We need to talk about nutters
People say that death is the last taboo. But it may be mental health. Communities, including churches, often rally round when someone is in a crisis, but what about the rest of the time? Artist Bobby...
Speaker(s): Bobby BakerDestitution for Dummies
There are 120,000 children in the immigration system. Many of these are at risk of destitution, no longer being able to feed or house themselves. Come hear from staff at The Children's Society, who...
Life Begins in Nonviolent Resistance to the Principalities and Powers of War
SAS combat veteran Ben Griffin and long-time resister Ciaron O'Reilly share their experiences of following the disarmed Christ in a time of never-ending war. They wrestle with the question of how...
Outerspace presents a Q&A with Steve Chalke
Following Steve Chalke's support for same-sex partnerships, a gentle Q&A session in the Outer Space programme to give LGBT Christians and their families an opportunity to join the conversation with...
International War Reportage: giving a voice to the voiceless and the journalists responsibility and ethic
Thanks to the work of journalists reporting from conflict zones, we know more about the reality of conflict than ever before. But what standards must journalists adhere to in order to deliver stories...
Speaker(s): BidishaWriting A Path Through Palestine
Bidisha's fourth book Beyond the Wall: Writing a Path Through Palestine documented her trip through the West Bank. In this talk she will let us in on what she saw in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nablus,...
Speaker(s): BidishaLooking for Allah at 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A Musical Journey
With a radical monotheism that sometimes confounds its sister faiths, Islam's conception of God can seem inaccessible or even, to some, devoid of humanity. Cue the band. Abdul-Rehman Malik will...
Speaker(s): Abdul-Rehman MalikUnder the radar
After 30 years of getting it right and sometimes disastrously wrong, Adrian and Bridget Plass believe that if Christian humour is not on the edge it's probably not anywhere. There's a very thin line...
Stories from people: Youth & the Criminal Justice System
Speaker(s): Akala
Silent Retreats: Finding God in All Things
The TV series The Big Silence offered people an experience of a silent retreat to get in touch with what was important to them. Ruth Holgate presents some of the key aspects of Ignatian Spirituality...
Imagine if your home was demolished
The personal story of a family's four house demolitions after they were refused permission to build on land that they own. Come and hear how Israeli authorities rarely grant permission to...
Changing the world one carnival at a time: Witnessing to God’s story through samba and Beethoven
Sometimes God's story gets lost amid glamour and show, or suffering and violence. Brazil has all of these. The world does, too. Have we lost track of the story and failed to live as God's...
Contemporary Issues in Science and Christianity
How do science and faith work together in practice? During the Test of Faith project Ruth Bancewicz spoke to nearly 20 working scientists, collecting their insights on how their faith affects what...
The Good News Is Better Than That
Everybody has a story, a narrative we tell ourselves about who we are and what we are doing here. The interesting part is when you are confronted with a different story, one that not only insists...
How Not To Read The Bible
The translators of the King James Bible made it look like a book, sound like a book, and walk like a book. Unfortunately, “a book” is exactly what the Bible is not: it is a library written in...