Facing our Fears- A Gospel Imperative?

Last year I was involved in facilitating an introductory peacebuilding course in a Protestant church in Belfast. We invited members from other churches to come to a meeting that did not involve worship and share their experiences in building peace. I later found out...

The Redundant Church?

The church’s services as chaplain to this democracy are no longer required. You’ve been given your P45; your severance pay is in the mail. This is roughly what Walter Brueggemann said to a Presbyterian audience in America.* It is perhaps how the church in...

In Conversation With … Mike Wardlow

On Tuesday 9 June, Mike Wardlow posed the question “Does the Christian church have anything distinctive to bring to current local education debates and institutions?” The audio from his talk has been synchronised with the slides he used that...