Reflecting: HAREHILLS. meet . retreat . eat

Wednesday 25th May 2016. 10am-1pm. Think you know a place?  What if you encountered it, in faith, in a fresh way?  Well please join us for a transformative urban retreat. We MEET at Trinity United Church, Banstead Terrace East, LS8 5PX at 10am. We RETREAT, starting...

So quiet you hardly hear it?

Good news should come with a drum roll surely? When news is actually good, it should grab attention and make us all feel positive about life. But when the good news comes as a whisper, unexpectedly, perhaps even as a secondary meaning of what is heard, it is both...

Engaging with the City-One Blade of Grass at a Time

Engaging with the city –  one blade of grass at a time… Pippa Woodhams launches the second (warmer) half of the year for Wild City Retreats. I was talking with an asylum seeker recently, who was under imminent threat of deportation.  The difference with this...

The trees of the field don't always clap gently

In January’s Wild City Retreat we were thrown into the wild force of the wind. None of us chose to stay out for more than a short while. It was far more comfortable to remain inside sipping hot spiced apple juice while learning about the old tradition of...