Posted on November 29, 2006 by Matt Freer
Another book plug of something I’ve been reading of late - this time for Streams of Living Water: Celebrating the Great Traditions of Christian Faith by Richard Foster. The book examines the unique contributions of six major dimensions of the spiritual life of Christ and seen through church history - providing a balanced and deep [...]
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Posted on November 16, 2006 by Matt Freer
Like a growing nunber of people, over recent years Polly and I have been curious about Celtic Christian traditions (which we have blogged about before - Daily Prayers) and found their practice really helpful.
Celtic Saints traditionally started their period of advent a full forty days before Christmas – which is today – matching the 40 [...]
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Posted on November 7, 2006 by Matt Freer
Before I set up this new blog I asked myself why bother? What is the point of blogging? I obviously decided it was worth it as this new site exists - but why?
Well it’s an easy way of sharing our news with friends and family (and anyone else that may be interested) as we experience [...]
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Posted on November 2, 2006 by Matt Freer
Came across Pray As You Go recently and have found it to be a great prayer resource. The site is run by the Jesuits in the UK and produces a daily MP3 file that you can listen to whilst on your way to work or as a break at your desk etc.
As the website [...]
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Posted on November 2, 2006 by Matt Freer
Despite the fact that we couldn’t feel any less like Christmas with the current heat of Zambia, Polly and I keep humming Christmas carols - must be inbuilt in us I guess? As advent approaches I thought I’d mention that Stephen Rand – my former boss when I worked for Tearfund – has just written [...]
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