Harbouring Doubt-Progressing Faith

Expecting Light: John Scottus Eriugena

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Lent traditionally follows Jesus into the wilderness. This is because of the suspicion that there lies certain wisdom and insights at the edges of things, that the centre just can’t hold.

As a Mohawk Elder said after one of John Phillip Newell’s talks:

β€œπ‘¨π’” 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 π’π’Šπ’”π’•π’†π’π’†π’… 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 π’•π’‰π’†π’Žπ’†π’”, 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 π’˜π’π’π’…π’†π’“π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’˜π’‰π’†π’“π’† 𝑰 π’˜π’π’–π’π’… 𝒃𝒆 π’•π’π’…π’‚π’š, 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 π’˜π’π’π’…π’†π’“π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’˜π’‰π’†π’“π’† π’Žπ’š 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 π’˜π’π’–π’π’… 𝒃𝒆 π’•π’π’…π’‚π’š, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 π’˜π’π’π’…π’†π’“π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’˜π’‰π’†π’“π’† π’˜π’† π’˜π’π’–π’π’… 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 π’˜π’π’“π’π’… π’•π’π’…π’‚π’š - π’Šπ’‡ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’Žπ’Šπ’”π’”π’Šπ’π’ 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’„π’‚π’Žπ’† 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔 π’‡π’“π’π’Ž 𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆 π’„π’†π’π’•π’–π’“π’Šπ’†π’” π’‚π’ˆπ’, 𝒉𝒂𝒅 π’„π’π’Žπ’† π’†π’™π’‘π’†π’„π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒐 π’‡π’Šπ’π’… π‘³π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’• π’Šπ’ 𝒖𝒔.”
β€” Mohawk Elder

During Lent 2025, inspired by John Philip Newell’s "Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul", we’ll explore the voices of Pelagius, Brigid of Kildare, Alexander John Scott and others, rediscovering a Celtic spirituality that has always been present - even if often overlooked.

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Harbouring Doubt-Progressing FaithBy Harbour Faith Community Carrickfergus