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Session 1
Rev Shaun Lambert
Mindfulness : It's time for Christians to engage
Session 3
Dr Rob Waller
Mindfulness for Mental Health -
Session 5
Rev Ray Simpson (CA&H)
Mindfulness, Contemplation and Spiritual Formation
Session 7
All Speakers
Panel Q&A Session
Session 2
Richard H H Johnston
Mindfulness, Compassion and Contemplation
Session 4
Heather Churchill (CWR)
How and Why Does Mindfulness Help?
Session 6
Rev Kenny Borthwick
Mindfulness, Christian Meditation and Intimacy with God
Keynote Speakers for March 2019 Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Rev Shaun Lambert
Session Title: Mindfulness : It’s time for Christians to engage
Shaun is a Baptist minister, author, counsellor and psychotherapist based in Stanmore, North West London. He is part of the New Wine leader’s network. He is co-founder of the National Mindfulness Day for Christians and has been researching mindfulness since 2006, in different perspectives, and is currently pursuing a PhD project looking at mindfulness at London School of Theology.
Titles by Rev Shaun Lambert - A Book of Sparks; Putting on the Wakeful One; Flat earth unroofed
Richard H H Johnston
Mindfulness, Compassion and Contemplation
Richard is the pioneer Director of christianmindfulness.co.uk and co-founder of the National Mindfulness Day for Christians. Christian Mindfulness offers Online Courses, Guided Meditations, Workshops and Retreats. It has featured at the UK Association of Christian Counsellors Biannual Conference, New Wine Scotland (CLAN Gathering), Christianity Magazine, Premier Christian Radio, the Church of England Newspaper, Mind & Soul website and Turning the Page (New Zealand).
Titles by Richard H H Johnston - Introducing Christian Mindfulness; Christian Mindfulness: Are You Living On AutoPilot?; Mindfulness of Body, Soul and Spirit.
Dr Rob Waller
Mindfulness and mental health for Christians
Dr Rob Waller is a Consultant Psychiatrist working for the NHS in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has extensive experience in the management of serious and enduring mental illnesses, including the place of mindfulness and related practices. He is a Director of the Mind and Soul Foundation.
Titles by Dr Rob Waller - The Perfectionism Book; The Worry Book; The Guilt Book; The Stuff of Life.
Heather Churchill
How and Why Does Mindfulness Help?
Heather is employed by CWR/ Waverley Abbey College as their Lead Academic and BA (Hons) Counselling Programme leader, and, in addition, is CWR’s link tutor with Middlesex University. She has many years of experience as a Trainer, Counsellor/Psychotherapist and Supervisor. She is a Registered and Accredited Counsellor/Supervisor with the Association of Christian Counsellors and a Registered and Senior Accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). In her private clinical practice, she specialises in counselling adults who have been sexually abused in childhood and she and her husband, Ian, are involved in pastoral care in their local church.
Rev Ray Simpson (CA&H)
Mindfulness, Contemplation and Spiritual Formation
Ray describes himself as a Celtic New Monastic for Tomorrow's World. He is the Founding Guardian of the Community of Aidan and Hilda - a world-wide people who journey with God, reconnecting with the Spirit and the Scriptures, the saints and the streets, the seasons and the soil through a Way of Life, a Rhythm of Prayer and a Network of Soul Friends. He is the author of some forty books on Celtic and general spirituality, fresh expressions of church, prayer and society.
Rev Kenny Borthwick
Mindfulness, Christian Meditation and Intimacy with God
Kenny has been a Church of Scotland minister for 35 years, in Thurso and most recently at Holy Trinity in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh. He was also on the leadership for New Wine Scotland and Clan Gathering. He has a passion for intimacy with God and helping the people of God connect with their identity in Christ as the beloved of God.