A week may be a long time in politics, but the Church of England usually moves at a statelier pace. Not so in recent days.
These posts are by guest authors for Fulcrum
Mission
Team Harrow
James Mercer reflects on the benefits of working together across theological boundaries
Gamesmaker
The last few weeks have seen several remarkable phenomena. Newspapers have picked up upon the unprecedented sporting success of Team GB, the efficiency of the Olympic operation and the sheer niceness of the competitors (as opposed to those nasty pantomime villains, the Premier League footballers).
Andy’s a writer and broadcaster and works for the Centre for Theology and Community in London’s East End.
The Value of Christian Summer Camps
Some think them outdated, but Stephen Kuhrt defends this cultural phenomenon.
Stephen Kuhrt is Vicar of Christ Church, New Malden.
Ash Wednesday Declaration
Operation Noah Ash Wednesday Declaration Climate change and the purposes of God: a call to the Church The likelihood of runaway global warming, which will diminish food security, accelerate the extinction of huge numbers of species and make human life itself impossible in some parts of the world, raises questions that go to the heart … Continue Reading
Henry Martyn: Missionary Scholar for our Age? by Graham Kings
Henry Martyn: Missionary Scholar for our Age? by Dr Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne Cambridge Theological Federation and Henry Martyn Centre Lecture Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge Wednesday 29 February 2012 Introduction: Portraits Thank you very much for the invitation to give this lecture today. It is a joy to be back in Cambridge. … Continue Reading
Lent is a Time to Keep a Journal of Your Spiritual Travels
Lent is a Time to Keep a Journal of Your Spiritual Travels republished, with permission, from The Times, Credo Column, 25 February 2012 by Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne At the beginning of Lent, why not explore putting yourself onto paper before God? Beginning a spiritual journal is breathtakingly brave, but worth the plunge. You … Continue Reading
On the ‘Ash Wednesday Declaration’
On the ‘Ash Wednesday Declaration’ first published in Church Times www.churchtimes.co.uk For some people mention of ‘climate change’ produces a shrug, or a yawn. Either it seems too trivial or too irrelevant to my life, or it is too big to handle – what difference can I make? Is it not presumptuous in any case … Continue Reading
Trust is Risky
Trust is Risky by James Mercer Eddie was absolutely down on his luck, sleeping rough on the unaccommodating suburban streets of Harrow. A bizarre place for Eddie to be – a shepherd by trade, from Northern Ireland. Out of place; alone; without hope – rendered jobless and penniless, first by foot and mouth disease and … Continue Reading
In the Beginning was the Word
In the Beginning was the Word In the beginning was the Word. God spoke his Word through Abraham and Moses, Deborah and Hannah, Samuel and David, Isaiah, Zechariah. It is written. It is written. And the Word became flesh. God spoke his Word through Mary and Elizabeth, Simeon and Anna, Peter and Paul, Matthew and … Continue Reading