The great African scandal
Together with Christian Aid, Robert Beckford recently traveled to Ghana in West Africa, where, two centuries ago, his ancestors were seized and taken as slaves to Jamaica. There, he discovered the...
Life’s ordinary magic: encountering God in the reality of our lives
How can we connect with ourselves, each other and God through the small miracles of everyday life, the issues and events that shape our world? Rosemary Lain-Priestley asks how, by our attentiveness...
What Do I Do With My Doubts
If you've never questioned the existence of God, visited a pediatric oncology ward, watched news of a famine or tsunami on TV, or wondered about the integrity of some passages in the Old Testament,...
Does Prayer Make Any Difference
Do my prayers make any difference? Why pray about something if God already knows? Do my prayers change God or do they change me? How can I make prayer more satisfying? In a multimedia format...
The Secret of the Universe
The world is good. The world is fallen. The world will be redeemed. Those three sentences summarize the Christian doctrines of Creation, Fall, Redemption. But how do they apply in a world that...
Getting On With Elephants
How A Rocha India is using chilli, tobacco and old rope to address human/elephant conflict in Southern India. Elephants are lovely things aren't they? Strong, peaceful and serene, they are the...
Was Jesus a jazz musician?
What if the whole Kingdom thing is a paradox of deep discipline and holy improvisation, of risking prayer and playfulness? What if being in flow is about attentiveness to minute particulars while...
Slavery is biblical
We know that slavery is wrong, yet sincere believing Christians once defended it on Biblical grounds. Today's Christians also argue over issues like the Middle East or trade justice, defending...
Searching for Meaning – How Should you Read the Bible
Alas, no formula exists for reading the Bible ‘right', but there are things we can do to make sure we understand it ‘better' and avoid some classic pitfalls. Attempting that is exhilarating,...
Speaker(s): Paula GooderChanging something so that everything remains the same
The church is awash with expressions of faith that appear to challenge church life. But what if these ‘new forms' are actually ensuring that nothing really changes? Peter explores the possibility...
Beyond the spectacular: exploring the miracle of Christianity
Can the present, future, and even the past be altered by supernatural intervention? Such debates find a happy home in undergraduate philosophy class, but the Christian idea of the miraculous is...
All about gangs
Why they form, understanding the dynamics, how can we work with them, what the everyday human can do about the noisy group in their street. A film-full, feelings-full, participative workshop....
Looking for New England?
England's 16th century reforming pioneers either left to found an England somewhere else, or stayed to reclaim their 4th century roots. Now Englishness seems a controversial concept, most likely...
Speaker(s): Lucy WinkettNon Violent Resistance In Occupied Palestine
Violent resistance by Palestinians is always headline news. But this illustrated presentation tells another story: of brave and resilient non-violent resistance in the Hebron area of the West...
Treating Islam Fairly
Opinion polls show that the majority of the world's Muslims hold entirely ‘moderate' views in relation to violence, democracy and women's rights, yet hostile media bias means the religion is...