Andrew Meikle
Andrew Meikle is living proof that fortitude and faithfulness matter. His life – with its twists, turns, trials and tribulations – is also a story of quiet triumph. Readers will find it engaging, disturbing and challenging – but it stems from a life lived hard and fast, that has not been easy. And yet, has found a calm and peace through the maelstroms that make us all.
Professor Martyn Percy.
Former Dean of Christchurch College, Oxford.
1959
Being Born is being born into a debt... a shadow on the heart.
1960
Words and pictures drawn by others. Shadows cloak the heart : shame and guilt joined with Fear, anxiety, dread and loss. The Beast was being formed.
1972
Alcohol, addiction, glimpses of the Universe, nights of the Soul
1988
The Beast is exposed. Shadows start to give up their names. The Heart holds an outstretched hand of love to a grieving soul.
1991
Shadows with no labels lurk in the darkness. Still to be named, seen by some not by others. The Beast reforms, a true chameleon. The Heart expanded
2018
The Dance with Shame again. The Gifts. Oxford University, Theology. Philosophy. Finally, the Heart is reunited with the soul. A Franciscan. Love and Service. The
2023
Separation from Attachment = Wholeness
2024
Andrew sells all his possessions and gives the money away…
March 2023
Andrew enters his new Nomadic life rejecting attachment to worldly goods.
