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'To die well we need to live life to the full.' Helpful suggestions inspiring us to think about and prepare for the end of our lives when we are young.

A new American Dream. Indigenous, Post-colonial, and Celtic Theology, outlining ways in which, in these fading decades of Western supremacy, and despite polarization, indigenous, settler, and immigrant peoples may journey together as modern followers of the Way. Those who rise to this challenge undertake a new Brendan's Voyage and create a new American dream.

Monk in the Market Place … and the Simpsons is a memoir like no other. Ray Simpson, Founding Guardian of the international new monastic Community of Aidan and Hilda, recalls the story of a unique life in which he has followed faithfully a calling to live monastically beyond the traditional enclosures of monastery or shrine.

A soul friend is someone further along the journey of life who commits to helping another discover his or her true self and path through life. Each chapter of this book includes practical exercises and suggestions for further study.

A versatile worship resource or a personal prayer guide inspired by one of the world’s most sacred places and drawing on the Island’s Celtic heritage

Seventh-century Ireland is becoming a land of saints, scholars, and spiritual foster mothers as well as warriors. The boy Aidan, a descendant of Saint Brigid, is formed by all of these as well as by a pilgrimage, aborted by an...

In this book, leaders of traditional religious communities and emerging 'new monastic' communities tell their stories and reflect on how an ancient expression of being church is inspiring and shaping a very new one

Want a study that brings you back to the heart of Advent? Bethlehem's Road is a journey through the ways we can prepare our hearts for Jesus You'll reignite a love of the real Christmas

Bowthorpe, the holistically designed community on the outskirts of Norwich, with one church for all Christians, is attracting a new flurry of interest. People want to read Ray Simpson’s out-of-print survey of its ancient origins, and its eco-friendly re-launch as three linked urban villages from the 1970’s.

Everyday and everywhere, blessings offer us the opportunity to invite faith into our daily lives. They voice our hopes and thoughts and wishes, so why should we limit them to a few formal occasions in church? Deeply spiritual and highly...

Exploring Celtic Christianity through some of its key concepts—and some of the criticisms raised against it. Showing how the Celtic affirmation of creation and of equality and love among human beings holds the key for the future of the whole planet. Click the link below for the video of Ray Simpson talking about his book Celtic Christianity and Climate Change: Twelve Keys for our Future recorded by Scott Brennan in the garden of Whitehouse, Holy Island. https://www.facebook.com/scott.brennan.397/videos/10222126448605635/

Essential reading still ahead of its time ..for those engaged in the emerging church in Britain and Ireland. This book taps into the current hunger for spirituality, the death pains of obsolete church forms, and the rising tide of hope felt...

Alongside the traditional Church comes a new wave of committed Christianity. High Street Monasteries explorers this incoming tide, illustrating how new monasticism is becoming the heart of our global village, focusing on community, peace and beauty, and the fact that...

In the dark and turbulent centuries after the Roman occupation of Britain, and during the Anglo-Saxon colonisation, the light of heaven still shone through the work and witness of the monastic communities, 'villages of God', which dotted the land. This book explores the Hilda's life and ministry.

Here is a comprehensive collection of contemporary Celtic Prayers for use in worship. These prayers reconnect us with the seasons and the streets, the scriptures and the saints, the struggles and the silence; all created life is included.

Christianity began in the intimacy of people’s homes. Early churches often met in houses but when Christianity became large scale, and linked to empire, many churches ceased to be homely. Now, as Sunday-only churches are in sharp decline and...

This inspirational four week course, intended for groups, but equally suited to individuals, offers four extra sessions to coincide with All Saints and Remembrance-tide, drawing on the ancient wisdom of the Celtic year which began on November 1st.

A daily worship book for individuals, new monastic groups and churches. It reconnects the world with the seasons and the soil, the saints and the streets, the struggles, senses and silence as well as the Spirit and the Scriptures. It provides...

New Celtic Monasticism for Everyday People offers ancient roots for future routes. Christendom is over. The expressions of Christianity many of us grew up with belong to a receding past. The great emergence of new monasticisms is the future, but...

Complete services for Ash Wednesday to Easter including meditations, Scripture readings, suggestions for hymns and music to listen to, dialogues and creative activities.

“If Church leaders get these out to post modern non-church goers it could mark a turning point” Presented as a dialogue between the Seeker and the Guide, this book answers questions asked by many people who are interested in joining...

A challenging and thought-provoking book, in which Ray briefly unpacks 49 probing and uncomfortable questions and shows a way of remaining true to fundamentals whilst being at ease with people from diverse, or opposing backgrounds. This book is helpful for...

Surveying the life and times of Aidan of Lindisfarne, this book draws insights into missional approaches to inspire both outreach and discipleship for today's Church.

Patterns of worship which reflect the belief that as we reconnect prayer to the varied rhythms of our daily life, we will be drawn more fully into God’s purposes.

Chronicles the lives of early Celtic and other Christians in a calendar of saints (Anglican, Orthodox, and Roman Catholic), with a daily introduction to each, a short prayer and Bible readings.

Healing the Land draws on diverse sources to provide profoundly prayerful and healing patterns of worship. Utilising the Celtic Christian tradition of constant renewal and its sense of the unity of all creation, it reconnects prayer to the rhythms of our daily life.

Drawing its primary inspiration from Celtic saints, Great Celtic Christians is suitable for use by churches as an alternative to regular services, individuals who want to follow a daily pattern of prayer, or by groups who want to organise an event around a saint or particular theme.

Capitalism is in crisis. It has been become divorced from moral norms....... What is the way forward? Ray suggests it lies in an increase of Downwardly Mobile people - able Christians who lay down their lives for the common good.

Most fitness programmes concentrate on physical fitness - they start from the outside and stop there. To achieve total fitness of the mind, body and soul we need to start on the inside and work outwards. Beginning with a spiritual...

A collection of material to enable transformation of churches and communities– a vibrant whole church experience! There is a guide book for leaders and mentors; log books for adults, young people and children; the Little Meditation Book, the Little Prayer Book,...