The Julian Meetings Magazine

The Julian Meetings Magazine is published three times per year and is available by subscription. Please click here for a subscription form.

The magazine contains articles, poems, pictures etc. contributed by members from many Julian Meetings. The contents of the most recent issue are show below

[April 2011]  [August 2011] [December 2011]

• Articles
  • Approaching Silence (part 3) (David Self)
  • Using Silence - address to JM Council by Ann Lewin
  • A Prayer
  • A Report from South Africa (Sandra Johnston)
  • How Common an Experience? (Deidre Morris)
  • Report from the JM Council Meeting
  • The Jesus Prayer - including a number of brief book reviews of books by Frederica Mathewes-Green; 
  • Sister Pauline Margaret OSB; Bruce Batstone; Gleb Pokrovsky; Jonathan Smith; and Brother Ramon with Simon Barrington-Ward; (Anne Stamper)
• Poems
  • Contemplation (Jenna)
  • Silent Prayer (Douglas Steers)
• Book Reviews
  • Maria Boulding: “Marked for Life” (Raymond Fox)
  • Amy Frykholm: “Julian of Norwich: a contemplative biography” (Elizabeth Ruth Obbard)
  • Angela Ashwin: “Woven into Prayer” (Gail Ballinger)
  • Sister Wendy Beckett: “Real Presence - in search of the earliet icons” (Anne Stamper)
  • Mary Margaret Funk OSB: “Lectio Divina Matters: Before the Burning Bush” (John Stamper)
  • Chris Edmondson: “Leaders Learning to Listen” (Gail Ballinger)

• Articles
  • Approaching Silence (part 4) (David Self)
  • A Quiet Afternoon with Julian of Norwich (Iris Watts)
  • The Selfish Giant (from Oscar Wilde)
  • How Our Julian Meeting Keeps in Touch (Newbury Julian Meeting)
  • One Door Closes and ...
  • What a Difference a Day Makes (Deidre Morris)
  • JM Accounts for 2010 and JM Finances
  • Birdsong ... (Eric Perry)
  • Julian in Context (David Bunch)
• Poems
  • Drawn Deep (April Mcintyre)
  • 14th Century prayer (Iolo Goch)
Book Reviews
• Gemma Hinricher OCD: “God and Darkness” (Helen Lems)
• Sabine Laplane: “15 Days of Prayer with Fr. Roger of Taize” (Gail Ballinger)
• Andrew Zuckerman: “Wisdom” (Gail Ballinger)
• George Tolley: “Julian of Norwich: Saying ‘Yes’ to God” (Gail Ballinger)
• Jean Flowerdew: “The Anchoress ” (Helen Lems)
• Rowan Williams & Joan Chittister OSB: “For All That Has Been, Thanks: growing a sense of gratitude” (Yvonne Walker)
• Margaret Silf: “Faith” and Clare Catford: “Friends” (Gail Ballinger)
• John Philip Newell: “Praying the Earth, a Prayer Book for Peace” (Gail Ballinger)

• Articles
  • Reflections for a December JM (John Ryall)
  • Shell a lead-in and lead-out for a meeting
  • Two versions of the Lord's Prayer
  • Extract from Sense and Nonsense (Malcolm Rothwell)
  • Chagall's Windows Aid Contemplation (Janet Robinson)
  • Our Julian Meeting (Andy Thurlow)
  • JM in South Africa
• Poems
  • Quiet Day (Diana Stow)
  • Living Under the Star (Pauline Hawksworth)
Book Reviews
• Christina Rees: “Feast and Fast” (Janet Robinson)
• Stephen Cherry: “Barefoot Disciple” (Helen Lems)
• Sue Pickering: “Creative Retreat Ideas” (Yvonne Walker)
• Jim Cotter: “Praying the Dark Hours” (Gail Ballinger)
• Ann Lewin: “Seasons of Grace” (Gail Ballinger)
• Malcolm Rothwell: “Sense and Nonsense” (Yvonne Walker)
• Richard Rohr: “The Naked Now” (Yvonne Walker)
• Richard Woods: “Meister Eckhart: master of mystics” (Helen Lems)
• Correspondence
  • Plea for help with cerebral fleas