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 BrewinGod 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,...
Recycle your Church : green –
Worship in wellies? Prayers for the planet? Composting churchyard clippings? Come and consider how to be environmental and ethical in worship, work and witness. Taking home the 'green' in...
An Emasculated Jesus in a Defeminsed Church
An attempt to liberate Jesus from being a passive imp and the church from being masons in mufti. John Bell is an itinerant member of the Iona Community who has written a few songs, authored a few...
Speaker(s): John BellWhatever Happend to Heaven
Since Yuri Gagarin circled the earth and failed to see God on a cloud, the venue and significance of heaven has taken a nosedive. Here it is relocated. John Bell is an itinerant member of the Iona...
Speaker(s): John BellGod’s Politics
Religious fundamentalists scare us with their interpretation of faith and politics, while secular ones are scared of faith having any impact. One doesn't speak for us, while the other wants us to...
A Moral Response to Terrorism – An Alternative to George Bush’s Crusade
So do you think terrorism is a real threat, but don't like George Bush's moral crusade? Is there an alternative and better way? Yes! Jim is an author, activist and international commentator on...
From Mission Hall to Mosque –
In 1977, Ibrahim Hewitt played to the Queen in her Silver Jubilee. In 2002, he was a guest at her Golden Jubilee in acknowledgement of his work as a leading British Muslim. So how did a...