MAY 2026 NEWSLETTER
- John Scoble
- May 28
- 3 min read
Updated: May 29
GREETINGS
Our May meeting on Zoom considered John Scoble's paper on Imagination & Spirituality. The meeting focused on the role of imagination in spirituality, with participants discussing how creativity can enhance their spiritual journeys. John Lennon's "Imagine" song served as a starting point for exploring how imagination can challenge conventional thinking and invite people to consider different perspectives on spiritual and social issues. The meeting heard a poem called “Happy and Sad” by Noel Stallard and discussed its implications.
There followed a demonstration of pottery as a contemplative practice that combines imagination with spiritual transformation. The presenter explained how working with clay can reveal inner truths and create tangible expressions of one's spiritual journey. Participants shared personal experiences with poetry, art, and creative practices, including how these activities help them connect with deeper realities and transform their understanding of themselves and the world.
The meeting also discussed an imaginative exercise involving the Good Samaritan parable, with members reflecting on how they might react in similar situations and what this reveals about human nature and spiritual compassion. The conversation ended with another of Noel Stallard's poems "I Don't Know," which described walking through Australian rainforests and emphasized the importance of slowing down to truly see and experience the natural world around us. In summary, participants were encouraged to use their own and others’ creative talents to enrich their spiritual journey.
PARTICIPATION IN ST LUCIA SPIRITUALITY
We invite you to to share your experiences with our community. For example, you can share your ideas, books you are reading and questions you are asking by writing to us. You can also offer your comments on our Facebook page and engage in discussions. This is an important supplement to the information available on our website.
We invite you to get involved, have your say! Others may benefit from your experience.
JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT BUTTERFLY SERIES EVENT
What it Means to be Human Consciousness, Experience, Knowledge, and Choice Grounding spirituality and theology in personal experience provides a secure foundation and scaffolding for developing our potential as authentic people in life-giving relationships. |
BUTTERFLY SERIES
30 June 2026, 4:45 pm – 6:15 pm AEST
(Note 6:45 am UTC)
Virtual event on Zoom
NEW ON OUR WEBSITE
Our last meeting
Articles & Book Reviews:
Humans are Not the centre of the universe. An article by John Scoble
Born to Flourish by Richard J Davidson and Cortland Dahl A book review by John Scoble
Look out for our Kindred Spirits & Podcasts as we find inspiration from others. We now have a new resource, Quantum Mind & Consciousness, a structured, graduated program designed to guide you into a profound shift in how you understand yourself, your mind, and your place in the universe.
We can now list your neighbourhood group so that others can find you or be aware of you. If you would like to join the others listed here, please contact us!
Our website is constantly changing with new information. Bookmark our website in your browser and visit us to keep in touch.
FROM OUR ARCHIVES
Do you realise that our website has a very good search function? Enter keywords into the search box in the menu bar and find articles and information stored in our archives. As we add new material this function will become increasingly useful.
For example, this paper on Imaginative prayer in the Ignatian tradition was popular.
FUNDRAISING
Last year we sought to raise $5,000 to $6,000 to fund work to increase the visibility of our website to search engines. We are enormously grateful to Kate Dombroski and her team at Uforia for their support and heavily discounted fees; however, we have raised only half of this amount. This month we have also outlaid significant expenses for our mailing list software which is no longer free, and our website fees.
Consequently, we are launching a new appeal to raise $7,000 to sustain our growth and further website development. Can you please help us?
It is apparent that there is a hunger for information. We do not hold ourselves out to be theologians or experts. We seek only to help you in your own spiritual journey by providing information and connections with other spiritual seekers.
PLEASE SAVE OUR EMAIL
Please note our new email, stluciaspirituality@gmail.com, and save it in your safe senders list.
We welcome your feedback and invite you to share this with your friends.
Comments