as mistress of ceremonies. The Gathering was the second in...
