Esther Swaffield – “Fixing Systems Not Just Symptoms” 25th November 2023
Watch on YouTube As we seek to live out the call of Micah to act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with God, what does it look like to meet…
Paul Foster – “Meet the Apostolic Fathers: Christianity in the first half of the Second Century” – 7th October 2023
Watch the lecture on YouTube: Download the slides During the first and second centuries a group of miscellaneous Christian leaders wrote down their understanding of the meaning of Jesus Christ’s…
Rowan Williams – “Contemplative life and urban mission.” 13th May 2023
We are delighted to welcome back the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, who delighted us with back in 2014 with his lecture on the Gospel of John. This lecture…
Eve Poole – “Capitalism and Christianity”. 21st Jan 2023
We live and function in a capitalist society, but how often do we stop to examine and question the values and assumptions underlying this approach to economics, which has…
Roy Searle – “Wisdom from the past, illumine our path for today”. 20th November 2022
How St Benedict and Celtic spirituality is inspirational for these changing world times. It couldn’t be timelier as, in the words of Bob Dylan’s song, The Times They area Changin’, and…
Lucas Mix – “How is Heaven related to Space?”, 24th September 2022
Galileo famously quipped “The intention of the Holy Ghost is to teach us how one goes to heaven – not how heaven goes.” Jesus Ascension was not the same as…
Toby Howarth – “Working with Yorkshire’s Muslim Communities”. 29th January 2022
Christians working with Muslims (and vice versa) face particular joys and challenges, not least in our global and national context in which Muslims are often spoken of negatively in the…
Mark Powley – “In Search of the Presence of God”, 20th November 2021
What is the presence of God? How do we come to know it? Is it possible to make sense of our experience in a way that honours both God and…
Stephen Cottrell – “Travelling Well”, 25th September 2021
A Theological Reflection on the Place of Pilgrimage in the Christian Life
Ian Parkinson – “For the equipping of the saints: the gift of Christian leadership”, 24th April 2021
Effectiveness in leadership is not measured so much by what any leader achieves but rather by whom they raise up and equip for service. The development and empowering of others…