For better or for worse – but for how long?
This will be a chance to talk honestly and practically at how we can work at the relationships we find ourselves in or the ones we hope to have and how do we cope when it is going wrong. This is not...
Being Radical
Following Jesus means being radical, living in ways that challenge accepted norms about money, status, power, war. Sometimes it calls us to be subversive, always to consider creative alternatives....
The Curse of Faith
This is a health warning: belief in God can make you lose your job, your heart, your marbles, and your life. Come to hear (and share) home truths about the secret world of the believer, the things...
Speaker(s): Cole MoretonGeorge Harrison – Living in a material world
Steve Stockman takes a break from writing his follow up to Walk On;The Spiritual Journey of U2, to share his research...A look at The Beatle we lost this year, assessing his place in the band and the...
Kisses of life
Conversion stories from around the festival and the world. What do we mean by this year's theme, KISS OF LIFE? How does God 'kiss' breathe new life into our souls? Is conversion a once-in-a-lifetime...
The naked vicars wife, the art of cooking up fiction
Assemble ingredients gradually over weeks and months. Brew slowly in the imagination. Season with dialogue, characters, humour to taste. Add spice. When ready, allow Editor to taste. Serve up to...
The growing edge
Many people today feel that they are "one the edge" or even "over the edge" of institutional religion. This can be a lonely, and a risky place to be. But it can also be a "growing edge" of the...
The triumph of the human spirit over brutality – 15 years on Robin Island with nelson Mandela
15 years on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela - the story of South African activist Eddie Daniels. Eddie Daniels was born into a poor, loving, loyal family in a township in Cape Town, S.Africa in...
The importance of story in a soundbite culture
With the current overwhelming availability of information, and the demand for that information to be both instant and image-based, our culture is losing the ability to share and value our stories....
Speaker(s): Jon McGregorMustard Seed vs McWorld… one world ready or not!
Overnight we have become a part of a new one world economic that works well for the wealthy but nearly as well for those at the margins. In this seminar we will describe new challenges from the...
Beneath the cassock
Joy talks about her new book that reveals the 'Real life Vicar of Dibley'. In writing it, she has tried to demystify the often complex and inaccessible world of the church and its clergy. Come and...
10 More Things They Never Told Me About Jesus
It's 10 years since John Bell discovered the 1st ten. Since then he has been reading the Gospel a verse a day, and discovering some surprising things about Jesus. John Bell is a Church of Scotland...
Speaker(s): John BellKiss & Tell
Christians who have written about "mysticism" have struggled to work out how to speak about intimacy with God. This session will look at what "intimacy" means in this context, and at some of the...
God’s Passion for People
A vision of God's passion for human beings and an exploration of it's implications for twentyfirst Century Christians. Fran has been Chief Executive of the Shaftesbury Society since 1995. She is...
Medieval mystical spirituality and the 21st century church
Exploring the relevance that medieval writers such as Julian of Norwich and medieval texts such as The Cloud of Unknowing have for the modern church. What can they teach us about the nature of God...