Photo by MART PRODUCTION on Pexels.com On the Friday before Christmas, I hurried from my office to our church's outreach meal. Over the past two decades, my work life has focused on ways to help people overcome homelessness. However, as my career and the issue of homelessness have become increasingly interconnected, I've naturally moved away… Continue reading Feeding the hunger for community – by Simon Dwight
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Complicity or challenge? Responding to self-limiting excuses – by Keith Hebden
Photo by Tyler Lastovich on Pexels.com In John’s gospel, there is a story of Jesus’ one-to-one conversation with a man lying by the ‘Pool of Bethesda’ which was famed for its healing powers (chapter 5). John’s Jesus asks the man starkly: “Do you want to get well?” The man replies with a series of excuses… Continue reading Complicity or challenge? Responding to self-limiting excuses – by Keith Hebden
Overcoming polarisation, avoiding disaster – by Jonathan Thomas
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com In times of explosive and frightening polarisation one can despair of finding common ground. I grew up in such a world, a teenager in the mid 1980s, at the height of the Cold War. The US and the USSR held two competing ideologies, totally incomprehensible to each other. They were… Continue reading Overcoming polarisation, avoiding disaster – by Jonathan Thomas
Coming for warmth, but staying for the welcome – by David Barclay
As temperatures drop and the nights close in, many of us may start to think about Christmas plans or cosy nights watching Strictly with the family. But for millions in the UK, the winter season comes with a creeping dread. For many, the cold and dark leaves them increasingly isolated and lonely and they contemplate… Continue reading Coming for warmth, but staying for the welcome – by David Barclay
What we can all learn from ‘The Great Escaper’ – by Jeremy Sharpe
‘The Great Escaper’, starring Michael Caine and the late Glenda Jackson, tells the true story of Bernie Jordan who ‘escapes’ from his seaside care home to attend the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings in France. Its a film that gives a fascinating insight into the lives of many older people, both positive and negative.… Continue reading What we can all learn from ‘The Great Escaper’ – by Jeremy Sharpe
My Last Message (a short talk on love) – by Dave Andrews
As a result of the death of dear friends, I have been reflecting on the fact I’m closer to the end of my life than to the beginning. This has led me to wonder, if this is the last message I have to give, what would I want to say? The longer I live, the… Continue reading My Last Message (a short talk on love) – by Dave Andrews
Is the UK really polarised on immigration? – by Jonathan Thomas
My work on immigration policy for a think tank argues for a more open approach to immigration in the UK, but also one rooted in majority public consent and acceptance. The EU Referendum reminded us of the real and important differences in people’s experiences of and worldview around immigration. Those differences are quite natural and… Continue reading Is the UK really polarised on immigration? – by Jonathan Thomas
Henri Nouwen on leadership – by Ed Walker
‘Leadership requires deep spiritual formation involving the whole person – body, mind and heart.’ In the Name of Jesus: reflections on Chistian Leadership is a great little book. As with all Henri Nouwen's writing – it is best read slowly. You need to allow its wisdom to sink deep. Many of us have read leadership… Continue reading Henri Nouwen on leadership – by Ed Walker
Leadership is for other people – by Tobias Mayer
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com ‘And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?’ Exodus 3:11 Leadership is for other people. We hear this refrain, or some version of it, perhaps aloud but more often as a… Continue reading Leadership is for other people – by Tobias Mayer
Faith to confront human trafficking – by Paula Cornell
My third night in South Asia I crawled into bed in my hotel with a heavy heart. It’s hard to describe the pervasive sense of darkness and despair I felt. Since arriving there, my coworkers and I had heard story after story of total disregard for the value of human life. Men forced to work… Continue reading Faith to confront human trafficking – by Paula Cornell
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