David Torkington

David Torkington

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CHRISTIANITY

Christian Prayer and Mystical Theology

06/04/2021

The Hermit - Episode 10

James has returned home and begins in earnest, practising his newfound life of prayer. However, we find him writing to Peter when he feels his prayer is floundering. Peter explains through their correspondence, that James is now finding himself on the threshold of contemplative prayer.

26 min
06/04/2021

The Hermit - Episode 9

It is James’ last meeting with Peter before climbing aboard the island plane and returning to the mainland. Peter begins to advise James on what to expect when Christian meditation has led us into true Christian Contemplation.

26 min
17/03/2021

The Hermit - Episode 8

Peter was surprised to hear that James was introduced to the practice of Indian meditation and had unsuccessfully tried to adapt it to Christian prayer.

27 min
17/03/2021

The Hermit - Episode 7

When Peter arrives from Calvay for their next meeting, James immediately asks him to continue explaining his blueprint for prayer, using the second part, FATHER

26 min
07/03/2021

The Hermit - Episode 6

Peter describes the Lord’s Prayer as the pattern of all Christian prayer and that this prayer is itself summed up in the first two words, Our Father.

27 min
24/02/2021

The Hermit broadcast: Wisdom from the Western Isles

James asks Peter to teach him how to pray from the very beginning. The first time that question was asked of Christ by his first followers, was by giving them the prayer that we call the ‘Our Father’.

26 min
24/02/2021

The Hermit broadcast: Wisdom from the Western Isles

James sits at the jetty awaiting Peter’s arrival for their third meeting. Peter takes up the theme of the importance of God’s love.

26 min
24/02/2021

The Hermit broadcast: Wisdom from the Western Isles

James has been waiting eagerly for Peter’s second visit. He asks Peter to explain what he meant when he said that there is all the difference in the world between knowing that we are loved, and experiencing being loved

26 min
23/02/2021

The Hermit broadcast: Wisdom from the Western Isles

It is James Robertson’s first meeting with Peter Calvay. James describes his initial impressions and admits to some misgivings and doubts

26 min
10/01/2021

David Torkington reads from The Hermit – Episode 1

In the first episode, the hermit, Peter Calvay, introduces himself and describes his spiritual journey which led to the eremitical life on a remote island off the Scottish Outer Hebrides.

24 min

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Christian Prayer and Mystical Theology

Creator

David Torkington
Years Active

2015 - 2021
Episodes

10
Rating

Clean
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David Torkington