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The Song Of The Earth

In Christian thinking the earth has been seen as the servant of humanity – in defiance of the Bible and of more ancient British perspectives which regard humanity as the servant of the earth. This...
Speaker(s): John Bell

Get Carter

A satirist and singer about a God he found terrifying and exhilarating, Sydney Carter emerged from the 1960s folk scene to turn ideas about hymnody on their head. What can Carter's singular...
Speaker(s): John Davies

A Guide To Online Dating

How To Date Online dating can be the way to a new life, or it can be a confusing rollercoaster. What are the secrets of making it work? How do we make good choices? And how do we avoid the bad bits?...
Speaker(s): Jackie Elton

Caught In The Act

We may think we're not sexist but sometimes our instinctive reactions reveal values and behaviours at odds with what we say we believe. How can we unravel the ‘sayings and doings of...
Speaker(s): Jenny Baker

1914 And All That

The First World War is commonly regarded as a carnage leading to a conclusion, both of which should never have happened. Its centenary is an opportunity to reflect on how people of faith deal with...
Speaker(s): John Bell

Faith In The Face of Empire

A new reading of the Bible from the perspective of the ‘people of Palestine'; a new light on the biblical text within the context of imperial domination; and a new perspective and culture for a...
Speaker(s): Dr Mitri Raheb

Jesus And Nonviolence

Jesus is the Prince of Peace. But what does it mean to ‘put down the sword' and can it solve anything? We explore bearing witness through Christian active nonviolence. The Fellowship of...
Speaker(s): Fellowship of Reconciliation

Living Well In The Modern World: What Can Monasticism Teach Us?

There is much contemporary interest in the spiritual resources of Benedictine monasticism, but it is not easy to apply these ancient insights in today's world. This facilitated discussion aims to...
Speaker(s): Ian Mobsby

Richer Than God: Modern Football And Money

Modern football, still called the beautiful game, has been carved up by money and big business interests. David looks at the founding values of the sport, and asks if they have been lost in the dash...
Speaker(s): David Conn

Big Fat Gypsy Protest

Gypsies and Travellers routinely experience prejudice and discrimination which is frequently fuelled by negative stereotyping of their community in the media. Why do racist attitudes towards the...
Speaker(s): Debby Kennett, Helena Kiely

Singleness: A New Challenge for Church & Community

The number of people not married or cohabiting is rising and a third of UK adults are now single, many of them Christian. Some flourish, but others face hard lives. This trend challenges both society...
Speaker(s): Dr David Pullinger

The Problem(s) With Worship

What has the experience of ‘contemporary worship' become? What problems did it solve – and create? Why is there a lot of ‘worship malaise' these days – and what needs to be done in the...
Speaker(s): Brian McLaren

Verse From The Verge – Poetry, Song And The Gypsy Storytelling Tradition

For a thousand years, Romany culture was maintained almost exclusively through spoken and sung tradition. Damian discusses the past, present and future of Gypsy storytelling, interspersed with his...
Speaker(s): Damian Le Bas

The Bad Christian’s Manifesto – How To Reinvent God (And Other Modest Proposals)

Why doesn't the God of religion fit the God-shaped hole in people any more? How can we re-imagine divinity in the 21st century? Is there an antidote for involuntary atheism? Vicar of St Luke's,...
Speaker(s): Dave Tomlinson

Woodbine Willie: An Unsung Hero Of World War One

Rev. Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, known as Woodbine Willie, volunteered as a chaplain on the Western Front and won the Military Cross for his reckless courage. Bob Holman's biography is based on...
Speaker(s): Bob Holman