Christ and Creation - a contemplative resource

Many would say that the twin essentials of a spiritual life are contemplation and action.
Today we publish the first in a new series of contemplative resources called ‘Christ and Creation’ based on a Lectio Divina method of reading John’s gospel.
It may be that John’s gospel was designed as a resource for contemplation.

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The legacy of Darwin 3 - the earthworm and a lesson in humility

Darwin’s work was seized on by those people of his day who thought that science and reason could, and should, explain everything about life. But Darwin himself never thought that way. For him the world was a wonder.

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The legacy of Darwin 2: Don’t forget brother Gregor

About the same time that Darwin was publishing The Origin of Species, a little known monk was beavering away in a monastic garden growing peas. Gregor Mendel gave us ‘the gene’and illustrated the historical truth that science has more often proceeded from faith, than from opposition to it.

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Perennial Vegetables

No time time for gardening? Dissapointed by your crops going to the slugs? Do you go away for long stretches so you can’t maintain a vegetable bed? Then perennial vegetables maybe the thing for you.

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The Legacy of Darwin

At a time when people were moving off the land into cities and when bishops were teaching that human beings were so different from animals, Darwin reminded us of the unity of all things. Evolutionary theory gave us the mental framework with which to investigate the interrelationships between the earth and its creatures. While some of the details still elude us, the theory has received powerful affirmation from almost every area of science, especially geology and molecular genetics.

But has it taught us to care for the earth?

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EarthAbbey in Cambridge

Some people are gathering in Cambridge next week to explore an EarthAbbey presence there.

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There’s probably no God - or a vital place for faith?

As UK buses advertise ‘There’s probably no God’, environmentalists are realising the need for something greater than the market thinking that dominates our culture.

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TED Michael Pollan with a plant’s eye view

What if human consciousness isn’t the end-all and be-all? What if we are all just pawns in corn’s clever strategy game to rule the Earth? Author Michael Pollan asks us to see the world from a plant’s-eye view.

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Meals for Body and Soul

We have been wondering how to make a beginning with the formation of local groups. We asked ourselves, ‘What would people really like to do’? How can people meet one another in a way that feels authentic and not just another ‘meeting’ or ‘programme’? How can we introduce areas of interest without falling into the ‘talk’, which leaves everyone but the speaker passive? And we came up with this.

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TED David Gallo with some underwater magic

David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a colour-shifting cuttlefish, a perfectly camouflaged octopus, and a Times Square’s worth of neon light displays from fish who live in the blackest depths of the ocean.

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