Listening & Healing
This edition of Chrism is about the importance of listening in the practice and ministry of healing. Revd Dr Simon Cocksedge writes of his passion for listening, how it plays an essential part in his life and how the art of attentive listening is cultivated in his medical students. Members of religious orders are especially practised and skilled in the art of listening to God, and we are privileged to have an article by a member of a busy and thriving community. Revd Dr Russ Parker, from Acorn, writes of listening as sacrament, communion and reconciliation. Antonia Lynn’s meditation on aretē and inscape is redolent of listening; and it is fortuitous that Chris McKenna’s CSTH Sumer School keynote lecture on ‘Private Madness’ reinforces our theme of the importance of listening for healing.
Contents
Listening as Work and Prayer 2
Listening to God 5
For Heaven’s Sake! Listen! 8
Opening the Doors 10
Meditation for Autumn & Winter 11
Centre for the Study of Theology & Health
Private Madness 12
Hymns for Healing 15
Information about the Guild 16