Thursday 29 September 2011

SPIRITUALITY - AN INSPIRING EVENING

 On Tuesday evening, almost forty parishioners from New Forest parishes attended the third of the four "Rejoice in Hope" series, this time on Spirituality, addressed by Mary Dunn. She showed how, as Christians become more mature, they may rely less on routine religious practices, yet develop an increasingly close spiritual relationship with God.  She explored the effect of this on our way of praying, of the relevance of Feminist Spirituality, of the Green movement and of other influences such as Buddhism, and concluded with a plea for an appreciation of the value of everyday experience, through which we continually discover the true Word of God in Jesus. The unusually warm applause at the end of her talk showed our appreciation of a fascinating and inspiring evening.

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