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Poetry as a dream of peace

The Corrymeela Community tells a story of a woman who came to its house for refuge. In her luggage she brought a small hatchet. She was ready to believe they were people of peace, but just in case,...
Speaker(s): Pádraig Ó Tuama

All Families Are Psychotic

Perennial Greenbelt favourite Dr Andrew Tate leads literature lovers on a journey into the homes of famous families from fiction who are dysfunctional, oppressive and downright nightmarish. Tate's...
Speaker(s): Andrew Tate

Children’s & family lineup for GB17

Greenbelt is an inter-generational festival like no other. It's not just that we have lots of children and families onsite. We do. It's that as well as their parents and carers, often their...

Exclusivity & hope: a view from Bethlehem

This blog is a long read. You might want to grab a cuppa. It's written by Greenbelt's Creative Director, Paul Northup. I'm writing it from the little town of Bethlehem; the place where, as a...

Why aren’t there any women speakers?

is it just us, or does everyone struggle to find women contributors? Does it matter? What's stopping the wider participation of a more diverse range of people in church? How can we make sure there is...
Speaker(s): Jenny Baker

Strike a Light

Lenin wrote in his Letters On Modern Atheism : 'I made a mistake. Without doubt the oppressed multitude had to be liberated. But our method only provoked further oppression - and atrocious massacres....
Speaker(s): Dave Andrews

Alternative Worship – grit in the church’s shell

Alternative Worship has carved out an innovative and creative space in and on the margins of the church in the UK over the last decade, reimagining the possibilites for worship and church. But what...
Speaker(s): Jenny Baker

The New Dark Ages

Lately I have been having a recurring nightmare - that the world is moving slowly but surely into a New Dark Age. In my dreams I see a landscape shrouded in darkness. And as I look more closely I can...
Speaker(s): Dave Andrews

Brother Suns and Sister Moons

We will consider Servants to Asia's Urban Poor as a model of how we can become Brother Suns and Sister Moons engaging the New Dark Age. Servants is a network of mission communities committed to...
Speaker(s): Dave Andrews

The Complex Christ: Signs of Emergence in the Urban Church

Speaker(s): Kester Brewin

All Beacause of You – I am

All because of you I am A look at U2's ‘Vertigo' Tour, the Ubuntu theology of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and the prophetic impact that they can have on our individualist western culture. Steve...

Happy Families?

Happy families? Who gets on with who (and who doesn't) in your family? What can we do to get along better? A dynamic workshop for parents and their young people (11–18) aimed at boosting your...
Speaker(s): Judy Reith