A Trysting Place – Day 8 – 40 Days in Brede Abbey
In the life of faith there is no room for spiritual one-upmanship which presumes that our work is more important than another’s prayer or our worship more precious than another’s washing-up
Category: Bible Study
A Trysting Place – Day 7 – 40 Days in Brede Abbey
Of all the tools the Church has to bring healing to a broken world the most powerful is the willingness of the individual Christian to confess their sins.
A Trysting Place – Day 6 – 40 Days in Brede Abbey
‘All work and no play’ is as true an aphorism in the enclosure of an Abbey as in our churhces as in our Lenten Journey
A Trysting Place – Day 5 – 40 Days in Brede Abbey
In our journey of faith we need a balance between being busy and being prayerful – Ora et Labora when balanced help us steer a straight course.
A Trysting Place – Day 4 – 40 Days in Brede Abbey
Penance, along with our lenten devotions, is not a punishments for past peccadilloes but an instrument to help us give ourselves away more fully.
A Trysting Place – Day 3 – 40 Days in Brede Abbey
When we join a fellowship we tell everyone else more about ourselves than we think. To be a ‘pleasing aroma’ self disclosure is a key part of forging peace.
A Trysting Place – Day 2 – 40 Days in Brede Abbey
We only truly learn to answer the call of God on our lives when we can move from a faith based on works to one full of grace and generosity.
A Trysting Place – Day 1 – Ash Wednesday – 40 Days in Brede Abbey
Peace never comes at ‘any price’ but is forged in the heat of communities which chooses to live out their imperfections together.
A Trysting Place – Shrove Tuesday – 40 Days in Brede Abbey
In Lent we leave things behind so that we can embrace the world more fully
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey
An introduction to 40 Days of Reflections on the Religious Life as seen through the pages of the book ‘In This House of Brede’
Suffolk Vicar 