The Home Community has recently pledged to give part of our income this year to support the Dorcas Foundation, which exists to give encouragement and support to widows in the northern region of Ghana. The country has made strong economic progress in recent years but there are still around two million people who cannot be […]
Rob Bell’s poetic book, Love Wins, is a must for anyone struggling to reconcile the God of love with evangelical theologies of salvation. Â He tackles questions of heaven, hell, who gets in (!), what God wants and the importance of Jesus in a thoroughly biblical manner. Â But the thread holding his study of “life’s big […]
Here’s what we’re up to during Holy Week and Easter this year…. Palm Sunday : Gathering at 5pm (at St Albans) for final ‘Falling Down’ cycle gathering (‘Open Source’) + Palm Sunday prayers Good Friday : Stations of the Cross + Eucharist – 2pm at St Albans (no kids ministry but creche toys for […]
As part of our ‘Falling Down’ cycle, Charles Hampton spoke on the subject of Success & Failure at last Sunday’s gathering. Here is the transcript of his talk. ‘When I am weak, then am I strong’  2 Cor: 12.10   – the experience of failure In our Lenten theme, ‘Falling Down,’ Paul is […]
I’ve just finished reading Richard Rohr’s excellent little book, “Falling Upward – a spirituality for the two halves of lifeâ€. This book is a real encouragement for anyone who finds him or herself becoming less convinced of the absolute truths of religious dogma that used to seem important. It gives permission to those of us […]
To tie in with our new cycle – ‘Falling Down’ – I wrote this litany. We are using it as part of a prayer ritual at the beginning of our gatherings in this cycle, spoken as people take a handful of sand and let it run though their fingers. Somehow I was trying to create […]
Details of a community brunch happening next weekend. All welcome! […]
Details of our new gathering cycle, beginning soon, on the theme of ‘Falling Down’ […]
During Lent this year a team from Home is running the ‘Essence Course’. The course is an opportunity – spread over 6 Tuesday evenings – to stop, take stock, and reflect on your life’s journey through art, meditation, creative excercises, storytelling and groupwork – all in an informal and relaxed environment. The course is designed […]
The Home community will as usual be marking Ash Wednesday with a special service including the imposition of ashes (i.e. receiving the sign of the cross in Ash on the forehead). This important service in the church year marks the beginning of the season of Lent – a time for reflection and repentance (a change […]
Here’s a transcript of Tess Ward’s talk at the Home Community gathering last Sunday (the text was John 20:1-18) […]
Pictures from Bishop John’s recent visit to the Home community. […]