100 Reasons for Living

A day with Revd Richard Carter
Revd Richard Carter

Leader

Revd Richard Carter

Revd. Richard Carter Richard is Associate Vicar for Mission at St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square. His ministry includes working closely with those who are homeless, and refugees and pastoral care of the many people who come through the doors of the church on the edge of London’s most public square. He is the founder and leader of the Nazareth Community whose members gather from everyday life to seek God in contemplation and to learn to live generously and compassionately learning from the diversity of all those they welcome. He is the author of The City is My Monastery: A Contemporary Rule of Life and most recently Letters from Nazareth: A Contemplative Journey Home. Books by Richard Carter: In Search of the Lost: The Death and Life of Seven Peacemakers of the Melanesian Brotherhood (Canterbury Press 2006). The City is My Monastery: A Contemporary Rule of Life (Canterbury Press 2019). Letters from Nazareth: A Contemplative Journey Home (Canterbury Press 2023). And Editor of: Who is My Neighbour? The Global and Personal Challenge, SPCK, 2018. For more information about the Nazareth Community See: www.nazareth.community

Date

Jun 27 2026

Time

UK Time
10:30 am - 4:00 pm

Location

The Meditatio Centre & ONLINE
Category

Richard Carter will join us to talk from his newest book 100 Reasons for Living: Diary of a Grateful Heart. 2026, Canterbury Press Norwich.

In his book, Richard offers one hundred powerful stories gathered from his two decades of pastoral ministry – hidden everyday stories from asylum seekers, homeless and those on the edges of society, of hardship and hope, pain and unexpected grace. Amid the overwhelming weight of suffering, Richard finds a quiet yet infectious joy – not by ignoring life’s struggles, but by seeking the hidden blessings within them. Authentic joy, a fruit of the Holy Spirit, can feel elusive when life is difficult or the world seems overwhelming. Join us for a day to hear Richard’s stories and to  rediscover that joy – even in the hardest of times.

Revd Richard Carter

Leader

Revd Richard Carter

Revd. Richard Carter Richard is Associate Vicar for Mission at St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square. His ministry includes working closely with those who are homeless, and refugees and pastoral care of the many people who come through the doors of the church on the edge of London’s most public square. He is the founder and leader of the Nazareth Community whose members gather from everyday life to seek God in contemplation and to learn to live generously and compassionately learning from the diversity of all those they welcome. He is the author of The City is My Monastery: A Contemporary Rule of Life and most recently Letters from Nazareth: A Contemplative Journey Home. Books by Richard Carter: In Search of the Lost: The Death and Life of Seven Peacemakers of the Melanesian Brotherhood (Canterbury Press 2006). The City is My Monastery: A Contemporary Rule of Life (Canterbury Press 2019). Letters from Nazareth: A Contemplative Journey Home (Canterbury Press 2023). And Editor of: Who is My Neighbour? The Global and Personal Challenge, SPCK, 2018. For more information about the Nazareth Community See: www.nazareth.community

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