with Jennifer LewisHear the wonderful Jennifer Lewis speak about Julian of Norwich, and how she can inspire us to create beautiful meditation spaces. https://youtu.be/Iatcendm0bg Contemplative, Feminist, and Faith-full: Creating Contemplative Learning Communities with Julian of Norwich A Virtual Theology Chat with the Anglican Women's Studies Centre Recorded at 7pm Thursday 20 April, in All Souls Church, Merivale, Christchurch. Jennifer Lewis is a Ph.D. Candidate and Research Fellow, Practical Theology, Boston University School of Theology (in progress) She holds both an M.Div. & M.A. (Religious Education), Princeton Theological … [Read more...]
Prayer among the Pandemic, with Podcasts
Pandemics and Plagues have been part of the Christian story from the beginning. Discover some podcasts which talk of Catherine of Sienna, Julian of Norwich and Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz and many others, and learn how they coped in times of plague and sickness. Catherine of Siena Catherine of Siena was born a year before the Black Death Much of Catherine of Siena’s life was defined by sickness and plagues. The future saint was born in 1347. The next year, the Black Death began—an epidemic that killed more than 20 million people over the next five years. Despite growing up surrounded by death, Catherine was unafraid. When a plague struck again less than two decades later, the … [Read more...]
