Being in Community – 1
Being in community: the dynamics of interaction Organic interaction processes are often puzzling. Over two sessions these will be explored, testing out what they mean for us in the context of...
Being in Community – 2
Being in community: the dynamics of interaction Organic interaction processes are often puzzling. Over two sessions these will be explored, testing out what they mean for us in the context of...
Worship Panel
Worship as we know it has been shaped by the market. Whatever it is - an event, CD or a song book - it is 'produced' and sold. If we have it on our shelves or use it in our Church then we are...
The Battle For God
Fundamentalism. Picking her way through faiths' extremes to see if common sense and common ground can be found. Having failed to find God in there, Karen Armstrong fled a convent to study literature...
Son of David/Suffering Servant
How can a Palestinian theology of liberation help us rediscover the way of Christ? Director of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem, Naim Ateek is a Palestinian Christian,...
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...
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 McIntoshWhy 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...
Step 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...