Imagination, the Bible and the Church why we need it now more than ever.
The church, and indeed the world, is in desperate need of a renewed imagination - and not just to help us read the Bible well. Paula explores how imagination can lift words off the page and bring...
Speaker(s): Paula GooderReclaiming Phoebe: Historical imagination and the world of Paul
Paula talks about the process of writing her most recent book about Phoebe, an unsung deacon of the early Christian church. Come and hear where the idea for the book came from, what Paula struggled...
Speaker(s): Paula GooderThe Culture of God
For centuries, Christians have turned their faith into a Western phenomenon, and this has distorted the message of Christ. Syrian-born Nadim Nassar seeks to reveal the true face of the Eastern Jesus...
Speaker(s): Nadim NassarEducation for the Future
Steve Chalke, Jill Rowe and Emma Johnson Imagine education being at the heart of community; imagine schools being places of hope; imagine students thriving spiritually, emotionally, physically,...
Speaker(s): Steve Chalke, Jill RoweEducation: A Word in your Ear
Steve Chalke interviews Sir David Carter, Schools Commissioner for England, about what matters most in education and his vision for the future. Steve Chalke MBE, founder of the Oasis Charitable...
Speaker(s): Steve ChalkeWriting Songs From Scripture: An Imaginative, Spiritual Practice
What if we approached our sacred scriptures not as rulebooks but rather as imaginative wellsprings of creative potential? A dialogue with Matthew David Morris, the host of the Lectio Musica podcast,...
Speaker(s): Matthew David MorrisA Festival Life: Michael Eavis in conversation
Greenbelt may be 45 years old, but it's a minnow beside Glastonbury. So, we're delighted to welcome the founder of that Festival, dairy farmer Michael Eavis to Greenbelt this year. Having decided...
Speaker(s): Michael EavisWe have to learn the village to save the village
The Internet is bringing us together, while drowning us in data and algorithms. The control of information and the fight for digital autonomy is critical if we are to save our futures from the new...
Speaker(s): Lauri LoveRadical Happiness: Moments of Collective Joy
Our society believes it promotes happiness but soaring rates of depression and anxiety tell another story. Lynne Segal argues that we need to link our personal quest for happiness with the shared joy...
Speaker(s): Lynne SegalLife & Love, Faith & Doubt
Some days we feel completely at home, other days like strangers on earth. What if how we live matters more than what we believe? Come and catch some lifelines thrown our way by poets and prophets,...
Speaker(s): Martin Wroe, Malcolm DoneyDoughnut Economics
If humanity is to meet the needs of all people within the means of the planet, we need a new economic mindset. Renegade economist Kate Raworth says it looks like a doughnut - the kind with the hole...
Speaker(s): Kate RaworthKate Raworth in conversation
Kate Raworth is a renegade economist committed to the rewriting of economics so it is fit for 21st century challenges. Here, she talks to Co-Operatives UK CEO Ed Mayo about her work and vision and...
Speaker(s): Kate RaworthOf Principles And Principalities
The pursuit of conscience often results in conflict with worldly powers. The odds can seem overwhelming and sometimes the stakes are as high as life itself. So how can we find the courage and...
Speaker(s): Lauri LoveJeremy isn’t the messiah, he’s a very naughty boy
Whisper it quietly but nothing the two big parties are offering is radical. The social, economic and environmental crises demand completely new thinking. Come and hear why Jonathan believes that only...
Speaker(s): Jonathan BartleyDiversify six degrees of integration
What if actively seeking the unfamiliar was proven to be the key to a brighter future - both personally and for society at large? June considers the creation and negative impact of stereotypes, and...
Speaker(s): June Sarpong