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The Gospel of Mary Friendly Study Group
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We offer a free study group exploring the Gospel of Mary, which meets on the first Monday of every month, using a non-hierarchical Quaker study method. Each month we reflect on a small section of the text, using several different translations, and ask these five questions -
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Meaning? What is the author trying to say here?
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New Light? How does this passage speak to me on this reading today?
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Truth? How does this sit with my lived experience?
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Implications? What difference might this make in my life?
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Problems? What difficulties or challenges do I find here?
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We have a period of individual reflection and journaling using these five questions to probe the text, and then share our insights in small breakout rooms, before returning to the main group.
The study group meets online on the first Monday of every month, 19:00 - 20:30 UK time, which is usually 11:00 - 12:30 am Pacific etc. If you would like to receive the zoom links for this group, please ​email david@thegospelofmary.org​
The Artist's Way
A twelve week online course exploring and unblocking the spiritual impulse to creative expression. A mutual support group holding and encouraging each other as we work our way through this sometimes difficult territory.
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Do you have a copy of THE ARTISTS WAY by Julia Cameron on your bookshelf, perhaps one that you started and never finished? Would you like to unleash your creative impulse, but wouldn't dare to call yourself an artist? Do internal voices of inner critic stifle your self-expression? Then this course is for you!
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Since 1992 this 12-week programme has been used everywhere from prisons to fine arts schools, working to demystify the artistic process. The method is rooted in the firm belief that every one of us has an inner source of creativity, that it can be watered, and it can bloom. Reconnection with this is a teachable spiritual practice, suitable for all.
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Led by David Curtis, the author of this website, this online course run by Woodbrooke Quaker College UK is open to all. Weekly sessions will be held 7pm to 9pm UK time, which is (usually) 11am to 1pm Pacific.
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See here for more details and registration