Daniel or Judah Maccabeas?
The Old Testament carries an embarrassing plethora of violence, but this session examines some texts that point to the way of nonviolence. Director of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology...
Whose Jerusalem
Jerusalem is the most complex issue in the Israel/Palestine conflict: does it belong exclusively to one religion or nation? Is there any guidance from the Scriptures? Director of the Sabeel...
Rediscover Bedtime Prayer
This session explores the joy of teaching children prayer at home, and suggests practical ways in which we can make the experience meaningful. Jane Bartlett is a journalist writing widely in the...
Why Bother with Aid?
Does aid to poor countries make any difference? Doesn't it just line the pockets of corrupt officials? What's the government spending our money on? Doesn't aid make developing countries dependent? Is...
Will we ever make poverty hist
2005 saw the Commission for Africa Report, Make Poverty History, Live 8 and the G8 at Gleneagles – so what did it achieve? Whose job is it to make poverty history anyway and what can one person do...
Just a Marketing Bandwagon?
Fair Trade: just a marketing bandwagon? As Fair Trade Products enter the Mainstream Market will the big companies really be true to the idea and play fair with the producers... or is it just a...
Faith in the City
A panel of social activists and politicians discuss what works and what doesn't at the local level and how your church can make a lasting contribution in the community. For people seeking inspiration...
Nonviolence for the violent
From Jesus and Gandhi and King, we who are violent learn how to check our own violent tendencies and blaze the trail to a new, more humane society. Walter Wink is Professor Emeritus of Biblical...
Speaker(s): Alastair McIntoshStep out into Freedom
Freedom is one of the core values for our world today, but what does it mean to be free? Timothy Radcliffe uses the story of the raising of Lazarus to explore the nature of Christian...
Voices from the street
Tom and Sikhumbuzo share stories from the streets and tell how, inspired by Steve Biko's black consciousness movement, South African street children are creating a new future for themselves and those...
33rd Greenbelt Communion
One night in Egypt, an apprehensive people gathered to eat a hasty meal of lamb, bitter herbs and unleavened bread. With their coats on and their posessions bundled on their backs, they waited for...
Visions of Hope….
Hosted by Chris Rose with Tom Hewitt, Sikhumbuzo Makhubela, Jasmine Devadason, Roberto Martinez, Garth Hewitt, with Jeff Halper on video. Street children in South Africa, Dalits in Southern India,...
Jesus Slaves
For every slave freed 200 years ago, five more are captive today. That's not including slaves to poverty or drugs. Or shopping. What does 21st century slavery look like? Panel discussion with...
What is the point of being a –
What might belief mean for us today, and how can the lives of Christians be marked by a happiness and freedom, courage and truthfulness? Timothy Radcliffe was until recently Master of The Dominican...
Blend and Blur
Why at Greenbelt is it more likely that you'll be more encouraged to rip up trade laws than to be taught how to put together an Alpha Group? Is Social Justice more important than evangelism? Is...