What a start to January this year – embracing the implications of the Brexit deal and of the latest lockdown and the mix of worrying information on infection levels for Covid and encouraging information on the rollout of the vaccine. Against this backdrop, I wonder what the January...
“Contemplation and Community: Building a Radically Different Future – From the Inside” – Written by Sarah Thorpe To help us find our autumn stride, Chris Whittington recently led us in a lunchtime Meditation Session, “Contemplation and Community: Building a Radically Different Future – From...
Lunchtime Talk & Meditation Chris Whittington recently led our first Zoom Lunchtime Meditation Session for the business community and we were delighted with how it went. As one person commented, “I think meditating works really well by Zoom and feel I’ve recharged afterwards.” The...
Ultimately, meditation (silent prayer) is not about mastering techniques, it’s about relationship. You could describe it as the quiet, steady work of simply being here, fully present to the gift of our life. Which means it is also the quiet, steady work of being present with and for those...
The peace we seek is already here, buried in the field of our lives like a precious jewel, even if, for a great deal of the time, our lives can feel very far from peaceful. At this time of great uncertainty and fear, these podcast reflections from a talk and retreat given last year and simple...
Truly transformative leadership arises from a depth a self-awareness, embodies a rare combination of humility and focussed resolve, and is characteristically collaborative and other-centered. At our October lunchtime Meditation session, Chris Whittington explored the radical expression of...
In the midst of the many demands and challenges of work and life, how do we find the peace that Jesus promises in John 14:27: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid”? Chris Whittington’s recent lunchtime meditation session...
Chris Whittington has recently led a lunchtime session for ChaplaincyPlus introducing Christian Meditation, “Seeing Clearly – Acting with Compassion”. Chris was introduced to meditation in the Christian tradition at 19 when living at the Benedictine Monastery of Prinknash Abbey, spent a...
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