Waiting Revisited is a series of talks and prayers for Lent 2024 with Rev’d Lindsay Ford. They will take place over four consecutive Tuesdays (20 & 27 February and 5 & 12 March 2024) in Christ Church, Radyr at 10.30am to Noon. Please also see the Website Calendar.
Session Details
Session 1 – Introduction – Why waiting?
Tuesday 20 February
With references to St. John of the Cross, Wordsworth, Bernard of Clairvaux
Waiting… A waste of time
Lamentations 3, 21-26
Psalm 62, 5 and 6
References: John Milton, Richard Holloway, R.S. Thomas, Psalms 37 and 130, Henri Nouwen
Session 2 – The Geology of Time
Tuesday 27 February
Ecclesiastes 3
References: Stephen Cherry, Carlo Rovelli, Einstein, Salvador Dali, T.S. Eliot, Gwenallt, Stephen Hawking, R.S. Thomas, St. Augustine
Session 3 – Love in the Waiting
Tuesday 5 March
Luke 15, 11-32 Mark 14, 32-42
References: T.S. Eliot, R.S. Thomas, George Herbert, Simone Well, Dostoevsky, W.H. Vanstone, Samuel Beckett
Session 4 – Waiting Alone
Tuesday 12 March
Beatles’ song 1966 ‘Eleanor Rigby’
References: Ruth Burrows, Rowan Williams, Charles de Foucauld, Thomas Merton, Henri Nouwen
Further Information
For further information please contact Rev. Lindsay Ford
alternate_emailLindsayFord@garthma.wales