Join A New Donation-Based Online Class – Theology for Troublemakers! The injustices we face are immense—but they are not unique. What theological and ethical tools and ideas can we take from previous generations to confront our social ills today? For over four decades, Dr. Gary Dorrien has been one of the foremost scholars of liberal theology, social ethics, and […]

Dear friends, Blessings of Christ’s peace!      This morning, I finally finished reading Moby Dick after several years. I was spurred on to finish it recently after my conversation with Cornel West on “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast,” which I hope you will check out if you have not heard it. When I asked him about the […]

5000 CHURCHES COME TOGETHER TO RESIST TRUMP REGIME When I was last in the US I spoke at a post-evangelical church in Minneapolis Minnesota called Solomon’s Porch. The pastor I met there was a man named Doug Pagitt who is leading a faith based civic resistance movement called Vote Common Good. Check it out on […]

What if everything you’ve been taught about God’s justice is incomplete—or worse, backwards?What if the biblical vision of divine justice is far more radical, compassionate, and transformative than traditional Christianity has dared to imagine? These are the revolutionary questions that Pete Enns and John Dominic Crossan will explore in our upcoming four-week online class, The God of Justice, offering participants a chance […]

Alternatives to Violence Project Qld (AVPQ) – Upcoming WorkshopsAs we see unfolding events in the world around us, developing skills to help transform conflict andcreate peaceful pathways in our own lives takes on renewed importance and relevance.If you are new to AVPQ or an old hand that is interested in having a refresh, we have […]

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.  […]