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What’s the purpose of marriage?

Is marriage a deep personal experience blessed by God or a tool used by the state? If it's about having kids, what about those that can't or don't want to? If it's about a lifelong...
Speaker(s): John Bell, Marika Rose

Without football I’d probably be dead

Four inspirational stories of how – with the right protection, rehab and opportunities – children can leave street life behind and say to the world “I am somebody” through the power of...

The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass

Adrian Plass, a bemused Anglican, lives in a small market town. He is a writer and speaker who has produced more than 30 books in the past 20 years.

The world is the poor’s and everything in it?

In South America the church has proved itself as a vehicle of liberation of the poor. In what ways could this inform the church in the current economic recession? Does this focus remove biblical...
Speaker(s): Margaret Hebblethwaite

What Women (In The Church) Want

What do women want for a church that has been run by men? How will things change as they become bishops? What would the Christian tradition look like if the patriarchs hadn't eclipsed the...
Speaker(s): Lucy Winkett, Vicky Beeching, Marika Rose, Rachel Mann

The Happy Life

Everybody wants to be happy. But what is happiness? Can we learn how to be happier? Andy Parnham and the Livability team will be presenting a session based on their new Happiness Course. They'll be...
Speaker(s): Livability

The Spirituality of the Long Distance Runner

An individual, private discipline that can also be conducted in large gatherings. A whole industry that markets products and solutions to its adherents. A religion, right? Yes: running. A...
Speaker(s): Jenny Baker

Student Academy: The Revolution will be Spiritualised

Please leave your pocketsized Jesus firmly in your tent! This SPEAK-led session looks at Jesus the Revolutionary and some of the groundshaking, radical parts of the Bible. Come to be inspired and...

Scriptural Reasoning

Have you ever considered reading the Bible with Jews, and the Qur'an with Muslims? This talk brings together Jews, Christians and Muslims to share their distinctive readings of Bible and Qur'an...
Speaker(s): Saleem Seedat

Student Academy: Creative Campaigning

Come along to explore why the Bible could be our greatest campaigning handbook, how campaigning can be more than signing a postcard or marching with a placard, and why we should follow in the...

Student Academy: Life after school

This Student Christian Movement-led session looks at the opportunities available to you once school finishes. SPEAK is a network of students and young adults who pray and campaign about issues of...

Life begins… In Death

What do each of the Abrahamic faiths say about life after death? What are the important differences? And how might those enrich and help us understand our own and other traditions better? And do...

Life Begins…when All are welcomed!

Lucy Winkett will chair a panel including John Bell, David Stephenson, Hazel Bradley and Richard Keagan-Bull to explore their own experiences of the challenge and gift of people with learning...
Speaker(s): Lucy Winkett

Radical Theology: A Critical Discussion?

The radical theology movement is one that draws on new philosophical movements and is willing to embrace positions such as the death of God. But is this any more than an intellectual trip for a few...
Speaker(s): Kester Brewin, Marika Rose, Lucy Winkett