Ripening Lives in Frightening Times
Insights from the diaries of Anne Frank and Etty Hillesum by Liz Watson Liz Watson has been a member of WCCM for over 20 years and now focuses on teaching meditation in a variety of settings, leading retreats in the UK and beyond, and offering spiritual direction. In this series of two talks – Ripening […]
Two drawings in Chinese ink
By Siglinde Van Ransbeeck My name is Siglinde Van Ransbeeck. I am part of the Christian Meditation community from the beginning in 1992 when Laurence Freeman opened here the first Belgian centre. I am also part of the Belgian guiding board since then. We are a fine meditating community with many groups and activities as […]
My Pandemic Poems
Mary Edgar May, part of WCCM Australia sent a series called “My Pandemic Poems”. She explains her connection with the Community and how she produced this creative work: As a significant part of my contemplative prayerful spirituality, I have practiced meditation personally and with a weekly group within the John Main tradition for 26 years. […]
The chief thing that separates us from each other is the thought that we are separated from each other
A conversation with Sicco Claus & Stuart Higginbotham This summer it will be three years ago that a group of young contemplative leaders met in Snowmass Abbey, the monastery of amongst others the late Thomas Keating. Sicco Claus, one of the contributors of our website ‘A Contemplative Path through the Crisis’, was one of the […]
The Wisdom of Uncertainty: Getting into the Cloud of Unknowing
This is a new series of three talks by Stefan Reynolds Stefan Reynolds, is a contemplative scholar and Oblate of the WCCM. In continuation from his series on Julian of Norwich Stefan continues to introduce wisdom from the mystical tradition relevant for our time. This time he looks at the ‘Cloud of Unknowing’ a book […]
Meditation, Wellbeing and More, an online course with Jim Green
Meditation, Wellbeing and More has been designed to help you explore a range of concepts associated with health, wellbeing, human development and personal growth, alongside the practice of meditation. The practice has long been recognised as something that can support personal wellbeing. The course encourages you to reflect on what we might mean by wellbeing, and […]