I keep wondering if caring for creation has become something I just try to do – recycle, be a mindful consumer, and especially support...

As I thought about writing this, I reread the blogs on the LCSB website, carefully curated by Jerome. They are wise and perceptive. The...

When I was young enough to be at the beginning of my adult faith-life, but not old enough to have any idea how I would live out my...

In 2004, during a major escalation of long-running conflicts in Sudan, I travelled to Darfur to help manage the combined aid response of...

It was in the 1990s that I encountered Greg Ryan, a stalwart of the WCCM, using 'Pax' as a conclusion to his emails. At the time, with...

There's an ecological crisis but perhaps you haven't noticed. It seems many people haven't. Writing this I'm staying in a small village...

We are guests in God’s world and stewards of its resources. ‘The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and...

It is easy to think of St Benedict as someone in control of life.  His rule provides in-depth guidance and advice on how to live life as...

I think we can all acknowledge that inherent in our human condition are all sorts of complicated confusions and paradoxes.  For example,...

Feeling a little frazzled, I recently took myself off for a walk to the beautiful modern chapel at Ripon college, the Anglican...

Being a member of the Lay Community of Saint Benedict has 4 key components for me: ·        The Rule ·        The Community ·        Our...

Several weeks ago, I gave a talk to a gathering of meditators which I belong to called Benedict’s Well.  The title of the talk was...

We live in a world where total silence is impossible. A friend went on a walking holiday in New Zealand. She said it was beautiful, but...

For St Benedict, prayer and work seem to be on an almost equal footing. Ch 8 – 20 of The Rule of St Benedict deal with the Monastic life...

When people join the Lay Community, they make a promise and repeat it annually. "In response to the call of Christ, I offer myself to...

As we approach the feast of All Saint’s Day, celebrated in many churches as a day on which to remember those holy men and women who have...

Like many, I imagine, I came across St Benedict and his Rule through reading Esther De Waal’s now classic, Seeking God: The Way of St...

An excellent question. Why do I daily celebrate St Benedict, in a world that celebrates a lot of other saints. Simply the impact he has...

St. Benedict lived in the 5th century, yet his teachings remain relevant today, particularly for young people. Henri Nouwen, a prominent...

Once a year the oldies of the church, the revered ones, get a day of celebration and so in July Benedict gets his. A moment in the...