dekhomai

At London festival this week

At the London mind body spirit festival running a stand once again. Come and meet us, have a Jesus deck reading, foot or hand massage, healing prayer or a blessing. All offered free as a gift.

we are stand 43 - come and say hi!

we are back this week at london mind body spirit festival offering spirituality from the christian tradition - listening, prayer, welcome, healing, foot and hand massage, prayer beads, jesus deck readings. come and say hi!

labyrinth - illuminating the inner path

brian draper has a lovely little reflective book out on the labyrinth. it's less than 50 pages, full of photos and is not so much about labyrinths as a spiritual guide to walking the path. as well as the overall theme of journey it's structured around the inward path, reaching the centre and the outward journey. brian is one of the people who penned the original meditation that was part of the labyrinth we ran in st pauls cathedral back in 2000. he is a gifted writer. it's a good book to chew over life's spiritual journey, and if you ever run a labyrinth it would be a great addition for people to reflect on it or help you prepare. here's the blurb from the publisher...

Mysterious and alluring, labyrinths have been in use for over 4,000 years as a means of exploring one's spiritual journey, searching for meaning and guidance. The labyrinth is a unicursal or 'one-path' design - not like a maze, where there are decisions to be made and you can be tricked - but a path laid out before you, much like our own spiritual paths, to which we must surrender, following God's guidance. Christian labyrinths date back to the 4th century (in Algeria), although the most famous instances came later (e.g. Chartres in the 13th century). Recent years have seen a revival of interest in this practice as a powerful physical recreation of the inner life. This small format hardback book - illustrated with labyrinths from different designs, locations and ages - is an inspiring, meditative guide to this ancient and modern spiritual practice.

the jesus prayer

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if you visited us at the london mind body spirit festival...

it was great to meet with you, talk, pray, explore the jesus deck, massage your hands or feet and make a prayer cord with you (whichever you did). a few people were asking about the groups involved in dekhomai expressing interest in going along to a community in london exploring spirituality from the christian tradition.

i (jonny) am involved in grace, an artistic creative community in ealing, west london. we always meet on the second saturday of the month with a cafe afterwards. it's very chilled and informal. the next grace is going to be a grass labyrinth mown in the grass outside st marys church in south ealing. if you've never walked a labyrinth it's a wonderful walking prayer meditation. there are some photos here of a previous year. it's on saturday june 13 8pm. directions are on the web site.

another group in london helping on the stand are moot who meet in the city. they also have a group quest  exploring spirituality who met once a month in a pub.

and the third london group are based in greenwich and currently have no name and meet in someone's front room! but if you are interested in that leave a comment and i can put you in touch.

a bit further out there was one person from contemplative fire who have a number of groups in places like wycombe, hemel hempstead, brighton... and one person from gillingham who has a small community just being started.

if you are elsewhere in the country and travelled in but want to find something of a similar flavour again leave a comment and we'll try and suggest something.

london mind body spirit festival in may

we'll be at the london mind body spirit festival in may again. we'll be offering a mix of spirituality from the christian tradition.

foot and hand massage
healing prayer
prayer bracelets
the jesus deck
listening
lectio divina

the popular postcards will also be available and evwrything is free!

celtic prayer

the second new postcard written by tess ward who will also be leading a celtic meditation in the meditation room on weds at 2pm. the text of the postcard is here

tourists to pilgrims

one of our two new postcards...

the text is here

we're back at the london mind body spirit festival next week

we're back at the london mind body spirit festival - come and see us...

next week we will have a stand - booth 43. we will be offering spiritual resources from the christian tradition to visitors. we often get asked what dekhomai means - it means the welcoming place. we want to provide a space of welcome in the busyness of the festival, a listening ear and a space for prayer.

at our stand everything is free...

be listened to and prayed for
receive prayer for healing with the anointing of oil and laying on of hands
make a dekhomai prayer cord to help you pray
have a go on the Jesus deck to see how Christ's story connects with your life
sit down, chill and have a foot or hand massage
receive a blessing

our very popular dekhomai postcards will be back with two additions to the set - see the photo album for the images and text from the cards...

we'll also be leading two meditations in the meditation room on wednesday and sunday at 2pm