links: now, let's go exploring...
These links and leads are, for various reasons, of interest to members of our community (we are not responsible for the content of external sites). We check them periodically - if you find a broken link do please let us know.
| Diocese of London | Church of England | Anglican Communion |
Diocese of London | Church of England | Archbishop Rowan
Anglicans Online - great resource, updated every week
Project Canterbury - vast library of online Anglican documents
Richard online - the Bishop of London's blog
| Links of interest to members of our community |
Inclusion does not imply approval by the PCC (is there no end to disclaimers?)
Alternatives - different approaches to the sacred in life
Modern Church Peoples Union - progressive grouping within the C of E
Society of Friends - one of our clergy is a member
Progressive Christianity Network - thought and faith (local PCN group)
Community of Sant Egidio - a lay based community in Rome
Third Way - “The modern world through Christian eyes”
Changing Attitude - working for gay/lesbian affirmation in the church
Inclusive Church - campaigns for a generous Anglicanism
The Church Times - far more fun than it sounds
The Tablet - reliable, informative international RC weekly
Greenbelt Festival - vibrant Christianity, fits all
Thoughts on worker-priests and such like - Hugh Valentine
Burford Priory (Anglican Benedictine Community in Oxfordshire)
Ecumenical Monastic Community of Bose
The Grubb Institute group relations theory and Christian insight = transformation
Affirming Catholicism is the ‘new Catholic movement for the Anglican Church'
The (William) Blake Society - William Blake was baptised at this church
The Diocese of Wenchoster - spoof site, have a giggle
Accepting Evangelicals - a more positive evangelical approach to difference
Contemplative Fire - ‘celebrating the Christ of Paradox’
St Benedict’s Table ‘a worshipping community rooted in an ancient future’
The Dave Walker Guide to the Church intelligent, good natured fun-poking at the church
Simon Parke - priest, 'ex Vicar', explorer and other things besides
Thinking Anglicans - 'for thoughtful contributions to the proclamation of the gospel'
JesusRadicals a "resource for those who believe that the Christian Gospel is primarily a message of love and peace, and that militarism, capitalism and the state are idols that stand in stark contrast to the rejection of power by Jesus"
The Bible in Cartoons by Andrew Parker with a little help from John Rowe
| Biblical | Lliturgical | Prayer | Theology |
On-line Bibles - go to source via your PC
Oremus - well stocked liturgical resource
Common Worship - the Church of England’s Prayer Book on line
Approaches to Prayer - excellent guide by Henry Morgan
Anglican Liturgical Resources - texts from around the Communion
World Community for Christian Meditation
Bede Griffiths Society (resources for prayer and contemplation)
Religion-online A massive online library of full length theological texts
| Inspiring people and stories |
Individuals
Dorothy Day | Martin Luther King | Jacques Ellul | Thomas Merton | Oscar Romero | Simone Weil | Reinhold Niebuhr | William Stringfellow
Witnessing bodies
Bruderhof Communities | L’arch movement | Catholic Worker Movement
| Exploring what God wants you to be/do |
What Colour is Your Parachute - by US Anglican priest Dick Bolles (for UK/Ireland courses on this book see Brian McIvor’s site; See also John Lees’ ‘How to get a job you’ll love’ - full of useful advice and encouragement)
Small Pilgrim Places - places of refuge and prayer
Cairns Publications - Jim Cotter’s invaluable ministry
Retreats - site of the Retreats Association
Francis Dewar’s Live for a Change web site offers thoughts on vocation and on ‘journeying inwards, journeying outwards’.
| Misc and personal sites |
Tom Cook - artist and member of St James's