Thinking Scripture - A few words

Thinking Scripture has been running here at Boarbank since 2006, taught by Sr Margaret Atkins and Fr Dixie Taylor of Boarbank Hall, and by our visiting lecturer, Dr Geoffrey Turner.

Each week is a mixture of study, prayer and holiday.

There are talks in the mornings and talks or group discussions in the early evening. The evenings are free or else there are optional social or artistic activities, such as a film or a musical meditation.

We meet together each day for Morning Prayer and Mass, and join the Boarbank community for Sunday Mass and daily Evening Prayer, and Night Prayer.

In between there is plenty of time for relaxation, socialising or private prayer, or for exploring the local area, enjoying the gardens and countryside.

We end with a buffet supper and social evening, in which we are usually joined by some of the Sisters from the Community.

For more information or to book, please contact Sr Margaret@Boarbank

Thinking Scripture - Report from June 2013

The Gospel of Mark

As usual we explored the selected chapters in three ways, as literature, history and theology.

So, for example, Sr Margaret’s literary reading of Chapter 8 highlighted the symbolic role of Caesarea Philippi as the place of Peter’s confession, Fr Dixie’s historical interpretation of Chapter 4 evoked the way that Jesus’ parables reveal the details of the ordinary life of his society, and Geoff Turner's theological analysis of Chapter 1 revealed the density of theological vocabulary at the very opening of the Gospel story.

Evening events included a musical meditation including, intriguingly, some of Bach’s St Mark Passion (sic!), presented by Geoff, and a political comedy, Left, Right and Centre, starring Alastair Sim.





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