Church as common property: A 4-year experiment
The Borough Common was founded in 2009 on the principle that church should be common property and has found its feet as a sustainable community. Instead of a leadership team, they created lightweight...
“The Hand that Made us is Divine” – an introduction to the music of Benjamin Britten
2013 marks the centenary of the birth of composer Benjamin Britten. Although Britten had an ambivalent relationship with organised religion, he often drew on the Christian heritage for inspiration....
Being real in a virtual world
What does it mean to truly be an individual in the digital age? Do Twitter and Facebook make us more ourselves? Does social media plunge us into an existential crisis, or drown out our need for one?...
Speaker(s): Vicky BeechingA workshop introducing contemplative prayer
Sue Pickering is an Anglican priest, spiritual director and canon of Taranaki Cathedral. Her publications include three volumes of retreat resources, an introduction to spiritual direction, articles...
Here I am
Identity, attentiveness, God's selfrevelation and the wisdom of surrender will be explored here to illuminate ministry with those who are ageing. Through gentle guided reflection, you will be...
Digital Revolutions: Activism in the internet age
There has been an explosion of activism in the last few years: Occupy, the Arab Spring, UK Uncut, the Slutwalks and anticuts campaigns. The internet did not cause this activism, but it affected the...
Speaker(s): Symon HillWhile you still can – spiritual growth and ageing
An exploration of life issues that arise as we age: finding meaning and purpose; coping with transcending suffering and pain; facing multiple losses; revisiting our image of God; asking for help;...
What can Marx teach us about money
Marx's monetary theory is predicated on his general political economy. Simon Mouatt argues in this talk that his work remains the best explanation of the mechanics of capitalism and, therefore,...
Non-violent resistance
A workshop focusing on embodying creative alternatives to occupation (applicable to all those living under forms of oppression). Sami Awad is the executive director of Holy Land Trust, a Palestinian...
Speaker(s): Sami AwadWhere is the Palestinian Gandhi?
Will the nonviolence movement bring peace and justice to Palestine on its own? Or do the Palestinians need a leader like Gandhi to really bring change? Sami Awad is the executive director of Holy...
Speaker(s): Sami Awad“I’m coming home”: 40 years on and still no place to rest
Homelessness remains a major social issue 40 years after Jonny Mathis sung ‘I'm coming home'. Reflections on a series of interviews with men and women who have experienced homelessness: their...
Confessions of a road-crossing inter-faithing Jew
What happens when a liberal Jew finds himself married to an Anglican priest? What happens when a liberal Zionist falls out of love with the Zionist dream? What's lost and what's gained when...
Can you really love your enemy?
How do you bring spiritual healing to traumatised communities? Sami speaks of his experience of living behind The Wall and not losing hope. Sami Awad is the executive director of Holy Land Trust, a...
Speaker(s): Sami AwadTen Personal Decisions for the Common Good
The common good and the quality of our life together will finally be determined by the personal decisions we all make. The ‘commons' – those places where we come together as neighbours and...
Is a simple country parson sustainable?
What kind of church is sustainable in rural Britain? Everybody talks about faith in the city but what's happening to faith in the country? Is it the preserve of the elderly and nostalgic or is...