Parcevall Hall

Temple Theology
2023-06-06 16:00 - 2023-06-08 15:00 UTC
Tutor: Margaret Barker

Temple Theology is a fast-growing new way of biblical study, rediscovering the roots of Christianity in the world of the Jerusalem temple. We shall explore how temple symbolism, belief and practice shaped Christian faith and culture. Temple Theology is changing how we understand Christian origins and our relationship to Judaism.
Margaret Barker has developed an approach to Biblical Studies now known as Temple Theology. Margaret Barker read theology at Cambridge and went on to pursue her research independently. She was elected President of the Society for Old Testament Study in 1998, and edited the Society’s second Monograph Series, published by Ashgate. She has so far written 17 books, which form a sequence, later volumes building on her earlier conclusions. Since 1997, she has been part of the symposium Religion, Science and the Environment, convened by His All
Holiness Bartholomew I, the Ecumenical Patriarch.
This work has led her to develop the practical implications of Temple Theology as the basis for a Christian environment theology. In July 2008 Margaret Barker was awarded a Lambeth Degree of Doctor of Divinity by Rowan Williams, the then Archbishop of Canterbury, ‘in recognition of her work on the Jerusalem Temple and the origins of Christian Liturgy, which has made a significantly new contribution to our understanding of the New Testament and opened up important fields for research’.
Margaret Barker is a mother and grandmother, a retired Methodist preacher and was involved for over 30 years with the work of a women’s refuge.

Recorder Players' Workshop II
2023-05-26 16:00 - 2023-05-28 15:00
Tutor: Mary Tyers

Ensemble playing in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, this workshop is aimed at experienced adult players who ideally offer two instruments and are able to swap between them. The ability to hold your own part in a group and good sight-reading skills are key. Expect a wide variety of interesting music and technique tuition, as required.
Mary is well-established in the north of England as both a teacher and performer. In addition to teaching at her home near Durham, she has busy schedules in Cumbria and at the Early Music Shop, Saltaire. Mary also teaches online. She founded, and continues to be the Musical Director of the Durham branch of the Society of Recorder Players, and is regularly invited to guest conduct at other SRP branches and festivals. She also leads workshops for various Early Music forums and tutors at the Early Music summer schools, NORVIS and HISS.

Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer
2023-05-18 16:00 - 2023-05-21 15:00
Witness: Revd Martin Thorpe

A silent ‘listening’ retreat. Contemplative life is the expression of the desire to seek stillness amid the rush of life, to hear ‘the still small voice’ amid today’s clamour; to search for and listen to God. Experienced with others in a group, silence is deeper and more powerful than when alone. By making a space for yourself and your relationship with God, you are giving yourself and Him a wonderful gift. Martin will be leading retreatants in contemplation of chosen Dominical sayings.
Martin is a Pioneer Team Vicar in Warrington who has been a priest for 30 years. He is a Trustee and Council member of the Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer and an experienced ‘Witness’ and FCP Retreat leader. Formerly a research chemist, he retains a strong interest in science and nature. He is fully inclusive.
Bookings should be made through the Hall. For more information on any aspect of this FCP retreat, please contact Sue Davies on 01924 255129/07749 592858, or email susandavies367@gmail.com. For more information about the Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer, visit www.contemplative-prayer.org.uk.
The second FCP retreat this year is from 27-29 October.

Friends of Parcevall Hall Eucharist & Annual Dinner
2023-05-17 16:00 - 21:00
The Friends of Parcevall Hall meet for a time of worship and fellowship over a three course dinner, served with wine.
Dinner: £26
Dinner, bed & breakfast: £80

Beginners' Birdwatching & The Dawn Chorus
2023-05-02 16:00 - 2023-05-04 15:00
Leader: Chris Bradshaw

Join us on a relaxed birdwatching break aimed at people new to birdwatching, or those just wishing to enjoy commoner birds in a tranquil location. We will have a programme of short birdwatching walks which focus on learning how to identify and understand more about the life histories of the commoner resident and migrant birds that occur in the area. There will also be the opportunity to experience one of nature’s most delightful spring events; the dawn chorus.
Chris Bradshaw has been working as a freelance ornithologist and birdwatching tour guide for over 25 years. Currently spending much of his time undertaking ornithological survey work across northern England, he formerly led many overseas birdwatching tours, and still runs customised birdwatching trips in the UK. He finds great joy in watching and passing on his knowledge of the commoner British birds which first inspired his interest as a child.

