The Julian Meetings Magazine

The Julian Meetings Magazine is published three times per year and is available by subscription. Please click here for a subscription form.

The magazine contains articles, poems, pictures etc. contributed by members from many Julian Meetings. The contents of the most recent issue are show below

[August 2009]  [December 2009]  [April 2010]

• Articles
  • Shared Silence as a Meeting Place (Wanda Nash)
  • Contemplation – a sermon (Rodney Bamford)
  • Reflections on ministry (Stanley Meadows)
  • JM on the radio in Lent in Leicester (Marion Kennedy)
  • JM with the radio in Lent in Winchester (Pauline Cook)
  • ‘A Good day for God’ at the Hay Festival (Janet Robinson)
  • Exploring contemplative prayer day in Kent (Sheila Waller)
  • The wider JM scene
  • Action and Contemplation (Jim Wallis)
• Poems
  • Chrysalis (Martin Winbot-Lewis)
  • The Silence of a Rose (Lynne Chitty)
• Book Reviews
  • John Skinner: “Echoing the Silence ” (Anne Stamper)
  • Kenneth E Bailey: “Jesus through Middle Eastern Eyes: cultural studies in the Gospels” (Marion Shackleton)
  • Melvyn Matthews: “Explorations in the mystical way ” (Janet Robinson)
  • Jean Vanier : “Our Life Together: a memoir in letters” (Francis Ballinger)
  • Sara Maitland : “A Book of Silence” (Zena Cumberpatch)
  • Graeme Davidson: “Anyone can Pray: a guide to Christian ways of praying ” (Helen Lems )

• Articles
  • Shared Silence as a Meeting Place (final part) (Wanda Nash)
  • Responses to Wanda’s address
  • Seasonal Inspiration (Francis Ballinger)
  • JM Advisory Group News
  • Is this really a Julian Meeting?
  • God’s Gifts (Barbara Durkan)
  • Exploring Labyrinths (Michael Tiley)
  • Exploring Contemplative Living (Angela Pain)
  • A letter to ‘The Friend’ - The Julian Meetings (Beth Rowlands)
• Poems
  • Advent Calendar (Rowan Williams)
  • O Clavis David (Denis Parry)
Book Reviews
• Fr John-Julian OJN: “The Complete Julian of Norwich ” (Elizabeth Obbard)
• Chris Leonard: “Waiting” (Zena Cumberpatch)
• Sally Welch: “Making a Pilgrimage” (Diane Harrison)
• Ian Bradley: “A Spiritual and Cultural Journey” (Diane Harrison)
• Liz Babbs: “Celtic Treasure: unearthing the riches of Celtic spirituality” (Yvonne Walker)
• Brother Ramon: “Franciscan Spirituality: following Saint Francis today” (Francis Ballinger)
• Gregory Fruehwirth: “Works for Silence: a year of contemplative meditations” (Gail Ballinger)
• Illustrations
  • Anne Stamper

• Articles
  • News from the Julian Meetings Advisory Group
  • Thoughts on contemplative prayer (David Self)
  • The Foolishness of Silent Prayer (Angela Ashwin)
  • Spaces of Silence (Mary Coates)
  • Quiet Days
  • Jottings form Julian Meetings
  • Shoot of Hope (Anne Stamper)
  • Responses to ‘Is this really a Julian Meeting?’
• Poems
  • The Silence(Elizabeth Mills)
  • To follow the light (Barb Hagen)
  • Break into our Parched lives (Joanna Udal)
  • The space between (Jenna)
Book Reviews
• Martin Warner: Between Heaven and Charing Cross (Anne Stamper)
• Bonnie Thurston: For God Alone: a primer on prayer (Gail Ballinger)
• Patrick Woodhouse: Etty Hillesum: a life transformed (Yvonne Walker)
• Angela Ashwin: Faith in the Fool (Brian Morris)
• Kathleen Deignan: A Book of Hours: at prayer with Thomas Merton (Francis Ballinger)
• James Roose-Evans: Finding Silence: 52 meditations for daily living (Janet Robinson)
• Ed.s Margaret Rose, Jenny Te Paa, Jeanne Person, Abigail Nelson: Lifting Women’s Voices – prayers to change the world (Deidre Morris)
• David McDermott: Prayers from Revelations of Divine Love (Gail Ballinger)
• Dennis Duncan: Towards the Light: prayers through depression to healing (Yvonne Walker)
• John Kirvan Ed.:Where Only Love Can Go: the Cloud of Unknowing, and True Serenity: the Imitation of Christ (Gail Ballinger)