Photo by David Nestorov on Pexels.com It was my 14 year old daughter who asked me: "Why does church need to do something for International Women’s Day?” Objections come easily: What about men? Why should one group receive special attention? And what does it even have to do with church? Freedom and confidence Yet for… Continue reading Why your church should mark International Women’s Day – by Anna Heydon
Category: Ethics & Christian living
It’s the Economy, Stupid: social justice must mean economic justice – by Tommy Sharpe
James Carville, strategist to Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign, famously quipped “It’s the economy, stupid”. It is a phrase that captured the idea that the primary concern of electorates is always the economy and its impact on people’s personal finances. Just as electoral politics and the economy are inseparable, so too are movements for social… Continue reading It’s the Economy, Stupid: social justice must mean economic justice – by Tommy Sharpe
Praying in the poly-crisis: help to swim against a tide of despair – by Lee Marsden
Photo by TEP RO on Pexels.com We live in a world seemingly spiralling out of control facing environmental catastrophe, unparalleled greed and injustice, wars, famine, and homelessness. What good are our prayers and actions when set against the violence and injustice towards people and creation itself? It is easy to succumb to a counsel of… Continue reading Praying in the poly-crisis: help to swim against a tide of despair – by Lee Marsden
Thetford: these are the days for authentic Christian responses – by Steve Jefroy
Artwork from BCee’s album 'These Are the Days' inspired by places in Thetford that shaped Steve. This week serious disorder broke out in my hometown of Thetford. What began as protests against plans to house asylum seekers at the former RAF site in Barnham has spilled into threats and violence. Protestors have tried to force… Continue reading Thetford: these are the days for authentic Christian responses – by Steve Jefroy
Being Faithful in the Little Things – by Charis Odoki
Photo by Sedanur Kunuk on Pexels.com Recently, my family and I travelled to the Lake District for a family holiday and in between walks, swims and boat rides, we found time to visit an ‘arts and crafts’ home. If you are not familiar with the movement, essentially it was a reaction by a group of… Continue reading Being Faithful in the Little Things – by Charis Odoki
Leadership and Ego Management
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, I worked for the charity Centrepoint who, at that time, ran four different hostels for homeless young people in Soho, central London. I managed one for long-term rough sleepers with complex needs, but I was asked to switch to manage the one for young people who were newly… Continue reading Leadership and Ego Management
Moral excommunication & the progressive left – by Jon Swales
Something feels fractured in the UK right now. There is a new hardness in the air. You can feel it on the streets, hear it in conversations, see it in our politics. For immigrants, refugees, Muslims, and people of colour, it can feel like the ground is shifting beneath their feet. Phrases like “send them… Continue reading Moral excommunication & the progressive left – by Jon Swales
Inclusive fruits. Exclusive roots.
Recently, I re-published an article by Ian Paul titled The problem with the ‘inclusive’ Jesus which had originally appeared on his Psephizo website. I wanted to share it on G+T as I felt it was an article which took the Jesus of the biblical gospels seriously and grappled fairly with the inescapable tension between Jesus’… Continue reading Inclusive fruits. Exclusive roots.
The cross on the wall
For 8 years, I led a homelessness charity which was based in offices attached to a church. In these offices, there was a room that we frequently used for smaller meetings. On the end wall of this room there was a small cross. During the years I was in the job, many of the most… Continue reading The cross on the wall
Applauding idolatry: the spiritual obscenity of Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast
A guest post by Mary Geddry Trump wandered into the National Prayer Breakfast like a man who’d accidentally been scheduled for a revival service in between a rally and a grievance deposition, and proceeded to deliver what can only be described as a theological Mad Libs stitched together with ego, revenge fantasies, and intermittent references… Continue reading Applauding idolatry: the spiritual obscenity of Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast
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