All the blessings of Easter time be yours this week. We hope to see you online on April 6 for our next First Saturday gathering – we’re welcoming Chris Marshall to lead us in a discussion on “Strength in Weakness”. Everyone now recognises that the Christian Church, as we have known it for centuries in the West, is floundering, if not […]

nviteInvite To Book Launch for ‘Fire and Faith’ 4.00pm music, 4.45pm launch, April 14. Raven Hotel 400 Montague Rd, West End We would like to invite you to the launch of Fire and Faith’. Based on real-life events, this historical novel tells the story of Sebastian Castellio, a brilliant theologian, whose calls for tolerance and […]

GREENBELT FESTIVAL SESSIONS, AUG24-27, KETTERING UK THE LIVING ROOMFRIDAY 10:30 COMPASSION Many of our churches deliver compassion through programmes and networks. Dave explores what it means to live in compassion and to centre our churches on connection with our neighbourhoods. He will give inspiration, share wisdom and bring encouragement to us as we think how […]

WORD OF WARNING FOR DEAR CHARISMATIC FRIENDS I have been listening to this series of podcasts on ‘Charismatic Revival Fury’ by Dr Matthew Taylor, from the Institute of Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies, Baltimore, USA. Matt examines the history of this ‘Christian Supremacist’ movement, with its origin in ‘The New Apostolic Reformation’, whose apostles advocate […]

July 11, 2022 | zechariah mickel | ethics, interviews, theology .Among political theologian and Christian ethicist William T. Cavanaugh’s myriad publications are Theopolitical Imagination: Discovering the Liturgy as a Political Act in an Age of Global Consumerism (2003), Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire (2008), and Field Hospital: The Church’s Engagement with a Wounded World (2016). He is also the series editor of Cascade’s Studies in World Catholicism […]

BEGINS MAY 13: REGISTER NOW Walk. Love. Rebuild. Even where there are deepening divisions, love is possible. Even when there is suffering, joy is possible. Even in the midst of brokenness, rebuilding is possible. A simple, singing monk from the 13th century just might be able to teach us what is still possible—for us, today.  […]

Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) Qld. 2022 Workshops Conflict is a part of daily life….but violence doesn’t have to be. AVP philosophy is grounded in the belief that there is a power for peace and good in everyone. We believe this power has the ability to transform violence. Come and join us in our workshops […]

This is a beautiful book, with a vocabulary that’s accessible and style that’s delectable. It is also a brilliant book, with exquisite insightful reflections on every page that radically reframe our traditional perspectives of the Easter story, which we thought we already knew so well. It is intentionally a subversive book, that takes the message […]

   For God and Country – How Christians are Addressing Christian Nationalism and its Role in Divisions & Polarization in the United States We hosted a webinar with our friends at Alliance for Peacebuilding on Preventing and Reducing Conflict and Instability in the U.S., and our own President, Martin Brooks, joined peacemakers Brian Zahnd, David Gushee, and Christy Vines to talk […]

Saturday, July 10, 2021 2:00 PM  4:00 PM  Pace e Bene Online Workshop Google Calendar  ICS Connecting Across Divides Movie Night III: How a Black Blues Musician Got KKK Members To Quit 2-hour Webinar on ZoomWhen: Saturday July 10, 2-4 pm PSTObjective: “How can you hate me if you don’t even know me?” With this provocative question, […]

We live in a world deeply divided, where tribalism and polarization widen the gaps between us. This division, often seen on a national scale, is every bit as present on a local one: affecting our communities, neighborhoods, and even our families. How can we begin to heal those divides and reconnect, even with those whose […]

Dear Friends, Blessings of peace to you! Wow, what an amazing lineup of speakers and programs we now have at the “Beatitudes Center for the Nonviolent Jesus.” I hope you will join us! Here are our great plans for 2021. Register at www.beatitudescenter.org. Also, please consider making a donation to help us with this new […]