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.
Accessing the current issue
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). The Summer 2018 issue focuses on the theme of 'Mortality.' I’ve mentioned it before – knowing I’d die if they didn’t get the cancer out when I was eighteen. Having to face my own mortality so young was a precious gift really – a gift that’s always enabled me to savour being alive with intensity. I was ALIVE! I Got to LIVE! My neck scar – was my red badge of courage. Covering it up was out of the question. Mortality did manage to hit me like a freight train though, when I realised much later – that nothing could protect me from experiencing the pain of grief at the loss of someone I love. For grief is the unavoidable cost of loving! Even loving life! All that being said, it is my deepest conviction that God’s love is stronger than death! I’m deeply humbled and grateful to all those who contributed to this Summer edition of Refresh on Mortality – especially those facing their own frailty as they put pen to paper. Blessings Diane (Editor) 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 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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