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Middle Eastenders: The Bible As Soap Opera

Some Bible stories are perplexing if they are spiritualised in a sermon but make complete sense if you treat them like a TV soap. This sideways look at Bible stories digs through sex, betrayal and...
Speaker(s): Peter Graystone

The Philosopher Jesus

Might Jesus have been a kind of philosopher – one in the Cynic tradition, even? After all, Jesus didn't write anything bar a few doodles in the sand, a fact he shares with Socrates, another...
Speaker(s): Mark Vernon

On Not Teaching Your Grandparents To Suck Eggs

Today's religiously and socially plural society is in some respects very similar to that of the early Church. Being Christian was not “normal”, nor popular, and there were plenty of gods and...

drones, democracy & depleted uranium

Robots, battlefield nuclear weapons and cluster bombs are changing the face of war. These weapons kill and injure civilians and combatants indiscriminately. Christians – just warriors and pacifists...
Speaker(s): Michael Northcott

Seeking the Risen Christ

The image of a female Christ figure – the Christa – is a motif in feminist theology, and a surprisingly popular image in contemporary art. Yet most of these images depict a suffering figure,...
Speaker(s): Nicola Slee

The Secret Life Of Human Beings

As human beings we soon realise that we are not one, but many. How do we live with the different parts within us: the judgement, lust, rage, and depression as well as the joy, passion and empathy?...
Speaker(s): Mark Yaconelli

Our sound is our wound

We live in a noisy world. Where is the sound of Scripture or the voice of God? If we are listening for God's voice, how do we know if we have heard it? How can we live a different rhythm in the...
Speaker(s): Lucy Winkett

Writing On The Wall

Our culture is built on stories or ideas that come from the Bible. Literature, art, music, language and even our justice system are built on Christian concepts and biblical references. This session...

The 3 desires. Christianity as a spiritual path

There are three yearnings that burn within every human heart: to know a larger source of love, to hold love for ourselves, and to share love with others. Mark explores the unique way in which...

The God of Compassion

Most of Christianity is a struggle to let go of a God who doesn't exist – the task master, the shamer, the all powerful Almighty. What might it mean to let go of our belief in a God who leave us...
Speaker(s): Mark Yaconelli

Sowing the Seed

“A man sowed seed in the ground … day and night it grew, how he did not know”. The deeper we know God, the less we know. This is the challenge and the excitement of the spiritual quest. In...

Fiding the Inner Room

Jesus says to “go into your inner room, shut the door and pray... in that secret place”. He is clearly a teacher of contemplation. Meditation is a way to this inner room – more than a technique...