Entertaining Angels?
Do asylum seekers deserve dignity or destitution? How can we separate myth from reality? Some signposts on how we should respond to a contentious issue. Maeve Sherlockis Chief Executive of the...
Rhythm of the Saints
Exploring the traditional cycle of the Church year, from Advent to Lent, Easter to Ordinary Time, Maggi asks what contemporary relevance it has for emerging spirituality. Maggi Dawn is a former...
Palestine – where to?
Prospects for a workable state of Palestine have continued to diminish, and humanitarian disaster looms, seemingly because of an exercise of democracy. A perspective that reflects both Palestinian...
Climate Change Ethics: The Jo-
If industrial civilisation carries on its energy hungry path the planet will overheat by at least 6 Centigrade by 2100. Will we be like Noah's neighbours, or take the Joseph option? Michael...
In step with the rhythm?
The ‘secular' world and the greeting cards industry keep their own liturgical calendar. From Fathers' Day to Halloween, should the church's year keep pace? Fusing the ancient and the new in...
Cultivating Wisdom – Women and Authority in a Post Feminist Society
After the death of Superwoman and the demise of the ladette, comes the ‘Female Chauvenist Pig'. Do Christian women have anything to contribute to a debate that has made men and women equal by...
Speaker(s): Lucy WinkettBambalela – Never give up
Kathy is the Leader of the Iona Community, and lives in Glasgow. She is a practical theologian, campaigner, writer and story-teller and the major focus of her work has been with social justice,...
Healing & Reconciliation POWs
How healing and reconciliation can heal 50 years of hurt and bitterness, and how forgiveness frees leading to physical healing. Keiko Holmes works for Agape, a reconciliation ministry described as...
Dirty Theology
Jesus is held up as purely divine, but enraged his contemporaries with his radical attitudes to dirt. What can we learn from this dirty theology he practised, and where are the Tricksters practising...
Speaker(s): Kester BrewinSingle Women and the Church
By 2010 single women will outnumber married women in the UK. This session explores the lives of single women in society and church and asks how we might orient ourselves to this important and diverse...
God Bless Adam and Steve
The registering of civil partnerships creates a dilemma when both parties are Christians and ask for a blessing. The issue and the scriptures are here revisited. John Bell is an itinerant member of...
Speaker(s): John BellReading the Everyday
We spend most of our lives with the mundane and the ordinary, but scratch the surface and everyday life is endlessly fascinating. Explore how we may learn to appreciate it. John Davies is a Church...
Speaker(s): John DaviesDivision or Difference?
Can the Church in the developed and developing world share the same faith? John Gladwin has been Bishop of Chelmsford since 2004. He has had close links with Christian Aid and been a leading...
Too old for a Star Chart?
Worried about your appearance? Feeling confident? What does the future hold for you? An workshop for parents and their teenage kids to raise awareness about each others needs and boost confidence....
Speaker(s): Judy ReithFreedom is coming
Kathy is the Leader of the Iona Community, and lives in Glasgow. She is a practical theologian, campaigner, writer and story-teller and the major focus of her work has been with social justice,...