Pirates of the Charism
Admitting that there are strangenesses in myself, in God and in other people, how can we practically work out better ways of becoming, as one theologian put it, “the kinds of selves who live in...
Speaker(s): Kester BrewinInner and Outer
Sowing the Seed
“A man sowed seed in the ground … day and night it grew, how he did not know”. The deeper we know God, the less we know. This is the challenge and the excitement of the spiritual quest. In...
In Spirit and in Truth
Fiding the Inner Room
Jesus says to “go into your inner room, shut the door and pray... in that secret place”. He is clearly a teacher of contemplation. Meditation is a way to this inner room – more than a technique...
The 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...
One and Other
From noisy neighbours to nervous political coalitions, fears about immigration, racism, fundamentalism and international terrorism – our fear of engaging “the other” is at the heart of so many...
Speaker(s): Kester BrewinA Leader’s Growing Pains: Reflections On The Life Of Moses
Kate Coleman is associate pastor of The Regeneration Centre in Birmingham, and a former president of the Baptist Union. She was the first black woman Baptist minister in the UK, and is a popular...
Sstainability: The Bigger Picture
The forces that shape our universe also lie at the heart of understanding sustainability on our planet. Using his new book, Shadows on the Cave Wall: A New Theory of Evolution, Keith Skene sets out a...
Theology and Thermodynamics
Energy, a central concept in physics, also occupies an important place in the writings of our faith. Keith Skene asks can thermodynamics provide the missing link between the physical and the...
Starry, Starry Nights (Part Two)
Artists who dare to look sideways and speak the truth to power, whether religious, economic or political, will suffer. Reflections on Chilean artist Joel Lilartiga, St John Chrysostom and author...
The resurrection of contemporary Christianity
In the midst of a shrinking Christendom, the Spirit has been stirring a new monastic movement. A chance to hear some stories about what's happening under the radar and in the forgotten places of...
Does God want you to be rich?
The prosperity Gospel is partly right: God does want to give you your best life now. But the abundant life Jesus invites us into is far better than getting rich. Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove explores...
Congregational Monasticism
Karen Ward is the urban abbess of Church of the Apostles, Seattle, which meets in the Fremont Abbey, an arts and community abbey for the Fremont neighbourhood of Seattle. An exploration of how new...
Imagine
The imagination is sometimes regarded as a bogus gift of God. We extol it in children yet suspect it in adults. Here the case is made for it being an essential element for a lively faith and...
Speaker(s): John Bell