Art Appreciation 1 - The Glasgow Boys
2023-04-25 16:00 - 2023-04-27 15:00
Tutor: Tim Stimson

An introduction to the art and lives of the Scottish artists – Henry, Guthrie, Crawhall, Hornel and others – who emerged from the rustic realism of the outdoor painting era to develop their individual and striking pictures.
Tim’s involvement in art began with the practical. For a number of years, he was a professional painter and ceramicist in Scotland and Wales, before returning to university to study literature and the history of art. For the last 30 years he has been a freelance cultural/art historian, specialising in 17thand 19th-century art and society. He now lectures for the University of Cambridge, the WEA, the Art Fund and the Arts Society (formerly NADFAS), and presents residential study courses in Britain and Europe. Tim has now completed two lecture tours of Australia, the last in 2016, and presented a lecture for Hull City of Culture 2017 on T E Ferens, patron of Hull’s newly refurbished gallery.
The second Art Appreciation event this year is from 15-17 August.

Anglican Association Retreat (part silent)
2023-04-17 16:00 - 2023-04-21 10:00
Conductor: Canon Andy Hawes, SSC
I am the Resurrection and the Life

A retreat praying with the gospel accounts of the Resurrection. Services will be in accordance with the Book of Common Prayer and the Authorised Version of the Bible. It is not necessary to be a member of the Anglican Association to come on this retreat, and all are welcome.
All bookings should be made through Mrs Rosemary Hall. Rosemary is also the contact for questions and enquiries relating to this event. Telephone 0191 285 7534 or email hallrosyhall@gmail.com

Literature Appreciation I - Chaucer
2023-04-11 16:00 - 2023-04-13 15:00
Tutor: Hugh Parry

In this course we will range over a sample of the Canterbury Tales, the well-known and the less-known. Like the pilgrims who told them, they are a collection of ‘all-sorts’, from satire to romance, raunchy anecdotes to saints’ lives, chivalry to folklore. Chaucer had no time to finish the project, but he envisaged it as a compendium of the narratives that circulated in the written and oral culture of the age. The theme of dreams, prominent in the earlier poems, will feature again. The texts will be a combination of modern versions and the originals – no-one will be left bewildered, but Middle English is a delight worth experiencing.
Hugh Parry has offered adult education classes in literature for over 30 years. Although loyal all his life to Shakespeare, he has over the years given courses on a diverse range of topics, including detective fiction, utopias, ghost stories, Cowper, Swift and R S Thomas.
The second Literature Appreciation event this year is from 12-15 September.

Easter Retreat
2023-04-06 16:00 - 2023-04-10 10:00
Leader: Canon Graham Bettridge

Join us at Parcevall Hall for this most special week of the year. The programme will be led by our chaplain, Canon Graham Bettridge, taking time to reflect on the significance of Holy Week, and celebrating together the triumph of Easter Day.
Graham trained for the ministry at the Society of the Sacred Mission in Durham. He was ordained in the Bradford Diocese by Bishop Michael Parker, and his ordination retreat was spent at Parcevall, which was then the newly-acquired retreat house of Bradford Diocese. After ordination, Graham was Team Rector of the seven Rainbow Parishes, based in Kirby Lonsdale. He was also Honorary Canon and Senior Chaplain of Cumbria Police Service from 1992 until 2012. In 2007 he was appointed Honorary Chaplain of Parcevall Hall by Bishop Nick Baines.

