John Bell – “The Imagination as a Key to Unlocking Scripture” – September 2026
The Imagination is sometimes regarded as being an unreliable or mischievous faculty, more of a danger to faith than an aid. But given that it is commonly employed by the…
Janet Williams – “Julian of Norwich and the Last Judgement” – March 2026
To a church apparently obsessed with sin, death and ‘Doom’ the fourteenth-century visionary Julian of Norwich proposed that there is no anger in God towards us, that God finds in…
Isabelle Hamley – “Happy are those: happiness, wellbeing and the life of faith in the Psalms” – January 2026
Happiness is big business in the world out there: it motivates consumerism, advertising, political choices, and shapes communities; lack of happiness is often associated with mental health struggles. Yet the…
Guy Donegen-Cross – “Discipleship: So What?” November 2025
Discipleship: So What? Why do we even use this word? I have no idea what it really means.” Every denomination says making disciples is the main priority. But discipleship can…
David Ford – “St. John’s Gospel: A Lifetime’s Study” September 2025
Download Lecture handout After spending over twenty years on ‘The Gospel of John. A Theological Commentary‘ (2021) and then a few more years on a follow-up ‘Lent Plus’ book,…
Nicola Slee – “Abba Amma: Improvisations on the Lord’s Prayer” March 2025
The Lord’s Prayer is a prayer text and practice that unites Christians worldwide and puts us in touch with Jesus and Christians throughout the ages. People of other faiths and…
Arun Arora – “Five Helps for the New Year: the Pastoral theology of Archbishop Michael Ramsey” January 2025
A link can be provided to Bishop Arun’s talk for those were at the lecture. He has requested we don’t make the talk publicly available. The following are the 5…
Alan Garrow – “The Didache Discoveries” November 2024
In 1873 Archbishop Philotheos Bryennios discovered the only surviving copy of a text called ‘The Didache’ or ‘The Teaching of the Lord, by the Twelve Apostles, to the Gentiles’. This…
David Moffitt – “Looking through the Kaleidoscope” September 2024
Looking through the Kaleidoscope: Hebrews’ Use of Old Testament Narratives in the Light of Jesus’ Ascension and Awaited Return Hebrews’ engagement with the Old Testament is among the most exciting…
Mark Oakley – “‘The curse of literalism’: poetic spirituality and the language of Christians” March 2024
Mark Oakley addresses the questions, ‘How should Christians use language? How should they express their belief and what language is needed for self-scrutiny? He will then argue that poetry is…