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View ArticleEXPERIMENTING WITH PRAYER 1
How to pray with the imagination Responding to a request, I have been asked to regularly post items to encourage people with a personal prayer/devotional life, so here goes. I plan to post things...
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Prayer 2 – HOW TO PRAY WITH THE GOSPELS – THE IGNATIAN WAY
We continue with the monthly encouragement to experiment with prayer using the book “How to Pray” by John Pritchard. One of the most profound ways of encountering Jesus is through a form of prayer...
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Focus on Prayer for August
Continuing with the monthly theme centred on developing prayer in moot, I want to raise the issue of listening to God through your life. Last month we looked at a form of meditation called Ignation...
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Clock meditation
For the moot little service on sunday evening we developed a meditation based upon the clockface and its three hands. The chapel was laid out with a wall clock displayed at one end with three unlit...
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Peter Zumthor: Bruder Klaus chapel
I came across this recently – its a chapel in Germany. I have a penchant for funky chapels all over the world – there are quite a few. I like the idea that there are these public quiet spaces to...
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Giving up facebook
Last night, the theme of our little service was Lent. As I mentioned, I’m considering giving up facebook for Lent! I promised to put up a link to Maggi Dawn’s posts concerning Lent, which I’ve found...
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Podcast – Spiritual Thirst, Prayer & Encountering God
We now have 5 Podcasts exploring different aspects of Lent and Spirituality. In this Lent 3 reflection, I explore the connection between thirst and spirituality. It remains true that many people...
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Prayer Development Day | 25th October | St Saviours Priory
Pleased to say we have finally got our act together regarding a prayer development day. So on Sat 25th October Ian Adams will lead an experiential prayer development day at the beautiful surroundings...
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Meditation in the Christian Tradition
In Moot we have been exploring the use of Christian Meditation as a centring activity – to bring spirituality and peace into our lives, in the business of trying to live in the modern world. And boy is...
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Moot Prayer Development Day | October | St Saviour’s Priory, Old Street
Just to remind you all, that Ian Adams of the Maybe community in Oxford, is leading a Prayer Development Day for us in October. This is a great opportunity to explore new ways of praying to draw into...
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Reflections on Moot’s Prayer Development Day
I have been reflecting on the wealth of wisdom that Ian Adams shared with us on Saturday, in our prayer development day. He drew on the spirituality of Meister Eckhart to explore a form of...
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Looking forward to 2009
Well, it is nearly 2009, so I wanted to post some reflections and news concerning Moot. Some know that I have an operation on the 2nd Jan, so I am going to be out of it for the 2 weeks of January. So...
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Spirituality-To-Go One
Over the next year, I am going to post a monthly resource for those seeking tools and resources to develop their personal spiritual life. The first is a great resource offered through Ian Adams,...
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Moot Prayer Development Day 23rd May 2009
Following on from our plans at Easter with the Moot Rhythm of Life Service and the Passover meal on Maundy Thursday, we invite Julie Dunstan to lead us again to experience different forms of prayer or...
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Need time to explore a deeper spirituality?
Often at this time of year our lives are full of rushing. That we miss the rise of Spring, and new opportunities. Well, here in the Moot Community we have another opportunity to develop a deeper form...
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Prayer Day from Michael Radcliffe on Vimeo. Dörthe, Carey and Mike talk about the upcoming Moot Prayer Development day over dinner. They share their experience of what they learned and how they put...
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Great Resource for Daily Prayer
Thanks to Jennie Hogan for this heads up on this one, as many in Moot have asked where you find the texts for Daily Prayer in its Morning and Evening format. Well Jennie has let me know of an online...
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Meditation Group Today
So what were you doing when the deluge hit London yesterday? Well guess what Grace, Jon and Ian were doing – yes putting up the new posters, getting slightly wet. Thanks To Catherine for the new...
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Meditation Group News
I thought people would be encouraged to hear, that we had 16 people who came to the Meditation Group yesterday, of which only 5 including me were from the Community. We have only put up the posters...
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QUEST PUB DISCUSSION & MEDITATION
For those who are interested in spirituality discussion who do not consider themselves to be Christian, or into meditation as a form of prayer using silence, then the Moot Programme has kicked off...
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Podcast: breathing as prayer
This months little service homily on the theme of breathing as prayer is now available on the mootpodcasting site. Click here to listen to the podcast, or here to subscribe to moot podcasts for free...
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Moot Retreat with limited places
As promised, we have planned a weekend spiritual retreat for mooters starting the evening of the 14th May, going on until lunch time on the 16th May. Mark Berry of the Safe Space New Monastic...
