Communion
With Rev. Becca Stevens, Thistle Farms and the Sisters of Magdalene, Mpho Tutu, Marcus and Levi Hummons Travelling light means we travel together, bearing one another's burdens and joys, and...
Speaker(s): Psalm Drummers, Becca Stevens, Thistle Farms (and the Sisters of Magdalene), Mpho Tutu, Marcus Hummon, Levi Hummon, Matt BeckinghamTravelling Light: The Isenheim Altarpiece And Its Influences On Contemporary Art
Focusing on Grünewald's masterpiece, Tina considers the artist's vision as a form of travelling light, a beam of inspiration which travels through time and continues to shine a strange light on...
Speaker(s): Tina BeattieWhy Can’t My Dog Take Communion?
After studying environmental ethics, Ruth wrote her debut novel, Enemy of the Earth. Exploring the surprising parallels between environmental activism and Christianity, it mines her faith journeys...
Speaker(s): Ruth RuderhamEnhancing the future…?
Gods Behaving Badly
From Britney and Brangelina to Tiger Woods and Michael Jackson, western society is obsessed with the idols and gods of the red carpet. Can our fixation on and devotion to celebrity culture itself be...
Warnings and Wisdom
Kicking the darkness- writing as a mystic
In the beginning was darkness, chaos, the void,; nothing a good cup of coffee couldn't fix, then. Mike contemplates the dark art of creative writing, explaining why therapy might be more expensive...
HighCrossesHarrowingCrucifixes
The cross of Christ has been painted, sculpted and hewn over the years into a symbol of both suffering and glory. An illustrated exploration of its portrayal and our response. David Thomson is...
33rd Greenbelt Communion
One night in Egypt, an apprehensive people gathered to eat a hasty meal of lamb, bitter herbs and unleavened bread. With their coats on and their posessions bundled on their backs, they waited for...
Seeger, Springsteen, & hymns in rock & protest
Bruce Springsteen revived the civil rights songs of Pete Seeger, many of which happened to be old Baptist hymns. Stocki explores the significance. Steve Stockman is a bestselling author, songwriter,...
The Wounds Of Gaza
Surgeon Swee Ang returned to Gaza in early 2009, and was overwhelmed with the devastation she experienced. Her article on what she found there – The Wounds Of Gaza – proved hugely controversial....
All Consuming
It is difficult to find lives that are balanced in a world of consumerism. But together we can start to fix the problem if we discover a more compelling version of the good life than the one we are...
Coming Out – Staying In Church
‘The gay issue' has become the hot potato du jour in the church, and for some is a litmus test for separating the heretics from the sound. The people who are personally affected are often left...
The new atheists: the twilight of reason and the war on religion
There is a new breed of atheist about and, led by the fearsome Dawkins, and flanked by Hitchens and Harris, they are on a zealous crusade to free us from our dark-age delusions about religion, and...
Speaker(s): Tina BeattieThe 9 Beats Collective: Heatherlyn
Originally from the East Coast of Maine, Heatherlyn made her home in the Midwest USA (Minneapolis, Minnesota) and regularly contributes music in communities seeking to be peace and compassion in the...