Quiet Day II
2023-04-03 10:00 - 16:00
Leader: Revd Canon Andrew Tawn

‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’

As this quiet day falls in Holy Week, we will be reflecting on Jesus’ agonised cry from the cross. These words lead us into some of the great mysteries of faith: our own experiences of God’s absence; why did Jesus have to suffer and die on the cross? What sense can we make of our own suffering? How can we truly celebrate the resurrection, unless we travel by the way of the cross?
This day is an invitation to watch and pray with Christ in his suffering; to resist the temptation to bypass the darker themes of Holy Week, so that we may be the better prepared for the light and joy of Easter.
Andrew Tawn is Director of Clergy Development for the Diocese of Leeds. Before that he was rector of Addingham. Once upon a time he was a secondary school teacher, and his interest and enthusiasm for how we learn has always been an important strand in his ministry, being involved in training ordinands, readers and curates before his present full time training role. He loves reading, walking and good food.
This is a free event, but please note, booking is now required. Please email or phone the office to book your place.
Please bring your own lunch.
Freewill offering

Spring Walking in Wharfedale
2023-03-28 16:00 - 2023-03-31 15:00
Spring Walking in Wharfedale

Wharfedale’s varied landscape is on a reassuringly human scale; wild moorland, wooded vales and boulder-strewn hillsides above the peaty waters of the River Wharfe. We offer a choice each day of either short or longer walks with our guides, returning to the welcome and warmth of the Hall. Packed lunches are provided, but if at any time you would rather take a stroll around the gardens, lunch can be served for you in the dining room.
Our chaplain, Canon Graham Bettridge, will be here for a part of your stay to provide spiritual leadership for those who would like to participate.
Our second walking break this year is from 23-26 October.

Heart & Soul Singing Retreat I
2023-03-24 16:00 - 2023-03-26 15:00
Tutor: Keely Hodgson

Combine singing in harmony with rest, nurture and inspiration. No previous singing experience, or the ability to read music, is required. A varied repertoire of songs and rounds are sensitively taught using call and response.
Keely Hodgson is a composer and natural voice practitioner. She has worked as a music specialist in primary and special school settings and leads a number of community singing groups, including Ben Rhydding Community Choir. She organises monthly events of music and the spoken word. Keely is committed to sharing the sense of well-being and soulful connection that singing with others can bring and helping those who have not sung before to discover their unique voice.
There are two further Heart & Soul Singing Retreats this year: 19-21 July & 3-5 November.

Recorder Players' Workshop I
2023-03-14 16:00 - 2023-03-16 15:00
Tutor: Terry Smurthwaite

Ensemble playing in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, this workshop is aimedat experienced adult players who ideally offer two instruments and are able to swap between them. The ability to hold your own part in a group and good sight-reading skills are key. Expect a wide variety of interesting music and technique tuition, as required.
Terry regularly conducts Society of Recorder Players’ meetings at Leeds, Bingley and York. He also conducts a group which meets weekly in Ilkley and has recently founded and conducts The Rombalds Recorders, a group set up to perform early music. In addition to bringing a wide range of music, he is able to offer advice on the techniques of ensemble playing and musicianship.

Teaching spiritual practices: new possibilities for cathedrals, churches and church schools
2023-03-10 16:00 - 2023-03-12 15:00
Leader: Dr Rupert Sheldrake
Recent scientific research has shown that, in general, people who have regular religious or spiritual practices are happier, healthier, and live longer. Rupert has written two books on the scientific study of spiritual practices, Science and Practices and Ways to Go Beyond and Why They Work, each of which explore seven different practices. Nowadays, a range of spiritual practices are taught in secular settings, like mindfulness meditation, yoga, and spiritual openings through psychedelics. The participants in this Parcevall Hall weekend will explore how spiritual practices could be taught more widely through Christian institutions. Can churches, cathedrals and church schools help to promote practices which can give stronger personal experiences of spiritual connection?
In particular Rupert will be looking at new possibilities for pilgrimage, and for the teaching of prayer, Christian meditation, fasting, and chanting, as well as the revisioning of festivals and holy days.
Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, is a biologist and author of more than ninety technical papers and nine books, including The Science Delusion. As a fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, he was Director of Studies in Cell Biology, and was also a research fellow of the Royal Society. He worked in Hyderabad, India, as Principal Plant Physiologist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), and also lived for two years in the Benedictine ashram of Fr Bede Griffiths in Tamil Nadu. From 2005-2010, he was Director of the Perrott-Warrick Project for the study of unexplained human and animal abilities, funded by Trinity College, Cambridge. He is currently a fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences in Petaluma, California and of Schumacher College in Dartington, Devon.
He lives in London and is married to Jill Purce, with whom he has two sons. His website is www.sheldrake.org.
A note from Parcevall Hall: This event
is aimed at leaders and teachers in churches,
cathedrals and other holy places, as well
as church schools

Friends of Parcevall Hall Eucharist & Lunch
2023-03-06 11:00 - 15:00
The Friends of Parcevall Hall meet for a time of worship and fellowship together over lunch.
Coffee and biscuits will be served from 10.30am.

