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Reflections on a year in London

This week I received news which means I am likely to be moving up north to Sheffield from September. This … More

a rocha, bonhoeffer, courage, Dorothy Day, failure, honesty, hope, mess, reflection, stephen timms

The month of June

nothing is wasted in nature or in love.

birthday, Christian Aid, laura gilpin, life, poem, poetry

Broken Unbelief

Some quick scribblings from a recent experience. Dedicated to Rachel Held Evans who showed me the beauty of broken unbelief. … More

belief, brokenness, church, Faith, unbelief

Global Apartheid and the era of climate breakdown

Warning: currently only in draft form, suggested revisions welcome. Not long ago, I read an article which suggested target-setting for … More

climate breakdown, climate change, climate justice, global apartheid, global justice, global poor, global warming, justice, poverty

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

Blood of Our Children

On Saturday I was part of another Extinction Rebellion action called ‘Blood of Our Children’. Outside Downing Street, we dressed … More

cca, christian climate action, climate breakdown, climate change, extinction rebellion, justice, protest, xr

Re-crucifying Christ

Cone writes about the crucifixion as a first-century lynching, and about how black people facing the state-endorsed terrorism of lynching identified with Jesus; they, “found in the cross the spiritual power to resist the violence they so often suffered” (p22).

black theology, creation, crucifixion, death, environmental theology, grief, James Cone, justice, lynching, non-violent direct action, resistance, The Cross and the Lynching Tree

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