by David Torkington | Feb 23, 2021 | Mystical Prayer, Podcast
Episode 2: A man who speaks with Authority (25.40min) It is James Robertson’s first meeting with Peter Calvay. James describes his initial impressions and admits to some misgivings and doubts that a hermit who had separated himself from the world could ever fully...
by David Torkington | Jan 10, 2021 | Mystical Prayer, Podcast
Episode 1: From Glasgow to Barra In the first episode, the hermit, Peter Calvay, introduces himself and describes his spiritual journey which led to him living the eremitical life on a remote island off the Scottish Outer Hebrides. James Robertson, the academic who...
by David Torkington | Aug 28, 2018 | Contemplative Prayer
These things are unspeakable When the political philosopher Edmund Burke wrote: “These things are unspeakable, but I cannot remain silent,” he could well have been speaking about the terrible sexual scandals that have taken place in our Church. Correction...
by David Torkington | Mar 15, 2018 | Christian Prayer
If I have told you this story before, no matter, I want to tell it again. It was such a great help to me in my own spiritual life, that I am hoping that it might be of help to you too. During a series of talks that I gave to Cistercian monks in the Cameroon, I was...
by David Torkington | May 19, 2016 | A Sideways Look at the Christian Faith
Brother John was a man with the best of intentions but a terrible temper that made him impossible to live with. He decided to go into the desert and find a monastery where he could come to terms with his affliction. In less than a year the monks found his temper so...