Mystery, music and mastery: Lenten Collects of Cranmer
2023-02-21 16:00 - 2023-02-24 15:00
Leader: Canon Graham Bettridge
We journey through Lent this year led by our Chaplain.
Graham trained from an early age at the House of the Sacred Mission, Kelham. He was ordained into the Bradford Diocese by Bishop Michael Parker, and his ordination retreat was spent at Parcevall, then the newly acquired Retreat House of the Diocese of Bradford. He served twelve years in a variety of posts before leaving the Diocese, becoming the Team Rector of the seven Rainbow Parishes, based in Kirkby Lonsdale. He remains an Honorary Canon of Carlisle, and was Senior Chaplain of Cumbria Police Service from 1992 until 2012. Bishop Nick Baines appointed him Honorary Chaplain to Parcevall Hall in 2007.

Clergy Reading Week
2023-02-13 10:00 - 2023-02-17 10:00
Leader: Revd Canon Andrew Tawn
An opportunity to take time away from the parish to read, reflect, walk, chat, rest and sleep. You are invited to bring along books of your own choice of a theological or spiritual nature. All who are present share with the group which books they have chosen and why. This often leads to conversations with each other during the retreat about books of mutual interest.
After that introduction, apart from meal and prayer times, the remainder of this retreat is relaxed and unstructured – a time of refreshment for body, mind and soul in a place of beauty and peace.
The cost can be paid from your CMD retreat grant. If you have not been involved in this event before and would like to know more, please contact Revd Canon Andrew Tawn. For bookings, please contact Parcevall Hall. Andrew Tawn is Director of Clergy Development for the Diocese of Leeds. Before that he was rector of Addingham. Once upon a time he was a secondary school teacher, and his interest and enthusiasm for how we learn has always been an important strand in his ministry, being involved in training ordinands, readers and curates before his present full time training role. He loves reading, walking and good food – all of which ingredients are part of the Clergy Reading Week at Parcevall Hall.

Quiet Day 1
2023-01-23 10:00 - 16:00
Leader: Revd Tom Lusty
God is friendship (Aelred of Rievaulx)
On this quiet day we will celebrate our friendships and how an understanding of friendship informs our friendship with God. For Aelred of Rievaulx, a great Yorkshire saint, friendship is the highest form of love. For him the two words are synonymous: to say ‘God is friendship’ is a powerful way of saying that God is love. Where there is friendship…God is there.
You are invited to bring with you an object that speaks to you of a precious friendship. This can be a friend who is currently living or someone who has died. There will be an opportunity to talk about this friendship if you would like to do so.
Tom was a volunteer on Iona after time studying biblical studies at University, and was warden of a retreat centre before ordination. He was a hospital chaplain and hospice chaplain in Leeds for nine years and has an MA in Healthcare Chaplaincy. During his time as a healthcare chaplain he led a series of retreats on the theme of friendship, including at Parcevall Hall. Tom was then a parish priest in north Leeds for 12 years, before beginning ministry in the Dales as Vicar of Upper Wharfedale and Littondale in June 2021.
Tom is married to Helen who is Director of the Leeds Church Institute and they have two sons. Tom loves singing and there will be a musical element to the day. This is a free event, but please note, booking is now required. Please email or phone the office to book your place.
Please bring your own lunch.
Freewill offering

Christmas Houseparty & Retreat
2022-12-23 16:00 - 2022-12-27 10:00
Spend a traditional Christmas in the warm and welcoming surroundings of Parcevall Hall. Home-cooked food, traditional games and times for reflection shared in good company, all help us to rediscover the true meaning of Christmas in this special celebration.

Friends of Parcevall Hall Eucharist & Christmas Lunch
2022-12-15 11:00 - 15:00
The Friends of Parcevall Hall meet for a time of worship and fellowship together over a traditional Christmas lunch. Coffee and biscuits will be served from 10.30am.

