Morning Show – Guest Sr. Gemma Simmonds

Sister Gemma Simmonds

Morning Show – Guest Sr. Gemma Simmonds – Monday, 5 July 2021

On Monday, Sister Gemma Simmonds joined Helena to talk about retreats and her new book, Dancing at the Still Point: Retreat Practices For a Busy Life.  Retreats give us a space for contemplation and developing our relationship with God, but they aren’t always possible. So can we still appreciate and detect the everyday God, even without special ‘holy’ places and spiritual practices? Dancing at the Still Point is a book for those who can’t or aren’t ready to go away for a residential Christian retreat, but who want to be in daily relationship and connect with God in a satisfying way. In sessions that you can work through at your own pace, Gemma Simmonds guides us through the practices and disciplines of retreats, such as being still physically and spiritually, developing a habit of prayer and learning some basic discernment skills. With insights from the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises, she explores how we can fold these practices into every day and shows that a rich life of prayer, in which we have time and space to let God be present, is achievable even in a busy working or family life.  Practical and flexible, Dancing at the Still Point will help you find a richer and more balanced life, where the spiritual takes its rightful place amid all the other calls on time and attention.

You can pre-order your copy on Amazon and also as a paperback of e-book from www.spckpublishing.co.uk.

Sister Gemma is a regular co-host for Radio Maria England’s Questions of Faith and is the presenter for Praying With Ignatius.

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