Celebrating the ordinary – rediscovering ritual
How do you celebrate becoming an adult... the changing of seasons... leaving school... the start of a new year? Join us to share ways of using ritual in our families and communities to mark change...
Fostering
Are you considering fostering, have you been fostered, or work with fostered children? This workshop is an opportunity to share your hopes and experiences. Hosted by Jennie Gilhespy.
Indebting the Future
A look at why Christians have been reluctant to speak about money and how the parlous state of current financial affairs requires that we have to learn a new vocabulary. John was born within...
Speaker(s): John BellCan Obama pull off a two-state solution?
Many peace activists in Palestine/Israel believe that the two-state solution is gone, buried under the massive Israeli settlement blocs. Obama's last-ditch effort seems the last chance. What...
Speaker(s): Jeff HalperThe God who liberates
Understanding the Dalit journey away from the Hindu caste system to other Gods: Buddhist, Muslim and Christian. Jacob Devadason was born and brought up in India in a Dalit community. He now leads...
Generous
What if the world wasn't loaded in favour of a small minority of its people? What if we could look after the planet as well as looking after ourselves? What if we all decided to live a little more...
Exploring consecrated singleness
This inclusive session will begin with a personal look at ‘rediscovering the gift of single-minded dedication to the love of the Lord and his people' and then moving on to an open conversation...
Werewolves, Time Travel and Jane Eyre
Jasper Fforde is the bestselling author of the Thursday Next series of literary detective escapades, set in a parallel world where Thursday's job inlcudes spotting forgeries of Shakespeare's lost...
Israel/Palestine: How will a peaceful& just co-existence become a reality
Jewish, Muslim and Christian voices from the Holy Land look at options for a just peace and evaluate their chances for success.
Abandoning Gaza: Israel’s seige and international responsibility
Abandoning Gaza: Israel's siege and international responsibility Israel imposed a siege on Gaza in 2007, resulting in a humanitarian crisis which intensified during Operation Cast Lead, Israel's...
In conversation
From Lud Heat to Hackney: That Rose-Red Empire, Iain Sinclair's work has offered distinctive and provocative interpretations of ‘place' and its significance. In conversation with...
Orbital walks & linear rides: Journeys through the English badlands
Iain Sinclair unpacks the literary genre sometimes described as ‘psychogeography'. Iain Sinclair While St. John declared that in the incarnation ‘the word became flesh' and God walked among...
Happy birthday John Calvin – rediscovering the reformer
An economy in chaos, the breakdown of society, a church losing power and influence, all driven by a revolution in communication technology. This is the Europe that John Calvin grew up in 500 years...
India beating out of time
The Dalits are often described as the largest oppressed group in the world. Find out who they are with musical input from Dalit musicians, whose ‘unclean' animal-skin drums have become a sign of...
Keeping your cool in the eye of the storm
How can you stay in touch with God when criticised or unpopular? Come and find out why the Beatitudes say ‘Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake'. Followed by Q&A.Gene...