Katharine Thompson on ‘Living Joy’ (audio)
Home Community member Katharine Thompson shares her thoughts on how we can all live with a deeper sense of joy (recorded at the Home Community gathering on Sunday 28th April 2013) Katharine Thompson on 'Living Joy' by Homecommunity on Mixcloud
Tim Stead on ‘Living Joy’
Really good to have Tim Stead – vicar at Headington Quarry – with us yesterday for the first gathering in our ‘Living Joy’ cycle. Tim explored how we might live with a deeper sense of joy, skilfully making connections between our image of God as Trinity and the mindfulness meditation tradition. Have a listen! Tim...
Holy Week and Easter 2013 – pictures
Obviously a hugely important week for Christ followers the world over, our Holy Week and Easter gatherings consisted of a gathering on Palm Sunday, an All Age Good Friday gathering, a Stations of the Cross and communion meditative gathering, and our by-now-traditional bring and share champagne resurrection breakfast on Easter day. Here are some pictures...
Mothers Day Joint Service
Yesterday (Sunday 10th March) we got together with the St Albans Sunday morning congregation for a joint service for Mothers Day. It was a bit chaotic, but fun! Our theme was ‘God as Mother – the source of life’ and we tried to focus our attention on God, our mother, being the source from which...
Lunching at the Isis
A couple of weeks ago some of us joined with members of the St Albans morning congregation to clean the church that we both use. Afterwards we enjoyed a hearty lunch at the Isis Tavern (see pics by Mark below).
Nick Lea – ‘Enough Already?’ (audio)
Here’s a recording from the Home Community gathering on Sunday 24th February, 2013. We invited Nick Lea – economist at the Department for International Development – to come and talk to us about christian faith in an age of austerity and what the themes of lent might have to say about this. Enjoy! Nick Lea...
Toolkit – Prayer Resources
At the first Toolkit session we made available a list of resources on the prayer practices that we explored together. Here it is (all the books are available via Amazon) : MEDITATION Books ‘Open Mind, Open Heart’ – Thomas Keating ‘Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening’ – Cynthia Bourgeault ‘Into the Silent Land’ – Martin Laird...
‘Walking Wounded’ – Matt’s talk (audio & transcript)
Here’s the audio of Matt’s talk recorded at the Home Community gathering on Sunday February 3rd, 2013 as part of the ‘Walking Wounded’ gathering cycle. Matt shares some thoughts around healing and wholeness, arguing that in order for our wounds to become ‘translucent’ we must first learn to say ‘yes’ to them. (Please scroll down...
‘Toolkit’ – workshop series for Lent 2013
Details of a series of experiential workshops in Lent 2013 on spiritual practices
‘Walking Wounded’ – Beau Stevenson (audio)
Listen to the audio from our 'Walking Wounded' gathering with Beau Stevenson.
‘Free Speech’ – new teach-in forum
Details of our new, occasional, sunday afternoon gathering (before the 5pm service) - 'Free Speech'
