Monday 29th April – Wednesday 1st May, 2013 Based on their recent book Personal Jesus: How Popular Music Shapes Our Souls, Clive Marsh and Vaughan S. Roberts  will invite participants to take a critical look at the role popular music plays in contemporary UK life. Using material from their own research amongst music fans, …
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  Friday 12th – Sunday 14th April. 2013 Rosie Miles and Louisa Yates offer the chance to explore our enduring fascination with the Victorians, both on the page and on the screen. The course offers the chance to examine not only why readers and viewers love the Victorians so much, but the many ways in …
View course details “Looking Back: Introducing Neo-Victorian Fiction”

  Monday 8th – Thursday 11th April, 2013 This annual gathering is now in its fifteenth year and provides an opportunity to reflect theologically on contemporary and classic films including The Hunger Games, Shame, Hunger, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Johnny Guitar and Intolerance. Fully Inclusive Price: £255 – £285 residential / £150 non …
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  Monday 25th – Wednesday 27th March, 2013 Barry Morgan, the current Archbishop of Wales, knew R. S. Thomas well and this short course offers, not literary criticism in the usual sense, but an unpretentious summary of the poet’s recurring religious concerns.  Fully Inclusive Price: £180 – £210 residential / £125 non residential.

  Monday 11th – Wednesday 13th February, 2013 Peter Francis reviews some of the most interesting films of the life of Jesus from the silent era to the present day. The course reflects on the cultural context of each film and the theological task that each undertakes. Fully Inclusive Price: £170 – £190 residential / …
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  Register Now for The C.S. Lewis Retreat! Choosing Heaven: Eternity in the Here & Now Dates: Friday, November 9 (evening) to Sunday, November 11 (morning) Location: Camp Allen Retreat and Conference Center in Navasota, Texas. Topic: C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce. Features three tracks: Retreat/Readers Track, Writers Workshop Track, and Children’s Track.

  Guided Retreat, Friday-Sunday, May 24-26, 2013 The link between art and spirituality is explored with the intention of deepening our personal prayer practice through guided meditation and creativity. We will explore our own voice by enjoying “hands on” experiences, which encourage experimentation with line, colour, shape, texture and composition. Participants are invited to use …
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  Friday-Sunday, March 8-10, 2013 Writing doesn’t come out perfect on our first try. Revising and re-visioning are necessary parts of the process, and in short-changing them we short-change ourselves and our work. This workshop will address the necessity and the value of the revising process. Led by Kathleen Norris, award-winning poet, writer, and author …
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  February 16, 2013 – February 22, 2013   Painting an icon can be a compelling experience. Using techniques developed at the end of the Iconoclast period (before the year 1000 A.D.), the painter sees a face gradually emerge from the darkness, a face glowing with an internal light. The process has less to do …
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  January 17, 2013 – January 20, 2013   Optional January 21 Stayover Extend your retreat for an extra day! Limited classes will be offered in addition to a buffet supper Jan. 20 and a continental breakfast before checkout Jan. 21.   “Both knitters and quilters belong to a rich heritage of tapping into that creative …
View course details “Kanuga Knitting & Quilting Retreat”