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Flourishing

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08/05/12 | Posted by alanmann | Permalink | (0) Comments

All around us Spring is in full flow. Life is flourishing. But what about ourselves? Are we taking the time to furnish our lives with those things that allow us to flourish along with the rest of nature?

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Like the dawn

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08/04/12 | Posted by breaking wave | Permalink | (0) Comments

The ancient miracle of Easter, clouded by religion, confused by Christendom, what can it bring to us who wait and search today? A new creation. Not like the first originating surge of energy, but more, perhaps, like the dawn.

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Heads-up For Spring Events

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16/02/12 | Posted by alanmann | Permalink | (0) Comments

There are a number of day conferences coming up in the next couple of months that should interest EarthAbbey Members. Read on for more details . . .

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Date Set For Bristol Pound Launch

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08/02/12 | Posted by alanmann | Permalink | (0) Comments

We’ve mentioned local currencies before, but finally the date has been set for the launch of the Bristol Pound - May 21st 2012.

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First Hope of Spring

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08/02/12 | Posted by alanmann | Permalink | (0) Comments

EarthAbbey Member, Nick Waterfield blogs over at PXI - Plot 107. Both his work and his writing are worth some attention, so here we share an edited version of a post he made reflecting on Candlemas and Imbolc, an ancient Celtic celebration which share the same day.

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Generation Food

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23/01/12 | Posted by alanmann | Permalink | (0) Comments

If you are involved with, or interested in the the future of food, be that its production or purchase, then the BBC Radio 4 Food Programme ‘Generation Food’ is well worth a Listen.

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A New Year Resolution

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09/01/12 | Posted by alanmann | Permalink | (0) Comments

As Christmas becomes but a memory, and the New Year turns into being just January, Alan Mann considers the value of the sorts of resolutions we make.

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A Christmas Meditation

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24/12/11 | Posted by alanmann | Permalink | (0) Comments

EarthAbbey member, Alan Mann, reflects on what Christmas gives to those who long to live more in tune with the earth.

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Yuletide Solitude: An Invitation

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03/12/11 | Posted by alanmann | Permalink | (0) Comments

EarthAbbey Member, Amanda Miles, runs Breathing Space, which ‘seeks to nurture contemplative practice, encourage the creative spirit and cultivate an affinity with the natural world.’ Here she extends an invitation to temporarily escape the hustle and bustle which seems to pervade the run up to Christmas.

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Contemplating the Book of Nature

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22/11/11 | Posted by alanmann | Permalink | (0) Comments

EarthAbbey member, Chris Hillman, is warden of Elsie Briggs House of Prayer in Bristol. The House is committed to exploring the contemplative tradition. As someone who has found increasing pleasure in being in nature, and also being delighted by some of the rich writings we have about the natural world, Chris has established a reading group to explore our relationship to the world we inhabit.

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