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Consecrated Celibacy: a fresh look at an ancient calling
Everyday Life, Monasticism & New Monasticism, Sexuality and gender, The Inner JourneyChristians who want to remain unmarried often face the challenge of identifying, naming and responding to their vocation, both within and outside church life. Reflecting on her own journey and encounters with others, Christine Barnabas takes a fresh look at consecrated celibacy, a calling which, she believes, experiences a new lease of life on the edge of the institutional church. Consecrated Celibacy is a resource for all who are trying to discern their calling to a committed and meaningful life before God and for those who accompany them on the journey of exploring this ancient charism God continues to give to the body of Christ.£14.99 -
Love Me Home
The Inner JourneyLove Me Home is a new book by Northumbria Community Companion Christine Barnabas. Rooted in her experience during and after the 30-day Ignatian Exercises, it blends personal narrative, scripture, art, poetry and theological reflection. It draws the reader to go on their own journey with the human Christ who knows from the inside the joy of being alive, next to pain, grief, betrayal, abandonment and loneliness we wrestle with. The honest and vulnerable poetry together with Christine’s artwork shed a new light on the Gospel and gives testimony to how out of death can spring forth new life. Her writing reaches us in places where we often find it difficult to go to by ourselves. Love Me Home explores themes like trauma, forgiveness, our true self and how we can hold on to the Spirit’s candle as we go down into the deeps. It is a beautiful and compassionate companion for the inner journey.£17.99 -
Love Me Home
The Inner JourneyLove Me Home is a new book by Northumbria Community Companion Christine Barnabas. Rooted in her experience during and after the 30-day Ignatian Exercises, it blends personal narrative, scripture, art, poetry and theological reflection. It draws the reader to go on their own journey with the human Christ who knows from the inside the joy of being alive, next to pain, grief, betrayal, abandonment and loneliness we wrestle with. The honest and vulnerable poetry together with Christine’s artwork shed a new light on the Gospel and gives testimony to how out of death can spring forth new life. Her writing reaches us in places where we often find it difficult to go to by ourselves. Love Me Home explores themes like trauma, forgiveness, our true self and how we can hold on to the Spirit’s candle as we go down into the deeps. It is a beautiful and compassionate companion for the inner journey.£25.00
