We’re Not An Issue, We’re A Gift
A conversation with Tracey Byrne, Pádraig Ó Tuama, Karl Rutledge hosted by Rachel Mann As the church has tied itself in knots over matters of sexuality, the casualties have often been LGBT people...
Speaker(s): Rachel Mann, Pádraig Ó Tuama, Rev. Richard ColesCommunion
With Rev. Becca Stevens, Thistle Farms and the Sisters of Magdalene, Mpho Tutu, Marcus and Levi Hummons Travelling light means we travel together, bearing one another's burdens and joys, and...
Speaker(s): Psalm Drummers, Becca Stevens, Thistle Farms (and the Sisters of Magdalene), Mpho Tutu, Marcus Hummon, Levi Hummon, Matt BeckinghamHow To Be A Human
Matt Haig talks to Martin Wroe about his novel The Humans (‘Hilarious' – Guardian). In particular he will discuss how looking at the human species through the eyes of an extra-terrestrial...
Speaker(s): Matt HaigThe Depressives Of The Bible
25% of us suffer from mental health problems. Mercifully the Bible doesn't shy away from depicting real people with their real struggles. So what can those of us with depression, anxiety and other...
Speaker(s): Matt PageThis isn’t the sort of thing that happens to someone like you
Speaker(s): Jon McGregor
Our Lady of Greenbelt
What does Mary, the mother of Jesus have to do with Greenbelt? Are doctrines such as the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption of Mary examples of the Roman Catholic fear of sex and deification of...
Speaker(s): Pádraig Ó TuamaPoetry as a dream of peace
The Corrymeela Community tells a story of a woman who came to its house for refuge. In her luggage she brought a small hatchet. She was ready to believe they were people of peace, but just in case,...
Speaker(s): Pádraig Ó TuamaExclusivity & hope: a view from Bethlehem
This blog is a long read. You might want to grab a cuppa. It's written by Greenbelt's Creative Director, Paul Northup. I'm writing it from the little town of Bethlehem; the place where, as a...
Palestinian Christians: an endangered species
The importance of story in a soundbite culture
With the current overwhelming availability of information, and the demand for that information to be both instant and image-based, our culture is losing the ability to share and value our stories....
Speaker(s): Jon McGregorPost Christendom Politics
Post Christendom politics: the Church as a movement for anarchy For the first time in 1700 years the church is finding itself at the margins rather than the centre of government – with some...
Speaker(s): Jonathan BartleyHow do you spell hell?
Dante's Vision of Hell has more mainstages than Greenbelt, and yet, at the pit of it all, there is an image of Luficer frozen in a lake of his own tears. This talk will use poetry, story and...
Speaker(s): Pádraig Ó TuamaA poetic theology of the human
Using poetry and song that celebrate the ordinary things of our days, this event tells stories of pain, stories of hope and songs of lament and life. Pádraig Ó Tuama is the unofficial poet of...
Speaker(s): Pádraig Ó TuamaA theology of the human
Using an Ignatian approach to the Gospel, Pádraig looks at how Jesus interacted with people of difference, and considers current applications of this, with rising stereotypes regarding religious...
Speaker(s): Pádraig Ó TuamaThat difficult third novel: An exclusive preview
Jon McGregor's Even The Dogs was a difficult book to write, and isn't always an easy book to read. Hear Jon talk about the challenges of writing about darker themes, and how there is always,...
Speaker(s): Jon McGregor