Steve Jefroy DJing last week at Fabric Steve Jefroy has spent more than 20 years in both Christian leadership and drum & bass. What began with DJing to connect with young people in rural Norfolk grew into an international career as producer and DJ BCee. He runs independent label Spearhead Records, promotes club events, and… Continue reading Fabric + St Paul’s: a problem to fix, or a tension to manage? – by Steve Jefroy
Category: Social commentary
Some truth, little grace: ‘Suicidal Empathy’ by Gad Saad [review]
Review: Suicidal Empathy: Dying to be Kind by Gad Saad (HarperCollins, 2026) I am drawn to books which explore the complexities in how we help others: Toxic Charity, When Helping Hurts, The Kindness that Kills, Beware of Pity. So after just hearing the title, I ordered Suicidal Empathy without knowing much about it. The first… Continue reading Some truth, little grace: ‘Suicidal Empathy’ by Gad Saad [review]
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
Beyond deconstruction: why I choose to reconstruct my faith – by Tobias Mayer
Photo by Su00e9rgio Souza on Pexels.com In recent decades, 'deconstruction' has become the standard term for dismantling one's inherited religious beliefs—a stripping away of layers to find what is 'real'. But what, really, does it have to do with faith at all? Where is Jesus in the deconstruction narrative? Too often, it looks like a… Continue reading Beyond deconstruction: why I choose to reconstruct my faith – by Tobias Mayer
Christmas is not cancelled: the Streatham Common crib controversy
The Nativity crib on Streatham Common, south London At every Christmas since 1956, a nativity scene has been on display in my local community, in Streatham Common, south London. The crib was the idea of Albert Steiert and John Taylor, both members of a local catholic church, who were concerned that the true meaning of Christmas… Continue reading Christmas is not cancelled: the Streatham Common crib controversy
Responding to Tommy Robinson’s Christmas rally – by Al Barrett
Revd Dr Al Barrett is Vicar of Hodge Hill Church, Birmingham. He has contributed to a new resource: Joy for All: Supporting churches to respond to the co-option of Christmas by the far right The sharp end People in my parish find themselves on the sharp end of national politics. Our area has been economically… Continue reading Responding to Tommy Robinson’s Christmas rally – by Al Barrett
Moral Revolution: Rutger Bregman’s ‘must-listen’ Reith lectures
Rutger Bregman is a Dutch historian who is giving the BBC Reith Lectures this year. I listened to the first lecture of the series, A Time of Monsters this weekend, and I was deeply struck by Bregman's moral force, conviction and clarity. I would encourage all G+T readers to listen to the full 30 minute… Continue reading Moral Revolution: Rutger Bregman’s ‘must-listen’ Reith lectures
Resisting BS & telling a Better Story
Taken from talk given at Streatham Baptist Church 23/11/25. Full text here: A Better Story: grace & truth or watch below. 15 years ago I was driving in south London and as I stopped at traffic lights, my son, who was 5 at the time, said: ‘Dad, what’s a marital affair?’ I wondered what he… Continue reading Resisting BS & telling a Better Story
Don’t judge a book by its cover Mr Jenrick – by Joe Aldred
Robert Jenrick MP and current Shadow Justice Secretary, Photo: Flickr I was born in Jamaica, a former Spanish then British slave colony. My father migrated to this country as a young man to find work to support his family and I joined him when I was in my mid-teens. I am a descendant of enslaved… Continue reading Don’t judge a book by its cover Mr Jenrick – by Joe Aldred
Facing the tragic cost of homelessness
Today is World Homeless Day and this week it was announced that 1611 people died homeless in the last year in the UK. It is a tragic statistic which exposes the raw human cost of homelessness. A reality that shames our society. Crisis Behind every statistic is a story of a son, daughter, brother, sister,… Continue reading Facing the tragic cost of homelessness
Grace + Truth 