We live in a world where chronic widespread anxiety in ourculture can lead to an over-serious approach to life, where we miss the ordinary everyday moments of joy and pleasure. One of the distinctives of the Scargill Movement is the permission to be playful, to laugh often and the cultivation ofjoy.
In this relaxed and happy – and occasionally hilarious - fourthedition of The Scargill Podcast, Director Phil Stone is in conversation with Shaun Lambert, Honorary Mindfulness Chaplain to the community, about this emphasis on Laughter, Playfulness & Joy which is part of the DNA atScargill.
Phil explains why playfulness is part of the kingdom and whyhe gives it permission to flourish on community. Phil is also talks with Ruth Meyer, who leads the kitchen team at Scargill, to find out how that team bring laughter and joy totheir role and in how they serve the visitors to community.
Find out more about life in community at www.scargillmovement.org
Recorded on location at Scargill House, North Yorkshire. Associate Producer for Scargill Movement isShaun Lambert. Produced by Gary Dell. A Wiseword Radio production.
Every Christian community has a common demanding task, a reason for being other than being a community. Scargill as a retreat centre offers the hospitality of God to its guests.
In this third edition of The Scargill Podcast community member and leader Jo Penn talks with Phil Stone (Director) and Ruth Meyer (Kitchen Team Leader) about this hospitality. The youngest community member, Martha Tredwell, is also asked about what hospitality at Scargill means to her.
Scargill is a home and not a hotel, and there are no staff – and so guests are invited to ‘be at home’ with the community, and this is both sacrificial and joyful. The biblical foundations and transformative nature of this hospitality offered in many ways is explored in conversation.
Find out more about life in community at www.scargillmovement.org
Recorded on location at Scargill House, North Yorkshire. Associate Producer for Scargill Movement is Shaun Lambert. Produced by Gary Dell. A Wiseword Radio production.
The number one piece of wisdom to come out of the monastic movement is that human beings cannot live together without a rule of life. Scargill’s rule of life as an intentional community is called a pathway and is written in accessible language and shaped by experience.
In this second edition of The Scargill Podcast, chaplain Annie Naish talks with director Phil Stone about the Scargill Pathway and promises. We also hear from chaplain Phil Goodacre about what the pathway means to him.
Rules of life are part of a new wave of spirituality in churches and so there is rich wisdom for the church in this edition.
Find out more about life in community at www.scargillmovement.org
Recorded on location at Scargill House, North Yorkshire. Associate Producer for Scargill Movement is Shaun Lambert. Produced by Gary Dell. A Wiseword Radio production.
There's a widespread restlessness and dissatisfaction with the individualistic and consumerist world we live in. Many are stressed and lonely. One of the hidden pathways out of this gilded cage is intentional community.
In this edition of The Scargill Podcast we ask the question, Why Community? Phil and Di Stone, the leaders of Scargill, are in conversation with Rosy Fairhurst, a longstanding friend of the community.
Rosy asks questions that demand authentic and real answers about how the treasure of community is found and by who. It may well be you who's on that quest, and whether it's learning to live in grace-filled fragility or downward mobility, the stories that Phil and Di share about the formation of Scargill will make you community-curious.
If that's not enough we also hear from Richard, a member of community who shares about returning to be part of community for a second time!
Find out more about life in community at www.scargillmovement.org
Recorded on location at Scargill House, North Yorkshire. Associate Producer for Scargill Movement is Shaun Lambert. Produced by Gary Dell. A Wiseword Radio production.