Why does the Left have all the best jokes?
Britain is not short of comedians, many of whom talk about ethics and politics. But almost all of these comedians are on the Left. James Cary, a comedy writer who is not a Leftie, thinks about why...
Speaker(s): James CaryFrom Investment Banker to Activist
Why would a former diplomat and investment banker give up his cosy existence to lead a Christian development charity and campaign for justice in the Middle East? Jeremy Moodey explains what motivated...
Speaker(s): Jeremy MoodeyCinematic States and the Stories We Tell
Join film critic Gareth Higgins on a journey through the American Dreamlife as explored in his new book Cinematic States. What are critics for, how do the stories we tell interact with our own...
Speaker(s): Gareth HigginsWhat Kind of Church is Emerging (And what is happening to the one we had)?
Graham Cray's role as leader of Fresh Expressions has given him a national and international view of some of the developments in the emerging church. What has changed? What should not change? Is a...
God is in the house
God is around the table, in the conversation, holding a glass of red. These conversations happen globally and there are so many that it's becoming a movement and it has a name – Mesa (Portugese...
Speaker(s): Fuzz KittoHow to make your church dementia friendly
A look at how dementia affects sufferers and other members of the family, and an exploration of the numerous practical ways in which churches can offer them hospitality and friendship. Trevor Adams...
Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?
According to Eric Kaufmann, religion is proving more robust than many predicted. Religious women bear more children than secular women and the most fertile regions of the world happen to be the most...
Unapologising
Traditional apologetics assumes that the people you're talking to know, more or less, what the thing they don't believe in is. But that's not a safe assumption in modern Britain. So how do you...
Speaker(s): Francis Spufford“The power of forgiveness for true reconciliation” A New Generation building peace and reconciliation in Burundi
Dieudonné forgave the people who killed his father during the Burundi genocide, some of whom were his neighbours. This has been embodied in a pioneering organisation he founded called New...
Opening our eyes; bridging divides
In a world shaped by divisions and binaries, it is little wonder that conflict and violence abounds. Exploring the relationships between the personal, political and communal, Laura Zahra McDonald...
Faith Based Criminal Justice Interventions
An insight into the development and delivery of faithbased criminal justice interventions, aimed at educators, practitioners, and other related professionals. Martin Glynn is a criminologist with...
My Journey Towards Life In All Its Fullness So Far
Dave Andrews shares his own personal journey of seeking to live life “in all its fullness”; learning to share life with others in the Dilaram community in Afghanistan; and learning to live life...
Speaker(s): Dave AndrewsA Conversation About Community And Mission
Dave Andrews will discuss what forms of community are more helpful for mission; weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of neomonasticism as a model for community mission; and wonder out loud about...
Speaker(s): Dave AndrewsFaith without works is dead. From genocide to a New Generation: A life-story.
Dieudonné Nahimana found himself living on the streets of Bujumbutra after his father was murdered during the genocide in Burundi. He noticed there that street children were the first group in...
My Magical Mystical Way Of Engaging My World
An approach to engaging a wide world of diverse groups of people, using some of Dave Andrews' amazing stories of the kinds of transformation that can occur in the chaos, mess and minutiae of...
Speaker(s): Dave Andrews