an agenda for change
Do we only perceive change when things spiral out of control? A look at Barack Obama's story and what we may learn for our next general election. Bev Thomas is a freelance consultant and lecturer...
A vision of the Kingdom
What does the Kingdom look like? Exploring diversity, unity & equality through Revelation 7. Bev Thomas is a freelance consultant and lecturer on social justice and ‘race' issues. She was...
Christianity’s supreme vocation
Christianity's supreme vocation: economic transformation and the protection of creation We face a triple crunch: financial crisis, peak oil and climate change. Defending it against over-consumption...
Speaker(s): Ann PettiforHatching A Plot
What makes a good campaign action? Crazy ideas and mediaworthy stunts are a great way to grab people's attention. But how do you get the message across? Hear what effective actions experts have...
Living lightly in a fragile world
Our attempts at ‘living lightly' on this precious planet often turn into legalism or guilty justifications. Some of us even wonder what the point of it all is. Join the discussion on living...
Burma: Where is the change coming from?
The people of Burma live in a brutal military regime with no proper education or health care. Is there a light at the end of the tunnel? What can we in the UK do to end their suffering? Zaw Lu Aung...
Communion
Songs, Signs and Stories from the Land long called Holy. On Sundays at Greenbelt we have a tradition: the main Festival programme has a lie-down for an hour and everyone is invited to meet together...
Hero of Art Resistance
Troubled times: time to re-envision our faith
We may have invested much in worshipping Jesus, but how much in truly following him? We need a church that coaches us in the ways in which Christ lived his life rather than one that invests so much...
What are intersex conditions & what does the church say?
How can local congregations be welcoming and respectful of people with variant sex and gender? Susannah Cornwall writes and teaches on issues of queer and feminist theology, sexuality and disability.
Rooted in the living word
From Chaucer, Malory and Shakespeare, to Jane Austen and the First World War over half the great literary works produced are rooted in the Christian tradition. Suzanne examines how these living words...
WWJD
Could climate change create the moment when we unite in the spirit of community? Or will it be our suicide pact? In a world under threat we are challenged to ask WWJD? Described in the media as...
Our global search for spirituality
Our planet is marked by deep spiritual crisis, yet there are signs that we are experiencing a spiritual renaissance. Ursula explores the many meanings of spirituality, with a vision of hope and...
Toxic childhood
Has the commercialisation of childhood won? To advertisers children are anything from small, absorbent consumercapitalists, to fulcrums of parent pester-power, and receptacles of prematurely adult...
GB90-106 The thoughtful ‘Charismatic’
Real encounter with the divine bringing freedom and joy or weird and controlling cult of infantilising theology? Time to rethink the ‘charismatic movement' says Simon Hall, who knows it from the...