Resources
Please see below for a range of resources (follow the links to access them):
The Revd David Runcorn, ‘The language of tears’
Through church history and across many cultures today, tears have been received as a sign of God’s presence, a gift of prayer and guiding for life’s pathways and choices. David Runcorn helped us to reflect on how we might recover this relationship amidst the particular stresses and uncertainties of our times.
Anderson Jeremiah, ‘Justice and Reconciliation’
In the October session of our series of Zoom seminars, entitled ‘A Time to Heal: Reconciling in a Broken World’, The Revd Canon Dr Anderson Jeremiah talked about justice and reconciliation, asking, among other things, whether the latter is possible without the former.
Canon Sarah Snyder, ‘Reconciliation: The Work of Rose Castle’
In the fourth session of our series of Zoom seminars, entitled ‘A Time to Heal: Reconciling in a Broken World’, Canon Sarah Snyder talked about reconciliation and the work of the Rose Castle Foundation.
Lord Boateng, ‘The Late Desmond Tutu and the Importance of Ubuntu to the Challenges in Today’s World of Increasing Tensions’
In the third session of our series of Zoom seminars, entitled ‘A Time to Heal: Reconciling in a Broken World’, Lord Boateng talked about the significance of Desmund Tutu and the notion of ubuntu for dealing with the challenges in today’s world.
The Revd Dr Naim Ateek, ‘Reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians’
In the second session of our series of Zoom seminars, entitled ‘A Time to Heal: Reconciling in a Broken World’, Naim Ateek talked about his passion for reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.
The Revd Canon Dr Flora Winfield, ‘Re-imagining difference: Living better together in testing times’
In the first session of our new series of Zoom seminars, entitled ‘A Time to Heal: Reconciling in a Broken World’, Flora Winfield talked about how we might re-imagine difference and live better together in our current, testing times.
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
Archive
A range of papers presented to the Cumbria Theological Society
Engaging Theology in Cumbria 