Glory In The Mess

This is the last of our first series of six episodes of the 'Glory in the Mess' podcast. In this episode, Helen Carr, Claire Dillamore and Robin Dillamore share a conversation around the practicalities of Practising the Presence of God in different life circumstances. All three of us belong to Presence House of Worship, a Christian community in Blacon (a suburb of Chester in England), which is mad...

In this episode, Dan Lee, Claire Dillamore and Robin Dillamore continue the conversation, which they began in episode 4, on Practising the Presence of God and how we can do this in practice. In episode 5, we turn our attention to community: What does it means for us to practise the presence of God together in community? Most of our conversation so far has focused on us as individuals, and how we c...

In this episode, Claire Dillamore joins Dan Lee and Robin Dillamore to further explore the subject of Practising the Presence of God. We have divided this conversation into two parts; the second half will be aired as episode 5. In episode 4, we attempt to get practical. So far, we have considered the inspirational writings of people who lived decades or centuries ago - Brother Lawrence, Frank Laub...

In this episode, Mirkku Ridanpaa joins Dan Lee and Robin Dillamore to further explore the subject of Practising the Presence of God. We talk about the book which is the original inspiration for this series, “The Practice of the Presence of God” by the 17th century monk, Brother Lawrence. We ask why this book has had such an impact on so many people, and we reflect on the simple trust and delight t...

In this episode, Dan Lee, Helen Carr and Robin Dillamore continue their conversation about Practising the Presence of God. We discuss an article by Henri Nouwen entitled "How to (actually) pray without ceasing" and consider Nouwen's idea that we can convert unceasing thinking into unceasing prayer. We also talk about why this is harder than it sounds, and how the practice of contemplative prayer c...

In this episode, Dan Lee, Helen Carr and Robin Dillamore introduce the theme of this series, Practising the Presence of God, as well as briefly introducing Presence House of Worship, the community behind these podcasts.  This is the first in a series of episodes which will be published every two weeks during the last quarter of 2025. In this first episode, we talk about why this theme has become s...