Lasting the distance in short-term culture
Old timers used to think in terms of life commitments. In a postmodern age we may change our jobs a dozen or more times in a lifetime. Most people experience relocation of housing due to career...
Action and Contemplation – Transforming Church and World
Integrating the two 'edges' - a deep inner life and an outer life of worldly service - is the great art form of Christian life. We tend to stay in the middle, attending services and belonging to...
It’s Not About Homosexuality
The Jeffrey John controversy raises a broader question: is there an inclusive spirituality that is true to orthodox faith, committed to the church and faithful to scripture? Journey beyond the...
Speaker(s): Dave TomlinsonLove the Stones
The vast majority of shells don't have pearls in them. Most just have stones, grit and sand. But these are still part of God's complex eco-system. So, how can we learn to love the seemingly less...
Liquid Church, Liquid God
A fluid flexible and emerging church is not just another model or tactic for evangelism. Liquid Church must come from who God is and what God does. Liquid Church was born at Greenbelt but now there...
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...
Activism is the rent we pay for being on the planet
There's no doubting The Body Shop has helped put fair or community trade relationships on the mainstream agenda. And Anita is dedicated to campaigning for the human rights so often abused and ignored...
What is Masculine Spirituality
Why have most primal cultures 'initiated' their men and not their women? And why does the male soul respond differently to images, stories, grief, the Divine, intimacy, community and relationships...
The Death of Spin
Charting the rise and fall of the spin culture. George Pitcher was formerly industrial editor of The Observer, and voted National Newspaper Journalist of the Year in 1991. Since then, he has worked...
What’s that hanging out your arts?
Can you have faith and be an artist without trying to sell something? Mike addresses the relationship between our imagination and our convictions. (yes, he's had a few). Warning: may contain...
Kicking the darkness- writing as a mystic
In the beginning was darkness, chaos, the void,; nothing a good cup of coffee couldn't fix, then. Mike contemplates the dark art of creative writing, explaining why therapy might be more expensive...
Your Wisdom and Your Knowledge Led You Astray (the Humiliation of Babylon)
Babylon, with her superior knowledge and sophisticated technology has been ruthless towards all nations. She has decived herself into believing she is all-powerful. But Babylon will be...
They Sell The Righteous for Silver and the Nerdy for a Pair Sandals
God is scandalised at the callousness of the wealthy, the rulers and the religious leaders in the Kingdom of the North. They exploit the poor. If we do not stop the same behaviour, our actions will...
Helping without hurting
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The Green Eyed Church
* why Christians should be concerned about environmental issues * how we can act to green our church's life and mission * stories from churches * information and resources David Pickering studied...