by Alan Heeks | Sep 3, 2024 | Blogs
Spiritual purpose and community Why we all need collective power You may wonder why I see community as important in the field of spiritual purpose. It’s a belief that has only emerged for me in the past few years of mounting turbulence. It’s now very hard for...
by Alan Heeks | May 31, 2024 | Blogs, Resources
We live in a time of impending crisis, when I hear many people urging the need for sanctuary, hospicing, and a deeper sense of community. Implicit in such words, but rarely discussed, is the huge spiritual vacuum in our relentlessly materialistic society. Role models...
by Alan Heeks | Dec 20, 2022 | Blogs, Resources
Practical approaches to spiritual resilience This small, readable book is one of the best guides I’ve found to the principles and practicalities of spiritual resilience. Whilst it’s based on Wisdom teachings within the Christian tradition, Cynthia points...
by Alan Heeks | Nov 7, 2022 | Blogs, Resources
As material reality gets more uncertain and alarming, I have found that using spiritual practices to find my way forward is really helpful. I’ve been exploring Sufi teachings for over 20 years, and want to share a couple of processes which have helped me. So what do I...
by Alan Heeks | Mar 28, 2023 | Blogs, Resources
Book blog: Journey of Souls by Michael Newton Perhaps covid-19 has made many of us reflect about our mortality, and wonder if this increasingly strange world is a preparation for something else. I have long believed that our soul lives long before and after a human...
by Alan Heeks | Sep 2, 2024 | Blogs
How the universe story can give us hope Berry has an unusual, eloquent, and valuable view of how we humans got into the current crisis, and how to move out of it. This view is powerfully presented in the ‘Dream of the Earth’, one of his many books. Thomas Berry...
