‘All Shall Be Well’, those well-known words given to Julian in her thirteenth revelation have brought comfort and hope to many people. However, what happens when all is not well, when pain and suffering return, and there are no happy endings? These are the questions that Julian returned to time and again as she pondered on her Shewings.
In this book Emma invites us to reflect on Revelations 10 to 16. The Reverend Dr Emma Pennington is the Canon Missioner for Canterbury Cathedral and author of At the Foot of the Cross with Julian of Norwich which was the Friends’ Lent book in 2024.
Following a chaplaincy role at Worcester College in Oxford (2003-2008), Emma was Vicar of Garsington, Cuddeson and Horspath in the Diocese of Oxford from 2008- 2019. During this period, Emma was a tutor for various spirituality and ministry courses for the diocese and co-founded the annual Festival of Prayer event along with BRF which is now in its 10th year. She has also been a prayer and spirituality adviser for the diocese and an area dean.
She has a doctorate from the University of Oxford on the fourteenth century devotional writer Julian of Norwich. Her book All Shall Be Well, Visions of Salvation with Julian of Norwich, places Julian in her context, enabling us to see how her work was part of a broader tapestry of spiritual wisdom.