Lunesdale Community Blog

Light in the darkness 0

Light in the darkness

Early winter’s morning a single flame shines a little light. It brings the whole room to life shadows of angel chimes in the ceiling. The contrast makes darkness visible. Your light in every living...

Breathing in the Divine 0

Breathing in the Divine

Did you know that your very first and your last breath in this life are prayer? I came across this thought in a video where Richard Rohr spoke about the Yahweh prayer. Apparently the...

One thing I ask 0

One thing I ask

In the summer while travelling and staying with people it seemed very difficult to maintain a pattern of personal prayer. I more or less manged to do a bit of reading and reflection in...

It is for freedom that Christ set us free 0

It is for freedom that Christ set us free

After a long and relaxing summer holiday we are back to learning what life can be for us at the Lunesdale Community. We are still just our family of four, but butterflies flutter in...

Birgitta’s Taizé blog 2

Birgitta’s Taizé blog

Some reflections from the first half of Holy Week in Taizé, by Birgitta (12). Saturday 19th March, on the ferry. Hello! Or maybe I should say bonjour? Anyway, we are all very tired and...

Post Scriptum 0

Post Scriptum

The small provisional community has come to an end, and we all feel a little bit down; the house seems quiet and empty and the common meals and prayer times have lost the sense...

Let’s look back together… 0

Let’s look back together…

After we had our last day in the foodbank on Friday we are slowly realising that we will actually leave this place! We are spending our last hours together, thinking and talking about our experiences and...

Time tooooo say goooooodbye 0

Time tooooo say goooooodbye

The last week of our community has come. Even though these are still seven days of volunteering, prayer and new experiences there were already some goodbyes. On Tuesday we worked for the last time...

Expectations vs. Reality 1

Expectations vs. Reality

Hey everybody! 🙂 (Four sisters waiting for their               parents after church 😛 )         On Friday we helped in the Food Bank in Morecambe and it was still a pleasure for...

About egg plants and prayers ;) 0

About egg plants and prayers ;)

Good morning 🙂 Puuh… the last days were so busy, I don’t even know where to start! On Monday we had our first real work day at the Claver Hill gardening project. It was...