David Linaker - A Connected Life

From Collar to Calling: What Grounds Me Now By David Linaker

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It's incredibly scary right now. We could all do with a credible spiritual anchor, where we are religious or not. That's why I wrote this little book…

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"The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy," 🙏🏾📿🪷 ~Thich Nhat Hanh #Buddhist #thichnhathanh #Buddhism

Non fiction author here. All the very best in your endeavours - onward!

Whilst training to be a priest (30 years ago! 🤦🏼‍♂️😊), I spotted that all theological questions boil down to ‘who says?’. Where do we invest authority and our trust in it? At that point the atheist germ in me began to metastasise.

The Monastic Value of Stability A Guiding Principle in a Chaotic World

My latest contribution on Substack. This month I’m exploring how ancient monastic values are hugely relevant today even for those who, like me, have no religion. Born in the chaos of the collapse of the Roman Empire, there is real wisdom to carry id through present upheavals.

From Turmoil to Transformation: Navigating Conflict with Wisdom and Grace From Turmoil to Transformation: Navigating Conflict with Wisdom and Grace - Kindle edition by Linaker, David. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading From Turmoil to Transformation: Navigating Conflict with Wisdom and Grace.

Do you struggle with difficult people and tricky conversations? Do you shy away from conflict or try to shut it own. My latest book ‘From Turmoil to Transformation’ might just help. Available for preorder now.

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An Old Spirituality for a New Chaotic Age The Benedictine Model of Stability, Obedience, and Conversion of Life in a Secular World

My latest post on Substack in which I offer the ancient pattern of life found in the Rule of St Benedict as a way of surviving the chaos of today.
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It’s good to be here! I’m David, I’m a husband and father in a fabulous blended family. I’m a writer, thinker, celebrant, who is fascinated by the human condition. I’m progressive with radical and less radical bits; proudly woke and looking to meet and interact with kind people. ✌🏻😊

Huge congratulations! I remember the emotion on seeing the first scan photos of my now thirteen year old daughter.

The Peace of Wild Things Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

I read this on dark days for a little solace.

Beautifully wise.

How incredibly sad to lose such young lives. Condolences to all who mourn them.

Multiple format depictions of the book Soulful Awakening by David Linaker

It makes me very happy that my first post on here is to share my new book, Soulful Awakening, Spirituality Without Religion. Its been 8 years in gestation; birth is rather scary!

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