Suffer Little Children
Describing Casa Alianza's ongoing battle to combat trafficking, abuse and sexual exploitation of children in Central America. Bruce Harris is an internationally respected children's rights advocate...
Memories Of Bliss
What turns you on? For some of us it's not just tans or tits, bums or six packs. People can get turned on by everything from Vaughn Williams to vaginas and from God to the groin. Jo Ind argues that...
How Compromise Can Seriously Improve Your Life
Every preacher tells us that when Jesus said "Give everything to the poor" he was exaggerating for effect! But has it ever bothered you that he might actually have meant it? It bothers Christian Aid...
Voices from the desert – Manic Street Preachers
Reflecting on the work of the Manic Street Preachers, this talk explores the desert in today's world and teaches us to hear the voices of these unlikely prophets who tell the truth about the human...
Voices from the desert- RS Thomas
Continuing the quest to hear the prophet's voices from the desert, in this follow up talk, Leslie Griffiths examines the poetry of RS Thomas. Leslie Griffiths was educated at Llanelli Grammar School...
The Buffy Stake Out!
Looking at blood, guts and redemption in the Buffy archives, Judith talks target audiences, target age groups and, in Buffy's case, just plain targets. What does an audience get from Buffy? is it the...
Prosectuing the Perpectrators
Detailing Casa Alianza's groundbreaking work in defending and protecting the rights of street children in Central America and explaining how you can play your part to help deliver justice for...
Fighting talk 1: Should We Have Gone to War?
How might Christians think through the issues surrounding the war in Iraq? Giles Fraser is the Vicar of Putney and lecturer in Philosophy at Wadham College, Oxford. He writes on issues on...
Speaker(s): Giles FraserFighting Talk 2: Forgiveness
Forgiveness isn't something soft and fluffy. It isn't about pretending to have nice feelings about people we hate. So what is it? Giles Fraser is the Vicar of Putney and lecturer in Philosophy at...
Speaker(s): Giles FraserWaving Not Drowning
Like a lot of people who are scared of the water or can't swim, many of us think we can't operate in threatening environments. But, even if you're not a bronze-bodied surfer, you'd be surprised at...
Those Pearly Gates
In John's vision, the Holy City famously has 'pearly gates'. Doug Gay explores the politics of going to church or not, protests that a churchless faith is reactionary and argues that for us, as for...
The Meaning of Work
Is the work we do simply a means of paying for our mortgage, holidays and pension, or does it say something about who we are and our purpose in life? And as work trends change to offer more...
Speaker(s): Fraser DyerGet up! Go ahead! Do! Move!
Conversion means action. Elias appeals to the serious commitment and involvement required of Christians wanting to be disciples of Jesus Christ. Faith and obedience are key to engaging with issues of...
Restoring Community in an Individualised World
Social capital - commitment and trust between people has halved in four generations. While the church has been focused on its own decline the social commitments which have held society together have...
No Surprises? Radiohead Revisited
Fragments of hope for a fragmented world. See the world through the eyes of Radiohead and Radiohead through one Christian's eyes.' Graham Cray is the Bishop of Maidstone and the Bishop for Mission...