{"id":13003,"date":"2025-11-30T16:09:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T16:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leedsjp.org.uk\/?p=13003"},"modified":"2026-09-01T18:10:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T17:10:51","slug":"01-dec-developing-a-contemplative-approach-to-our-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c4652100.myzen.co.uk\/jp2026\/2025\/11\/30\/01-dec-developing-a-contemplative-approach-to-our-actions\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Nov &#8211; Developing a Contemplative Approach to our Actions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<em>By Joe Burns, Commission member<\/em><br><br>This was the title of a talk give by Sr Joan Kersey FSMJ at the recent Zoom meeting of the Northern Dioceses&#8217; Environment Group.<br><br>Sr Joan explored her topic by referring to the writings of Clare of Assisi and Christine Valters Paintner\u2019s book, &#8216;Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a<br \/>Christian Contemplative Practice&#8217;.\u00a0<br><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4652100.myzen.co.uk\/jp2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-3.jpg\" alt=\"cover of a pamphlet \" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c4652100.myzen.co.uk\/jp2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-3.jpg 193w, https:\/\/c4652100.myzen.co.uk\/jp2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-3.jpg 658w, https:\/\/c4652100.myzen.co.uk\/jp2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c4652100.myzen.co.uk\/jp2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-3.jpg 987w, https:\/\/c4652100.myzen.co.uk\/jp2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-3.jpg 1285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/>The theme of getting the right balance between reflection and action is one that the Commission has returned to again and again over the years. Sr Joan gave it a new twist with this exploration of Clare&#8217;s idea of &#8216;gazing on the face of Christ&#8217;\u00a0 &#8211; and examining where we see the Face of Christ.<br><br>People had the opportunity to reflect and comment on her talk in small groups and the meeting concluded with updates from across the dioceses about upcoming events.<br><br>If you would like to find out more about the NDEG and join their mailing list then simply email <a href=\"mailto:climate.ndeg@gmail.com\">climate.ndeg@gmail.com<\/a><br><br>The NDEG have made Sr Joan&#8217;s talk available as a pamphlet. Use the button to download a copy and find out more.<br><br>[themify_button bgcolor=&quot;blue&quot; size=&quot;large&quot; nofollow=&quot;no&quot; link=&quot;https:\/\/c4652100.myzen.co.uk\/jp2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/NDEG-Talk-An-Activist-Guide-to-Contemplation-FINAL.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;]Download Pamphlet[\/themify_button]\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,58],"tags":[504,206],"class_list":["post-13003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-change","category-prayer","tag-contemplation","tag-ndeg"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4652100.myzen.co.uk\/jp2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4652100.myzen.co.uk\/jp2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4652100.myzen.co.uk\/jp2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4652100.myzen.co.uk\/jp2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4652100.myzen.co.uk\/jp2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13003"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/c4652100.myzen.co.uk\/jp2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19939,"href":"https:\/\/c4652100.myzen.co.uk\/jp2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13003\/revisions\/19939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4652100.myzen.co.uk\/jp2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c4652100.myzen.co.uk\/jp2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4652100.myzen.co.uk\/jp2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c4652100.myzen.co.uk\/jp2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}