Our Community is an exploration alone and together of our calling to a monastic, missional way of life that leads to an engagement with the world and the challenge to live in obedience to Christ and His Kingdom in a post-Christendom society, that brings hope to the world.
Charles Ringma, a Companion in Community from Brisbane, shares his thinking and experiences of suffering. Joining the Suffering God If ever there was a topic that is common to all humanity, it is the theme of suffering. We have all suffered and continue to suffer in various ways. Suffering is part of the human […]
Charles Ringma, a Companion in Community from Brisbane, shares an article he wrote for a Tearfund conference in Queensland in May 2013. G o d ‘ s H e a r t f o r t h e P o o r It is possible to conclude this lecture in one sentence: God has […]
In the following reflection, Joshua Searle considers the emergence of the Northumbria Community against a backdrop of major cultural change and the decline of Christianity as a religious institution. He reflects on how the history of the Community has shaped its values and approach to mission. The monastic tradition, which the Northumbria Community is seeking […]
At a recent enabling church conference organised by Churches for All (www.churchesforall.org.uk), working with Premier Radio, Roy Searle was asked to give the keynote address: Included and Involved Yesterday at this time I was on a sailing boat in the Scottish Hebrides … As the crew assembled on Saturday last week, I used a very […]