Waving Not Drowning
Like a lot of people who are scared of the water or can't swim, many of us think we can't operate in threatening environments. But, even if you're not a bronze-bodied surfer, you'd be surprised at...
Those Pearly Gates
In John's vision, the Holy City famously has 'pearly gates'. Doug Gay explores the politics of going to church or not, protests that a churchless faith is reactionary and argues that for us, as for...
The Meaning of Work
Is the work we do simply a means of paying for our mortgage, holidays and pension, or does it say something about who we are and our purpose in life? And as work trends change to offer more...
Speaker(s): Fraser DyerGet up! Go ahead! Do! Move!
Conversion means action. Elias appeals to the serious commitment and involvement required of Christians wanting to be disciples of Jesus Christ. Faith and obedience are key to engaging with issues of...
Restoring Community in an Individualised World
Social capital - commitment and trust between people has halved in four generations. While the church has been focused on its own decline the social commitments which have held society together have...
No Surprises? Radiohead Revisited
Fragments of hope for a fragmented world. See the world through the eyes of Radiohead and Radiohead through one Christian's eyes.' Graham Cray is the Bishop of Maidstone and the Bishop for Mission...
Church in the Naughties
Work, Worship and the Sabbath in a 24/7 culture. There is currently much discussion of the shape and organisation of the Church - postevangelical, alternative, emerging, liquid, virtual... What shape...
Dalits and the Bible
Who are the Dalits? What is their status? How did dalit community use Scripture to empower their struggle? Jasmine will pose answer to these questions by reflecting on her own Dalit...
The Loud Language of Need
John Bell ponders whether Christianity is primarily a crutch to support inadequate people, or whether the wholistic impact of the Gospel is lost behind our obsession with need. John Bell came to...
Speaker(s): John BellStop the World I Want to Get Off
From Chiapas to Seattle and from Seattle to Porto Alegre, it seems the WTO, IMF and the World Bank can't meet without mass demonstrations and counter-summits. But what is the 'anti-globalisation'...
Coming Alive in Cyberspace
The communications revolution has transformed the way we perceive each other. The internet in particular changes everything. Or does it? How can we generate a new ethic for the modern world? Lavinia...
A Road Map to Peace?
A Palestinian Christian response to the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. Nora Carmi is a Palestinian Christian (social activist and writer) from Sabeel Liberation Theology Centre,
O Little Town!
In 2002 the people of Bethlehem spent 8 months of the year living under curfew, confined to their homes. The town was repeatedly targeted and the Church of the Nativity was under seige for 40 days,...
Strike a Light
Lenin wrote in his Letters On Modern Atheism : 'I made a mistake. Without doubt the oppressed multitude had to be liberated. But our method only provoked further oppression - and atrocious massacres....
Speaker(s): Dave AndrewsThe Shape We’re In
"It's what's inside that counts." Is this really true? Is God concerned with bodies, or just our souls? With increasing pressure on women to achieve the 'body beautiful,' we explore historic and...