Saturday 13th June 2026
(Arrivals from 9am) Start 9.30am – 12.15pm. COST: £25
You are warmly invited to a morning retreat, Walking the Desire Path with Julian of Norwich and Psalm 42.
David Farrier writes – ‘Paved roads show us where we ought to go, but desire paths are made when we step off the road and let our hearts decide the way. They seek out the most direct connection between where we are and where we wish to be. Worn by the pressure of passing feet, they’re declarations of a kind: there is another way.‘
Farrier speaks of how he almost missed one such path, absorbed in the demands of work—blind to a crossing that was ordinary, incidental, and yet hinting at a hidden life unfolding alongside his own. He suggests that desire paths offer grace rather than instruction: they do not command, they invite.
During this quiet morning we will place that image alongside the wisdom of Julian of Norwich through her Revelations of Divine Love , wondering whether her vision of God’s tender, desiring love might be received in the same way—not as something to master or solve, but as a path already worn into the landscape of our longing. We will also sit gently with Psalm 42—“As the deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God”—allowing its ache and honesty to guide our listening. Together, Julian’s trust in divine desire and the Psalmist’s thirst will help us attend to what is stirring beneath the surface of our own lives.
Through spacious silence, reflective questions, and unhurried prayer, we will practice listening deeply—without rushing to fix, name, or spiritualise what we notice. You do not need to know Julian, understand everything. You are invited simply to notice, to listen, and to rest—trusting that beneath every longing, God’s love somehow is already beautifully at work.
Retreat Includes: Guided reflections on Julian and Psalm 42, times of silence and spaciousness, optional creative engagement. Refreshments provided.
Cost: £25 (Refreshments and materials included) There are 20 spaces.
Sign up by Friday 5th June 2026
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