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Summary of response to the Climate Change Bill 2021
"The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it." Genesis 2:15 As Christians we believe that there is a clear biblical mandate to care for creation. God has given human beings a unique responsibility to act in a way that looks after and looks out for His…
Danielle McElhinney
Remember When in lockdown...
This special #RememberWhen session is designed to help you and your small group process what we’ve been through during the coronavirus pandemic. It’s an opportunity to share some of your experiences from lockdown, what you learnt about yourself and your faith, and begin to recognise moments of…
Remember When in lockdown
This special #RememberWhen session is designed to help you and your small group process what you’ve been through during the coronavirus pandemic. It’s an opportunity to share some of your experiences from lockdown, what you learnt about yourself and your faith, and begin to recognise moments of…
Climate change: Gospel motivation for a global issue
The report (available on the IPCC website here) is said to be the most robust to date, presenting the thoroughly researched argument that climate change is already impacting the whole world. The University of Oxford's Dr Friederike Otto, one of the many authors of the report, says: "Climate change…
Jo Evans
Students, go and be the light!
One of the most memorable conversations I had about Jesus at university was with one of my second-year housemates. She was going through a time in her life where she was struggling with a lot of anxiety, and she asked me, “why are you not scared of death?” This question gave me a chance to share my…
Suzanna Ling
Yorkshire puddings for breakfast: the importance of preparing our youth for university
Sunday, September 20th, 2015. With a car full of absolutely ridiculous items (seriously, why did I take a rolling pin to university?), my parents and I set off for Norwich to begin the next chapter of my life. I was 18 years old, straight out of school, and had signed up for three years at the…
Sam Brown
A prayer for Afghanistan
Attention in the UK has in recent weeks been focused on granting asylum to those, such as interpreters, who worked with British forces and whose lives are likely to be at risk from the Taliban regime. Following the exit of US forces earlier in the summer, the advance of the Taliban against the…
Are you a mental health friendly church?
The state of the nation’s mental health doesn’t make for easy reading. Rates of depression have doubled since the beginning of the pandemic, one in six children between the ages of five and 16 are thought to have a mental illness, and suicide rates have been rising since 2018. Such stark and…
Rachael Newham
Motivating Mission
Starting to share your faith is a little like learning how to run regularly. The ‘Couch to 5k’ training programme has helped thousands of people get moving. The Church of England’s new resource Everyday Witness is based on the ‘Couch to 5K’ model, which we think is a great analogy for sharing faith…
Biblical unity, with diversity at its heart
I believe there are three theological ideas that can help us appreciate the kind of unity God spoke about the Bible. The first starts with creation. One crucial aspect of creation theology is what the biblical accounts of creation tell us about what it means to be human. Creation theology furnishes…
Rev Dr Israel Oluwole Olofinjana
Being Human interview with Karen Swallow Prior
In an age characterised by information overload and difference of belief, it can be challenging to learn how to engage well in discourses swirling round in our headlines, Twitter feeds and churches. As followers of Jesus, our engagement can start with learning how to read well and listen…
See what we can do
I admired the strength of his faith, but would I really be able to see in heaven? I spent the remainder of my dinner break pondering his assertion. It’s not something I’d ever thought about before, and I can’t say I was especially comfortable with the concept. My identity as a blind person is as…
Matthew Horspool
Our unity saves souls
There was one mission that was particularly special. We began the week by looking at John 17 with the team. We read the prayer of Jesus right before He was arrested: “I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the…
Gavin Calver
A million testimonies written in stone
I caught up with founder Richard Gamble for the latest on the Christian monument, which, at 169ft tall, is set to be loud and proud about the goodness of God. The Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer has been grabbing headlines for months. For those who are not in the know, what is it? RG: It’s a…
Naomi Osinnowo
Being Human interview with David Bennett
In a culture that idolises desire but lacks real intimacy, can we tell a better story? And is this possible when some mainstream theology has perpetuated unhelpful conceptions of desire? Originally from Sydney, Australia, David Bennett is an author, communicator and scholar currently completing a…
