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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

Simple Humans

I have been thinking a lot about the words of Behrouz
Boochani in ‘No Friends But The Mountains’

asylum, Boochani, human rights, humanity, morality, politics, public debate, public discussion

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East Ham, housing, London, London housing, Newham, politics

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