Words, thoughts and images on spirituality, community, art and London from members of the Moot Community, both at home and abroad.
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There’s a nice little clip made by the Centre for a New American Dream.
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At Christmas time this year, I had the good fortune to be able to catch up with family on boxing day. As part of this I went with My Uncle Geoff, Geoff Plant which some of you mooters know, to see his art studio and some of recent paintings. His Art Studio is based on [...]
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A Moot friend Mike Angell gave me the heads up on this article. I really like the focus here on all of us mooters being spiritual questers, where we are questing with existential questions, where these questions relate to spiritual and religious experience rather than the answer. Click here for the article. The main thing [...]
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Christmas and Easter are the high points of the Christian liturgical calendar, which emphasise the two great truths and theology of the faith. The incarnation emphasises God’s love and grace through what is called incarnational theology, (literally God coming in human form) and Easter as the call to repentance and belief in the life, death [...]
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I recently read a homily by the abbot of a Benedictine community in Switzerland, which struck me. At a time when several of us reflect on being single and hope to meet the significant other, I thought that his provocative thinking was worth sharing here. When Mary became pregnant, Joseph knew that he wasn’t the [...]
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This time of year is tough on single people. Believe me I know. Advent and Christmas are whether we like it or not times that are hard for those not in a relationship or from a relationship that has failed recently. Christmas is a reminder of what you hoped would change – the hope of [...]
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As with Lent, I hadn’t really considered Advent very much, growing up in a non-conformist, non-liturgical church. This year, I’ve found myself learning a few things about advent, almost by accident. Firstly, I saw a status update on Facebook from Canon Andrew White (“Vicar of Baghdad”) casually mentioning that advent wasn’t about preparing for Christmas, [...]
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Advent and preparation for Christmas is not any easy time of year. So rather than getting stressed and over working, we suggest getting to the things that matter, and that is the spiritual significance of the season. So Moot has provided a number of events to try and help you get beyond the frantic to [...]
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Anti-slavery international have launched a new campaign, out of concern for the potential increased people trafficking as a result of the run up to the 2012 London Olympics. It is estimated that at any one time, over 5000 people are trafficked through the UK, forced into prostitution, construction, domestic work and child labour. It is [...]
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Our current Administration Consultant, Regine Nagel, has decided to give up her role with us and use her time voluntarily in Host. We therefore have a gap in the Core Team that we need to fill. Please see the advert below, and if interested email for more information. If you are interested in this or other [...]
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