This House Believes The 2015 Election Will Make No Significant Difference To The Future of Britain
Motion: This house believes the 2015 Election will make no significant difference to the future of Britain. For: Martin Newell (Catholic Worker Network) and Louise Donkin (SPEAK) Against: Gavin...
Speaker(s): Louise Donkin, Andy FlannaganThe Business of Salvation: Building holistic communities in the 21st Century
Steve is at Greenbelt to provoke us on the themes of the church and enterprise, the welfare state, inclusion, government, community, the bible and the shape of the future. Steve Chalke MBE founded...
Speaker(s): Steve ChalkeBluestone 42 and The Sacred Art of Swearing
James Cary talks about writing Bluestone 42 (BBC3) and the ethics of comedy, swearing and telling people to generally get stuffed in entertaining ways. Warning: session contains swearing. But we know...
Speaker(s): James CaryCombatants for Peace (CfP) UK tour 2013
Hosted by Encounters, in partnership with the Amos Trust Representatives of Combatants for Peace, Palestinian and Israeli, will share their personal stories of transformation from violence to...
Greenbelt 2011 Communion Service
Living under canvas for a weekend reminds us we are all travelling on a journey of faith, dreaming of our home with God, seeking a place of shelter and security. In bread and wine, we recognise and...
2young4punk
How and why does the continuing influence of punk inspire those of us simply too young to be inspired by it at the time. A conversation hosted by Nick Welsh and Nic Hughes (who weren't there first...
Speaker(s): Nick WelshBig Society 2: There’s no such thing as (the big) society
Or is there? What does the vision of a Big Society mean for the people expected to deliver it? From Blue Labour pioneer Maurice Glassman to community worker Ann Morisy, a panel of experts examines...
Medieval mystical spirituality and the 21st century church
Exploring the relevance that medieval writers such as Julian of Norwich and medieval texts such as The Cloud of Unknowing have for the modern church. What can they teach us about the nature of God...
Messy Spirituality Part 2 (the mess continues)
Mike argues that for much of our life, things are just a mess. So how do we keep going when things aren't going all that smoothly. Mike Yaconelli heads up Youth Specialities, an organisation that...
Nicaragua since December 23 1973
On December 23, 1972 Managua was destroyed by an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter Scale. Since then, Nicaraguans have seen the ousting of the Somoza family in the 1979 revolution, the Contra...
Fighting Talk 2: Forgiveness
Forgiveness isn't something soft and fluffy. It isn't about pretending to have nice feelings about people we hate. So what is it? Giles Fraser is the Vicar of Putney and lecturer in Philosophy at...
Speaker(s): Giles FraserMessy Spirituality 2 – The Mess Continues
The Meaning in the Miracles Part 2
A Year at the Movies (2004)
Speaker(s): Gareth Higgins
32nd Greenbelt Communion Service
Sunday morning communion is always an event for the whole Greenbelt family: a bit like Christmas dinner, it's the one time we all come together to celebrate our unity and diversity. And this year...