Recorder Players' Workshop V
2022-12-02 16:00 - 2022-12-04 15:00
Tutor: Hilary Oliver

Ensemble playing in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, this workshop is aimed at experienced adult players who ideally offer two instruments and are able to swap between them. The ability to hold your own part in a group and good sight-reading skills are key. Expect a wide variety of interesting music and technique tuition, as required.
Hilary is a retired music teacher who has played recorder for over 50 years. She started conducting and teaching whilst in the school 6th form, then continued her musical studies at the Birmingham School of Music. She has worked as a peripatetic woodwind tutor for more than 25 years. Playing in a local consort as well as an early music wind ensemble, she also conducts SRP meetings to indulge her passion for both ancient and modern recorder music.

Advent Retreat
2022-11-29 16:00 - 2022-12-02 15:00
Leader: Canon Adrian Botwright
Darkness, Doubt and Discovery – a 3D journey in Advent? Advent is often seen as a time of waiting patiently in the darkness, a time of preparation, so that we are ready to welcome and embrace the coming of Christ in the lights of Christmas. This retreat however will focus more on what Darkness itself may have to say to us about the reality of God, its (necessary) uncertainties, and the many valuable insights and experiences Darkness can offer us.
Canon Adrian Botwright was Rector of Holy Trinity Skipton for almost 20 years. He now lives in Thirsk and focuses on leading retreats, quiet days, offering spiritual direction and serving as Chaplain in various places, including four weeks each year on Bardsey Island. He enjoys hugely music, poetry, walking, trains, a campervan, and scuba diving.

Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer Retreat II
2022-10-28 16:00 - 2022-10-30 15:00
I know the plans I have for you
Plans to prosper and not to harm
Plans to give you hope and a future
Jeremiah Ch 29 v 11
Contemplative life is the expression of the desire to seek stillness amid the rush of life, to hear ‘the still small voice’ amid today’s modern clamour; to search for and listen to God.
Experienced with others in a group, silence is deeper and more powerful than when alone. It is greatly helpful and encouraging. By making a dedicated personal space for yourself and your relationship with God, you are giving yourself and Him a wonderful gift.
A Dominical saying is taken for each exercise and contemplated. We listen to God. In intercession towards the end of each exercise we bring others, family, friends and world events into the silence so that they too are enfolded in God’s purposes and healing.
To book, and for more information on any aspect of this FCP retreat, please contact Sue Davies on 01924 255129 or 07749 592 858; email susandavies367@gmail.com. For more information about the Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer, visit www.contemplative-prayer.org.uk
The first Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer Retreat this year is from 24 – 27 May

Autumn Rambling in Wharfedale
2022-10-24 16:00 - 2022-10-27 15:00
This is the second of two walking breaks in 2022.
Wharfedale has a variety of landscapes; wild moorland, limestone uplands, wooded valleys and gentle farmland, with the uninterrupted beauty of Upper Wharfedale visible from the hilltops. At this time of year, there’s the added pleasure of autumn colours.
We offer a choice each day of either short or longer walks with our guides, returning to the welcome and warmth of the Hall. Packed lunches are provided, but if at any time you would rather take a stroll around the gardens, lunch can be served for you in the dining room.
Our chaplain, Canon Graham Bettridge, will be here for a part of your stay to provide spiritual leadership for those who would like to participate.
Our other walking break this year is from 29 March – 1 April

Heart & Soul Singing Retreat III
2022-10-14 16:00 - 2022-10-16 15:00
Tutor: Keely Hodgson
Combine singing in harmony with rest, nurture and inspiration. No previous singing experience, or the ability to read music, is required. A varied repertoire of songs and rounds are sensitively taught using call and response.
Keely Hodgson is a composer and natural voice practitioner. She has worked as a music specialist in primary and special school settings and leads a number of community singing groups, including Ben Rhydding Community Choir. She organises monthly events of music and the spoken word. Keely is committed to sharing the sense of well-being and soulful connection that singing with others can bring and helping those who have not sung before to discover their unique voice.
The first Heart & Soul Singing Retreat this year is from 18 – 20 February, and the second is from 13 – 15 July

Recorder Players' Workshop IV
2022-10-11 16:00 - 2022-10-13 15:00
Recorder Players’ Workshop IV
Tutor: Terry Smurthwaite
Ensemble playing in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, this workshop is aimed at experienced adult players who ideally offer two instruments and are able to swap between them. The ability to hold your own part in a group and good sight-reading skills are key. Expect a wide variety of interesting music and technique tuition, as required.
Terry regularly conducts Society of Recorder Players’ meetings at Leeds, Bingley and York. He also conducts a group which meets weekly in Ilkley and has recently founded and conducts The Rombalds Recorders, a group set up to perform early music. In addition to bringing a wide range of music, he is able to offer advice on the techniques of ensemble playing and musicianship.

