Resources

Please see below for a range of resources (follow the links to access them):

Hildegard of Bingen’s Idea of Viriditas, or Greenness (The Very Revd Dr Frankie Ward)

To finish our 2021 series of Zoom seminars, Frankie Ward explored themes of hope and fear in connection with Hildegard of Bingen’s idea of Viriditas, or greenness.

Facing the Fears of Unemployment: Christian Hope for Working Life (Dr Helen Cameron)

A Talk by Dr Helen Cameron who, at this time of insecurity and rising unemployment, reflects on Christian hope for the working life and how the church can be a community of hope.

Do not be afraid of learning (Prof. Mark Chater)

A talk by Prof. Mark Chater, reflecting on Jesus as a teacher and how this might influence the priorities of parishes, schools, dioceses and the national church

In the Stillness the Dancing (Mark Cazalet)

A talk by British artist Mark Cazalet

Fear, Lament and Hope in the Face of Climate Crisis (Frances Ward)

Reflections by Frankie Ward on how, as Christians, we might remain hopeful, and encourage others to be hopeful, too, in a world that is experiencing an accelerating climate crisis

‘This metaphor is no way out’: Some Poetry of Hope, Drawing on Norman Nicholson and Others (Edmund Newey)

Thoughts on poetry of hope by Edmund Newey

Loss, Transition – and the Gospel of Lament

Notes on the gospel of lament by Karl Möller

A Fractured Nation? Brexit and a Christian Vision of the Common Good

A lecture by Anna Rowlands