We are pleased to share a talk given in July 2013 by Reverend Dr Stephanie Dowrick at Interfaith in Sydney, Pitt Street Uniting Church, Sydney, where she invites us to grow in spiritual strength and wholeness…and to see the reality, truth and strength of our interconnectedness. Oddly – or perhaps not – Stephanie was less […]
Welcome to Dr Stephanie Dowrick’s public events for 2014 – including monthly services at Pitt Street Uniting Church. Stephanie Dowrick is speaking on Mindfulness and Meditation on 12 November (see below) and leading the November and December interfaith, spiritually inclusive services. Beyond those commitments, she is accepting very few invitations and none for 2014. To […]
What would it mean to you to “wake up” more completely to your own life’s potential – and to the gift and meaning of life itself? “Illumination” is a word that may inspire…or confuse us. It’s widely used in spiritual life and can itself be a source of genuine hope as well as as inspiration. […]
There is something so special about a new year and the sense of promise and renewal that comes with it. Many of you seem to be feeling that eagerness because I’ve had a number of emails and notes via social media in recent weeks asking what my “Mana” reatreat plans are for this year. Some […]
Stephanie Dowrick is the author of many much loved books, from Running Backwards Over Sand to Seeking the Sacred and Everyday Kindness. Here she celebrates the publication of her newest book, Heaven On Earth, by writing frankly about her writing life and what has supported, allowed and inspired it. I began my writing life in […]
Francis Spufford’s Unaplogetic is quite unlike any other book I’ve read on the contemporary experience of being Christian and I cannot recommend it too highly. Since reading it I have been pressing copies on a great variety of readers – with considerable success. At the very least it offers a dimension to Christian experience that […]
This short talk on wisdom – and its relevance in contemporary life – by Dr Stephanie Dowrick begins with a famous teaching from the Wisdom of Solomon. Stephanie uses it as a springboard to invite us to think freshly about wisdom and particularly about the wisdom we learn first-hand: from the experiences of our own […]
Peace Testimonies, Retreat with Stephanie Dowrick, Mana Retreat Centre, Easter 2013 Joo-Cheong As a peacemaker, I will speak against injustice, remembering that peace is not just my birthright but of all humanity. I will live with idealism, seeing the prospect of change even when change seems all but impossible, believing in hope especially when […]
At the monthly interfaith, spiritually inclusive services she leads at Pitt Street Uniting Church, Sydney, Reverend Dr Stephanie Dowrick brings us ideas and inspirations that can sustain us spiritually and emotionally whatever our life circumstances. This month (April 2013), she speaks about gratitude – with some very fresh thoughts about gratitude as a way of […]
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At the special service for the earth – and all who inhabit it – Rev Dr Stephanie Dowrick began her talk with these memorable lines from American poet, Raymond Carver: And did you get what you wanted from this life? Even so?/ I did./ And what did you want?/ To call myself beloved, to feel […]
This is a deeply encouraging talk given by Dr Stephanie Dowrick on the topic of renewal: renewal not only when things are going well for us but also when we are up against the suffering that is part of every human life. In less than 15 minutes, Stephanie supports us to renew our commitment to […]