Friends of Parcevall Hall Eucharist & Lunch
2022-10-05 11:00 - 15:00
The Friends of Parcevall Hall meet for time of worship and fellowship together over lunch. Coffee and biscuits will be served from 10.30am.

Open Quiet Day IV
2022-10-03 10:00 - 16:00
Leader: Revd Canon Ailsa Newby
Thank God for Mother Earth. In the week that we celebrate St Francis, it is good to explore and celebrate our relationship with God’s creation. Surrounded by the beauty of the natural world, this quiet day will offer ways to explore our inter-relatedness with creation and our responsibility for it as we give thanks for all that God gives us in his world.
Canon Ailsa Newby is Canon Pastor at Ripon Cathedral with responsibility for mission and pastoral care. Ordained in Southwark in 1998, she served in that Diocese in various roles until moving to Ripon Cathedral in the summer of 2017. Part of her ministry has always involved spiritual direction and retreat leading, and she is now also serving the Diocese of Leeds as Spirituality and Spiritual Direction Co-ordination for the Ripon Episcopal Area.
This is a free event, but please note, booking is now required. Please email or phone the office to book your place.
Please bring your own lunch.
Freewill offering

Literature Appreciation II: Shakespeare and the Supernatural
2022-09-27 16:00 - 2022-09-30 15:00
Tutor: Hugh Parry
The plays range from Athens to Windsor, Ancient to Modern, Protestant to Catholic to pagan, urban to rural – all coloured by the different spiritual outlook of each and the kaleidoscopic nature of their cast, sceptical or credulous, pious or impious. We meet demons, fairies, ghosts and Olympian gods: omens loom; we practise astrology and visit oracles; dreams, visions and premonitions abound. Shakespeare was not a theologian but a story-teller and an explorer of the human psyche. In Hamlet’s old chestnut, ‘There are more things in Heaven & Earth’ than are dreamt of in anyone’s philosophy, and the spirit world impinges everywhere in the plays.
Hugh Parry has offered adult education classes in literature for over 30 years. Although loyal all his life to Shakespeare, he has over the years given courses on a diverse range of topics, including detective fiction, utopias, ghost stories, Cowper, Swift and R S Thomas.
The first Literature Appreciation event this year is from 12 – 14 April

Consenting to the Presence & Action of God: How does that work in daily life
2022-09-16 16:00 - 2022-09-18 15:00
Leader: Jill Benet
Rooted in the Desert Fathers and Mothers, and the Cloud of Unknowing for its renewal, Centering Prayer prepares us for the gift of contemplation. When we sit in Centering Prayer, we are told
that by our willingness to renew our intention to consent to God’s presence and action within, moment by moment, our core of goodness is affirmed, and our consciousness restructured.
What does that mean in practice? Drawing on the extensive work of Thomas Keating and Cynthia Bourgeault, we see how current psychological understanding resonates with the teaching of the mystics in practical ways. What might appear to be obstacles to our spiritual life turn out to be gateways to greater freedom. This weekend will allow us to explore the nuances, and deepen our practice of Centering Prayer. There will be extended periods of prayer, teaching and silence.
Jill is a teacher of Centering Prayer. She is the London Co-ordinator of Contemplative Outreach, founded to teach the method of Centering Prayer and to support Centering Prayer groups and communities. She has studied in-depth the conceptual background and has attended several
retreats led by its founder, Father Thomas Keating, as well as retreats led by Cynthia Bourgeault and Richard Rohr, among others. She has trained in the US and UK and leads groups, Introductory Days, Quiet Days and retreats. Jill is a co-founder of the Silence in the City series of talks on the contemplative life.
