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Refresh Journal of Contemplative Spirituality

Refresh, Spiritual Growth Ministries' journal of contemplative spirituality, is published twice a year, usually in July and December. Each issue works with a theme that is both relevant and stimulating of thought, prayer and discipleship.

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​Printed copies of the full Journal are available by subscription. Simply go to the Contact page and let us know your name, postal address and email address, and we will add you to our mailing list.


There is a suggested donation of $20 per year (for New Zealand subscribers) to help cover costs of publication and postage.  ​Go to the 'Want to help?' and 'Donate to SGM' pages for details of how you can donate to SGM.

The complete journal is made available online in PDF format. (Adobe Reader is needed to read PDF documents. Most computers have this software installed by default. If not, a free version is available from www.adobe.com). Click on the cover page to the right, or here, to access the latest edition. Past copies may be accessed below.

The Summer 2020/2021 issue is a little different to our usual themed issues, in that it celebrates the work of one of our long term SGM Workgroup members, David Crawley.

This edition also marks the final issue to be edited by Diane Gilliam-Weeks. 
For the past 10 years, Diane has brought to this role a background in media and publishing, a deep contemplative spirituality, a passion for Refresh and a clear sense of God’s call. Now she feels it is time to pass on the baton. See below for an excerpt from the new issue, in which SGM Workgroup Convenor Jane Wilkinson reflects on Diane's contribution and invites expressions of interest in taking up the editorship of Refresh.

Excerpt from SGM News (page 52 of the new issue)
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Archive of past issues
Until 2001 Spiritual Growth Ministries published a Newsletter twice a year.  From 2001 this became the journal Refresh. Click on the issue title to access a past issue:
Winter 2020      Good News
Summer 2020   Surrender
Winter 2019     
Joy
Summer 2019   Cosmos
​Winter 2018      Seize Life!
Summer 2018   Mortality
Winter 2017      Resistance
Summer 2017   Like a Child
Winter 2016      Silence
Summer 2015   Who is My Neighbour?
Winter 2015      Just Peace
Summer 2014   Letting Go
Winter 2014      Image of God
Summer 2013   Meaning to Live
Winter 2013      Waiting
Summer 2012   I and Thou
Winter 2012      Healing
Summer 2011   Wooed by God
Summer 2010   Refresh-Lite Newsletter
Winter 2010      Storytelling
Summer 2009   Recession
Winter 2009      Faith
Summer 2008   Earth and Spirit
Winter 2008      Trinity and Spirituality
Summer 2007   Spirituality and Justice
Winter 2007      Encountering Jesus
Summer 2006   Creativity and Spirituality
Winter 2006      Reel Light: Film and Spirituality
Summer 2005   Intimations of Life
Winter 2005      Amazing Grace
Summer 2004   Pilgrimage
Winter 2004      Meditation
Summer 2003   Spirituality Is ...
Winter 2003      Forgivenessrefresh_7_1_.pdf
Summer 2002   Spiritual abuse
Winter 2002      Spirit and Shadow
Summer 2001   Soul-Tending
Winter 2001      Contemplative and Contemporary
Summer 2000   The Presence of Absence
Winter 2000      Exploring Our Mystical Traditions
Summer 1999   Jubilee Time
Winter 1999      Celtic Spirituality
Summer 1998   The Glory of Age
Winter 1998      Spirituality and Beauty

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Retiring Editor Diane Gilliam-Weeks.
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