REFRESH ARCHIVES
Pūranga tāmata

Who or what is the heart of contemplation? How has your practice changed your perception of the heart?

Exploring a way through the valley. What are the contemplative gifts for the future of the Church?

Advent is a time of expectant waiting. How can we live honest, deep, hope-filled lives in uncertain times?

Contemplative spirituality is full of references to ‘The Dance’? What is the dance for us here, now, in Aotearoa?

What does it mean to ‘set our heart upon the deep’? A contemplative exploration of the deep places.

An exploration of the contemplative practices that shape our lives.

A special edition celebrating the work of David Crawley on his retirement from Laidlaw College.

What does Good News in anxious times sound like from a contemplative perspective?

What enables us to surrender our very selves to God’s loving embrace?

How do we hold the paradox of desolation and joy in being human?

An intriguing conversation between theology and cosmic discoveries.

How does a contemplative stance help us make the most of the gift of life?

Exploring contemplative perspectives that shape our journey toward death.

How does our resistance to a loving, wooding God manifest itself?

Exploring the invitation of Jesus to be like a child - simple and elemental.

Approaching the invitations and challenges of silence, contemplatively.

Our sacred texts ask, who does God want us to view as our neighbour?

Exploring contemplative responses to questions of peace and peace-making.

Contemplative explorations of the grace, loss and power of letting go.

ExplorING the stunning variety of ways God appears to us and relates with us.

The essence of this theme is discovering love and finding meaning in times of darkness.

Exploring the theme of waiting – with God, on God, for justice, for peace, for healing, for birth or death.

A contemplative exploration of the ‘Via Unitiva’ and the idea of ‘One and Other’.

Vulnerable and powerful explorations of healing, woundedness, grace and wholeness.

Intimate, contemplative explorations of the God who desires us and draws us into union.

Introducing new Refresh editor, Diane Gilliam-Weeks and SGM Workgroup members.

Explorations into storytelling and spirituality.

A contemplative response to global recession.

An exploration of faith in contemplative spirituality.