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Spiritual Retreat
The Moot Community is offering a spiritual retreat for up to 12 people, at Summerdown farm on the Malshanger Estate near Basingstoke. The weekend will provide quiet time for personal reflection,...
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“Slow to anger, abounding in love”
Since Aaron’s post about how transformative he’s been finding the virtues postures and practices, and the discussion it started about anger, I’ve been doing a bit of research. I’m troubled by Old...
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Podcast: Laurence Freeman, contemplative action, meditation and spirituality...
In a recent broadcast with the Australian Broadcasting Authority, Laurence Freeman of the World Community for Christian Meditation led a number talks on the subject of meditation and spirituality in...
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Response to Programme 2 – The Big Silence
I don’t know how you experienced programme 2, but I have done a lot of crying through it and after it. It is so true that silence and going into silence requires support and careful consideration,...
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Moot In-House Retreat with Padraig O Tuama 5-7th Aug
The Clock is ticking until we start a new venture – our first inhouse retreat in our new home – the Guild Church of St Mary Aldermary led by Padraig O Tuama, a long term friend to the Community. The...
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Praying in times of trial
In this more reflective podcast, Ian Mobsby leads a time of lectio divina on the words of Jesus around praying the Lord’s prayer followed by a reflection and a short homily. This podcast enables you...
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Expressing the essence through art
At Christmas time this year, I had the good fortune to be able to catch up with family on boxing day. As part of this I went with My Uncle Geoff, Geoff Plant which some of you mooters know, to see his...
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Prayer Development Day
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...
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10th March: Prayer Development Day
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...
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Virtual Prayer – New resource for Mooters to come together in prayer when we...
As promised, we are now building up a virtual prayer resource section to this website, to help our community grow in a rhythm of daily prayer. As a community we discussed how important it is to use...
View ArticleLunch Meditation
For those who are unable to make our weekly after-work meditation group on Wednesdays we are now offering a weekly short meditation every Monday. This short drop-in group does not require previous...
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We need your feedback for a proposed weekday morning yoga and christian...
Now that the Host Cafe is open, one of the events we want to pilot is a week day morning yoga session with christian meditation. At this stage we are still planning, and so would be grateful if you...
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Short Lunch Time Meditation Group
The Moot Meditation Group on Wednesday evenings has now been a great success every week for the last 3 and a bit years. We have sort to expand this important spiritual activity, with a short lunchtime...
View ArticleThe Wellbeing Prayer at the Beginning of the Day
Following popular request, this month we will putting up in the podcast section some of the spoken contemplative prayers that we are now commonly using in Moot as part of our prayer life. The first...
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Fr Richard Rohr | Finding God in the depths of silence
Fr Richard Rohr is an important teacher for many of us in Moot. This is a really important subject which we commend to those who struggle with the whole thing about silence and meditation. Check...
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Prayer Practice: Lectio Divina and Centering Prayer using the Lord’s Prayer
For this podcast Ian Mobsby leads a creative approach combining a Lectio Divina reflecting on the Lord’s Prayer as cited in the Gospel of Matthew. The fourth section of the Lectio, the Contemplatio or...
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Developing a contemplative prayer life, 22nd March 10am – 3.30pm
This day is a rare opportunity to expereince and develop various different approaches to contemplative prayer. The day is aimed at those who are wanting encouragement, experience, guidance and wisdom...
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Body Meditation by Robyn Vesey
In a recent Moot contemplative service this body meditation was offered by Robyn Vesey. We hope it brings you as much peace as it did us.
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All Shall Be Well – Reflections on Julian of Norwich
All Shall Be Well – please enjoy this reflection from our Moot service by our new Priest in Charge the Revd Paul Kennedy, speaking about Julian of Norwich.
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Join us in the desert at Moot this Lent
For our Lent course at Moot this year we will explore prayer, stillness and the wisdom of the desert. We’ll meet Thursday evenings at 6pm (for tea/coffee) for a start-time of 6.30pm, following a...
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Lent Course 1 – The Examen
In the first meeting of our Lent course we heard about the retreat into the desert and the practice of self-examination through the prayer practice of the Examen. Listen here to our first session. We...
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Holy Week at Moot
If you have been joining or would like to join us for the remainder of Lent here’s a list of services we’re holding up until Easter Day. You can find more details by clicking on the links in the list...
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Rhythm of Life Commitment Service
At Moot over the least few years we’ve taken a step back to re-think who we are as a community, and as part of that process we’ve written a new rhythm of life for us to follow together. We’ve tried to...
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Moot Weekend Away Reflections
Moot Community Weekend Away Friday 2 November to Sunday 4 November at the Privett Centre, Hampshire Through the evening of Friday 2 November, Mooters began to arrive at the Privett Centre, usually via...
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