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In this guest blog Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee reflects on the war in Ukraine, how truth and freedom are interlinked, and how ‘ the silence of the soul is needed amidst the barrage of war.’

Seetha Tan reflects on St Ethelburga’s 2022 Nowruz celebrations by considering the relationship between crisis and renewal, displacement and re-rooting and the importance of celebration and collaboration. As a festival that commemorates the beginning of Spring, rebirth and regeneration, this piece reflects on the displacement of the Afghan community and the possibility of new beginnings.

Clare Martin writes about recent changes in abortion legislation in two different countries, and what these stories tell us about the value of deliberative democracy in a polarised age.

Justine Huxley digests the experience of a recent retreat and reflects on the revolution of understanding in plant and animal consciousness, asking where it might lead humanity.

Seetha Tan reflects on St Ethelburga’s Lifelines project and the ecological, spiritual and agricultural significance of hedgerows.

Clare Martin writes about the CIA’s covert support for abstract expressionism, the Cold War battle over the stories that define us, and how to rescue truth from the Jackson Pollock splatter of the digital age.

Clare Martin reads up on what happened at Ethelburga’s Barking Abbey during the plague years, and asks what this could teach us about living in our own post-pandemic era?

Clare Martin asks what happens when shared inner life is damaged by trauma or violence, and what does it take to safeguard sacred values in an age of exponential tech?

Mishal Baig reflections on Bridging Divides and Loving Earth.

Clare Martin reflects on the courage it takes to face the darkness within, and how the compassion we bring to our own inner lives can benefit others in unexpected ways.