Embracing the Silence of Death and Life

by George Swanson Introduction During the sixteen months that my wife was dying of colonic cancer I sort of fell into silent prayer.  Well, I was also pushed. I fell this way.  The hospice nurse told me always to sleep when Katrina did.  That way I would be rested and ready for action if we…
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An Antidote to Violence and Oppression

Contemplation & Worship “Bread and Silence” with Maggie Ross A solemnly professed solitary directly responsible to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Maggie Ross will lead days of contemplation and worship in Hulls Cove and in Portland in Maine: Saturday, March 1 10-3 at the Church of Our Father, Hulls Cove, Mt. Desert Island. Saturday, March 8…
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Books to Rock the Church

Books by Maggie Ross Or Recommended by Her Available from George Swanson at: george@katrinasdream.org Free shipping Maggie Ross – Pillars of Flame: Power, Priesthood, and Spiritual Maturity   $20 “A passionate and searching book which unsparingly sets the Gospel in judgment over the popular Christian idolatries of our time.” – Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury “There…
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Maggie Ross in Maine — March 1 through 9, 2008

Maggie Ross, a solemnly professed solitary directly responsible to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, will visit the Diocese of Maine in the fourth week in Lent, 2008. Maggie Ross will lead a day of contemplation and worship called Bread and Silence in Hulls Cove and Portland: Saturday March 1 10 am at the Church…
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One Beggar to Another

St. Saviour’s is Beautiful People A Sermon by George Swanson Second Sunday of Easter, 2007 Jesus said to Thomas, “Happy are those who have not seen me.” In the name of Jesus, our dead and risen Saviour. Chilton Knudsen, the Bishop of Maine, visited St. Saviour’s this winter. At a meeting before the service she…
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