Monastic Living @ The Northumbria Community
Welcome to our School for Monastic Living: 'Those who entered the desert entered a kind of school, a school in which loving as God loves was the primary and foundational lesson.' – Mary C. Earle
Finally we make our way back to Aidan’s statue, which has been a Northumbria Community place of gathering on Lindisfarne, just after midday on Easter Sunday, for many years
We meet up with Mark Fleeson at Aidan’s Statue to reflect on how we can live more generously among others, with Christ ahead of us as our beacon in the world…
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We continue our walk through the village to step inside the Impressions Gallery
Anna Raine invites us to appreciate the gentle welcome of this small gallery and ponder the stories that specific pictures evoke in us…
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Today we are peering through the window of Lindisfarne Scriptorium to delight in the illuminated manuscripts and innovative, emerging treasures …
Let’s pause and look through the window of the Lindisfarne Scriptorium where Mary Fleeson’s beautiful, present-day designs heart-connect us to God’s lifewords now, as well as illuminating the treasures of the past…
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Today we invite you to explore a re-imagined space – a chapel created in a former boiler house…
As we step into the boiler house we are invited to catch our breath and think about how things change…
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Walking back to the village we are invited to sit in the Gospels Garden – once a temporary installation at the Chelsea Flower Show. Here we reflect on our own temporariness and the fragility of life…
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