Like a Virgin? Mary in the 21c
Who is Mary? Ancient archetype or contemporary role-model? Did she have body odour? Ever shout at the baby Jesus at 4 am? A sequence of poems exploring some of the meanings Mary might have for...
Speaker(s): Nicola SleeThe Power of Church Agencies
The Ecumenical Consortium for Central Asia has been working in Tajikistan and the surrounding area since 1998. Come get the low-down of what is really going in Central Asia, be introduced to Tajik...
The Spiritual Discipline Of Religious Satire
A holy and yet heretical quest for a satirical tradition that goes from Jesus to Jonathan Swift. Featuring music by Isaac Everett. Becky Garrison is the senior contributing editor for the satirical...
Conversations with four mystics
The differing spiritualities of Meister Eckhart (13th-century German mystic), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes and spiritualism), Leo Tolstoy (War and Peace and Non- Violence) and Vincent Van...
Speaker(s): Simon ParkeBuy Bye Childhood
Has the commercialisation of childhood won? To advertisers children are anything from small, absorbent consumer capitalists, to fulcrums of parent pester-power, and receptacles of prematurely adult...
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 SleeThe Poor are our Masters
When St Vincent de Paul spoke these words over 400 years ago he was reminding his colleagues that the only way to successfully serve those they worked with was to think of them as their masters. This...
Be the Change Campaign
The exciting story of Dave and Ange Andrews' campaign for us to be the change we want to see in the world (wecan.be). Discover how you can be part of it. Dave and Ange Andrews have lived and...
Speaker(s): Dave AndrewsHatching A Plot
What makes a good campaign action? Crazy ideas and mediaworthy stunts are a great way to grab people's attention. But how do you get the message across? Hear what effective actions experts have...
WWJD
Could climate change create the moment when we unite in the spirit of community? Or will it be our suicide pact? In a world under threat we are challenged to ask WWJD? Described in the media as...
Re-enchanting Christianity: faith for today
Re-enchanting Christianity: Faith for today An exploration of how Christianity, once deconstructed, can become credible again – not by returning to some lost innocence, but by discovering a...
Speaker(s): Dave TomlinsonWhy Forgiveness is Impossible: Musings from a Christian Theologian
How do we love someone at work who seems hell-bent on sabotaging a successful career? And how do religious people resolve differences when interpretation seems to lead to righteous indignation rather...
Palestinian Children Behind Bars
Yearly, Israel arrests and tortures an average of 700 Palestinian children between 13 and 18 years of age, causing fear, deprivation, pain and isolation. The YMCA help Palestinian children and youth...
Nature Unleashed: The Meaning of Dominion and our Stewardship of Planet Earth
What is our role within the Biosphere? Dominion and subduing nature, as Adam was instructed? Or have the Fall and the new covenant changed this? Let's take a journey of discovery through the...
Josephine Cocoran
Josephine is a poet, playwright, and short story writer. She founded and edits online poetry journal And Other Poems.