Eye of the Storm - Awakening to Prayer
A short piece about a book around Prayer that myself and 3 other 3rd year One Spirit Interfaith Ministers produced during our post-graduate Mystery and Mastery year - enjoy!
Mystery and Mastery graduate Nixie James-Scott writes:
As part of the third year Mystery and Mastery course we moved into small groups to create and birth a project under the title of 'Love in Action'. We were given completely free rein to 'do' something that would make a difference. It was wonderful to see the variety of offerings that emerged from the entire Circle. There were 4 of us in our group Neesa Copple, Heather Holt, Christopher Snelling and myself - geographically based roughly in the South West. The process of choice of project was a complicated conception followed by a gestation period with heartburn, sleeplessness, nausea and kicking as four people each with their own ideas and concepts worked to meld together into one choice.
Eventually after copious emails, Skype calls and a lovely lunch date we agreed / compromised on creating a book about prayer and what it means to each of us as four very different Ministers; each compiling our own section. Individually exploring the what, where, who and why in the trust that this would enable those who spent time with it to open to prayer; maybe for the first time, or in a different way.
Despite the disparate ideas, like four grandparents our characters and ways were melded into a Divine offspring with a love of beauty, dance, music, photographs, deep wisdom and exquisite and heartfelt words. A cornucopia of offerings; a book to sit with, to dip into when the heart calls for solace or uplift or to illustrate as Rumi said 'There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground, there are a thousand ways to go home again.'
Here's a sneak preview below - If you wish to buy a copy of our book they are £7.00 + £2 p&p if you let me know then I'll send you one!
Mystery and Mastery graduate Nixie James-Scott writes:
As part of the third year Mystery and Mastery course we moved into small groups to create and birth a project under the title of 'Love in Action'. We were given completely free rein to 'do' something that would make a difference. It was wonderful to see the variety of offerings that emerged from the entire Circle. There were 4 of us in our group Neesa Copple, Heather Holt, Christopher Snelling and myself - geographically based roughly in the South West. The process of choice of project was a complicated conception followed by a gestation period with heartburn, sleeplessness, nausea and kicking as four people each with their own ideas and concepts worked to meld together into one choice.
Eventually after copious emails, Skype calls and a lovely lunch date we agreed / compromised on creating a book about prayer and what it means to each of us as four very different Ministers; each compiling our own section. Individually exploring the what, where, who and why in the trust that this would enable those who spent time with it to open to prayer; maybe for the first time, or in a different way.
Despite the disparate ideas, like four grandparents our characters and ways were melded into a Divine offspring with a love of beauty, dance, music, photographs, deep wisdom and exquisite and heartfelt words. A cornucopia of offerings; a book to sit with, to dip into when the heart calls for solace or uplift or to illustrate as Rumi said 'There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground, there are a thousand ways to go home again.'
Here's a sneak preview below - If you wish to buy a copy of our book they are £7.00 + £2 p&p if you let me know then I'll send you one!