resourcing your spiritual journey Tuesday, 07 February 2012  
The spirituality journal
 

Time to wonder, to be, to feel, to play, to explore; a pausing point, a breathing space... this three-times-a-year journal is for Christians who are looking for new ways to deepen and develop their faith.

January 2012 issue
 

Find out more about Quiet Spaces: SitQuiet Spaces: Sit
Edited by Heather Fenton

This first of three issues of Quiet Spaces is entitled 'Sit' and will be followed by 'Walk' and 'Stand'. As the preparations for the Olympics make us marvel at the possibilities of the human body, so the themes chosen are around these basic postures.

The order of the themes comes at least in part from my strong recollections of reading Watchman Nee's spiritual classic Sit, Walk, Stand. In this first issue, Tony Horsfall, who has spent a number of years in China, introduces us to the spirituality of Watchman Nee. Ray Simpson, who has lived on Holy Island for a number of years and knows that many people use the island as a place of retreat, points out that if we wish to be athletes of the Spirit, learning to sit is the best place to begin, and he even gives some sitting exercises to start with. Meanwhile Rachel Thorpe, a young writer new to Quiet Spaces, gets excited about the readings in Mark 10 and Revelation about the prospects for being seated with Jesus in his glory.

May 2012 issue
 

Find out more about Quiet Spaces: WalkQuiet Spaces: Walk
Edited by Heather Fenton

With the theme of' Sit', 'Walk' and 'Stand', we begin with Carol Jerman writing with the title 'Travelling Companions' because her walking companions are often llamas as well as humans. Heather, who like Carol lives in Wales, writes about the walk made by Mary Jones which led to the formation of what became the British and Foreign Bible Society. David Spriggs, from Bible Society, looks at Psalm 23 and calls his article 'Walk for Life'. Holly Price, in her first contribution to the journal, writes about 'The path lit by Christ' and Mark Berry, also a new name to Quiet Spaces, reminds us that 'Not all who wander are lost'.

Liz Pacey offers us some prayers and Heather thinks about references to walking in the psalms. Margaret Harvey has her Space and for our other regular, Tony Horsfall, 'walking' is a Biblical metaphor for Christian life and conduct. He reflects on this in the context of Watchman Nee whose book Sit, Walk, Stand inspired the titles in this series of Quiet Spaces.

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