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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

The Bible 3.0

The church that is emerging is discovering new ways of reading the Bible – and they make all the difference for critical issue like gender, sexuality, the environment, poverty, and peace. One of...
Speaker(s): Brian McLaren

What Will Religion Become?

What are the prospects for religion in tomorrow's world? What internal problems must religions solve? What external problems must they engage? How can Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism,...
Speaker(s): Brian McLaren

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

Travelling By Light Fragments

Why is faith so tongue-tied in our culture? What would a Christian life of prayer, imagination and science, open to culture, look like? Lecturer-tutor in Christian Spirituality at Sarum College,...
Speaker(s): Barnabas Palfrey

How To Birth A New Idea

A small idea can help spark a movement for women's freedom. This will be a time to nurture inspiration and give breath to thoughts deep within our hearts. Offering space to give life to new visions...
Speaker(s): Becca Stevens, Thistle Farms (and the Sisters of Magdalene)

A Recipe for Mixing Lavish Love into Social Enterprise

Mixing your best ideals into the marketplace creates a recipe that allows economic growth to rise with justice. Love is good business. Becca will share ideas about how we can take our most lavish...
Speaker(s): Becca Stevens, Thistle Farms (and the Sisters of Magdalene)

Bird By Bird: Some Instructions On Writing And Life

Anne Lamott's classic work on writing, Bird by Bird, is by turns warm, hilarious and acutely observed. Join Anne for a reading from this much-loved book and hear her speak on what it means to live...
Speaker(s): Anne Lamott

Help Thanks Wow

As Anne Lamott says herself, ‘there's something to be said about keeping prayer simple. Help. Thanks. Wow.' It's these three prayers – asking for assistance, appreciating the good and...
Speaker(s): Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott In Conversation

She writes and speaks about subjects that begin with capital letters: Alcoholism, Motherhood, Jesus. But armed with self- e acing humour and ruthless honesty, Lamott converts us into enchantment....
Speaker(s): Anne Lamott, Jo Browning Wroe

Island Spirituality: Celtic Scotland and a Christian Vision for the Third Millennium

From the spirituality of the underlying undivided Church, through the medieval and modern eras which gave rise to violent atonement theologies, a look at nonviolent liberation approaches of the third...
Speaker(s): Alastair McIntosh

The Importance Of Elsewhere: Travelling With Literature

Andrew explores the figure of the traveller from the book of Genesis to 21st-century fiction. Join him on the road and follow the literary journeys of, among others, John Bunyan, Jack Kerouac, Annie...
Speaker(s): Andrew Tate

Does Church Make You Happy?

Is your church good news for your neighbours? The Happiness Course is based on both the latest science and ancient biblical wisdom, helping churches make a real di erence in their communities by...
Speaker(s): Livability

Three Reasons Why Everyone Needs Religion But Hardly Anyone Knows It

It used to come naturally to talk in religious ways; then we got used to not talking about religion in public spaces at all. This session will explore the pressing need for religious literacy in...
Speaker(s): Adam Dinham