retreats – Holding Heaven

Trampled Blackberries

More fruit! On retreat last week, I smiled when I found that a poem I wrote at CSMV Wantage in …

Dormouse has been asking us about our favourite autumn/fall memories. Mine are far and away those of being on retreat. …

Pilgrim God, I’m back. You’ve walked with me on the road; stay with me a little longer. There are no …

I love gazing into and out of windows. Not in a voyeuristic sense, I hasten to add, in case anybody …

Because You Are So I Am… Beloving Beloved Knowing Known Broken Complete Alone Held Reaching to …

Introducing a new page for Holding Heaven: a space where I can house some of the poems that I’ve written over …

Spring has sprung! The May flower is out; according to the old saying it’s clout- casting weather. Living in the …

Spirit of God, shine into my darkness. Help me to see and use your gifts in the time I have …

To see your glory is like waking from sleep to find all the world’s sunsets rolled into one great symphony …

Don’t Tell The Trees…Here’s my first atttempt at one of KITC’s November Challenges: to produce a piece of …

So to Good Friday and a work which has inspired me so much over the years: Faure’s Requiem; especially …

What does silence mean to you? I’ve been trying to tease out some of my own thoughts on this recently, inspired …