Words, thoughts and images on spirituality, community, art and London from members of the Moot Community, both at home and abroad.
The opinions expressed in each of the blog posts below are those of the individual and not representative of the Moot community. Moot is not responsible for the content of external sites.
OK, so two things! A song and a link. Firstly, after the seed thing last night at Moot, I found this gem online to help with all those guerilla gardening moments. http://planetsave.com/2012/01/26/guerrilla-gardeners-get-stealth-bond-kit/ A stealth bag with a flower drop flap, and shoes that distribute seeds. Genius. Secondly, last night I was reminded of a song [...]
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To help us bring some focus to the end of the Lent Course and the beginning of Palm Sunday and Holy Week, this year we are opening up the Church building for a Quiet Day. You are invited to drop in and out of the day to help you prepare for the spiritual journey at [...]
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Book Places here In 2007 the Bishop of London Challenged the Moot Community to seek to become contemplatives to be able to sustain the vision of Moot – to be able to discern a complex God in a complex culture. The place of prayer and contemplation in our lives is therefore important as we seek [...]
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Book Places here In 2007 the Bishop of London Challenged the Moot Community to seek to become contemplatives to be able to sustain the vision of Moot – to be able to discern a complex God in a complex culture. The place of prayer and contemplation in our lives is therefore important as we seek [...]
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I had said that I would blog about the Moot Lent course last Wednesday but have delayed as I have struggled to find the words and have been reflecting how difficult it is to structure a course around silence! I had no idea that there were so many things you can say about silence and [...]
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We are called to be living in and with the people of London, to live pure lives rather than celibate ones, and to submit to community decisions. In my case, the unfailingly recurring recognition by those monastics and spiritual directors who I’ve prayed with to follow such a call compels me to appeal here and now to the rest of the community and to get the ball rolling.
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Change usually happens in small steps. Hospitality,part of our Rhythm of Life, is one of those practices you can quickly burn yourself out on. If you are an introvert you may resolve to greet and talk to everyone who comes to a MOOT service; but after an exhausting few chats you feel guilty for hiding [...]
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For those who know me, I started my journey into Christian spirituality as a complete atheist who distrusted the church. Amongst the many great teachers that helped me to gain an understanding and language for faith, was the nineteenth century writer, Soren Kierkegaard. He was very much a man ahead of his time, a committed [...]
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On March 20th, from 6.15 to 8.15pm, I will be launching a course on Mindfulness meditation. The course runs over eight weeks, finishing on May 8th and with a break on April 10th. Please sign up here. The aim of the course is to enable participants to establish a mindfulness practice. Most of the work [...]
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The next session on ‘Living the Questions’ is on Tues 28th Feb 7.15 for 7.30pm for the second session in the series looking at the Bible, and taking it seriously. This session will be led by Richard Trouncer, and again use a video montage of thoughts and reflections from progressive theologians to then break down [...]
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