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Month: April 2019

Should Christians support ‘free market’ capitalism?

The financial crash of 2008 hit as I began secondary school, and I grew up under the policies of austerity … More

capitalism, climate change, climate justice, creation theology, economic justice, environment, environmental theology, exploitation, externalities, extractivism, market failure, markets, neoliberalism, Pareto optimality, speculation

Easter – Can we rejoice?

Roll back the stone.

death, easter, gospels, life, reflection, resurrection

Holy Week – Suffering God

At the centre of Christian faith is the memory of suffering. This is Holy Week, when Christians recall the last … More

divine solidarity, holy week, king of the jews, kingship, messiah, pain, reflection, suffering, violence

How bad is Climate Change?

I remember doing my GCSEs and writing pat answers about the greenhouse effect. Little did I know that in my … More

carbon dioxide, climate breakdown, climate change, extraction, global justice, global warming, ipcc report, IPPR, justice

Thinking about Home

I have been thinking about Home ever since I got asked in the Praxis One course to complete the sentence … More

home, life, psalm 23, shelter, the story of someone who, walk

Lent Reflections

I stand outside the barred church doors/ hammering with my fists/ while around me/ the world dies.

bonhoeffer, brokenness, change, confession, conflict, courage, evil, gideon heugh, Lent, poverty, reflection, reflections, wake up

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