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CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 3 Consider the lilies of the field: Reading Luke’s Gospel and saving the planet
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 3 Consider the lilies of the field: Reading Luke’s Gospel and saving the planet
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Consider the lilies of the field: Reading Luke’s Gospel and saving the planet ‘Consider the lilies….’ (Luke 12.22–31); the flowers in the grounds of Tantur Ecumenical Institute, outside Jerusalem, near the Bethlehem checkpoint, are thought to be the biblical lilies. Whether they …
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 2c God’s redemptive will in the midst of calamities
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 2c God’s redemptive will in the midst of calamities
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
God’s redemptive will in the midst of calamities It is in this situation that the warning is sounded. Revelation is not astrology: it is not foretelling particular events, the catastrophes which might attend climate change. What it does do, however, is prompt us to thought…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 2b The environment and the development agenda
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 2b The environment and the development agenda
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
The environment and the development agenda So now, back to our text (Rev. 8.6 –12): Four angels, one after the other, blow their trumpets and destruction falls on the earth (v. 7), the sea (v. 8), the rivers (v. 10) and heaven/the sky (v. 12). One-third of all life is affected, b…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 4 Hope, hype and honesty reporting global change: A still point on a turning planet
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 4 Hope, hype and honesty reporting global change: A still point on a turning planet
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Hope, hype and honesty reporting global change: A still point on a turning planet My background is in geology, though I have been a science journalist for three decades. As far as religion is concerned, my position might be best summarized by the answer the late Arthur C. Clarke …
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 8d Responses to questions
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 8d Responses to questions
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Responses to questions Q: You touched briefly on over-population in the world. China has imposed a one child policy for years, without which they would be in serious trouble now. Is this something that should be considered elsewhere?…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 9 Postscript: The climate change debate continues
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 9 Postscript: The climate change debate continues
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Postscript: The climate change debate continues A few months after the end of this series of Ebor Lectures on climate change, the world gathered in Copenhagen for the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP 15 as it was known. Along with climate pressure groups, high-…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 8c Local and global initiatives
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 8c Local and global initiatives
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Local and global initiatives But like all apocalyptic visions, painting this picture, which depicts a real threat, undermines the need to create a different future. There are new technologies that can help to make that different future possible. Denmark already gets 20 per cent o…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 7c Reading the signs of the times
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 7c Reading the signs of the times
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Reading the signs of the times The spirited manner in which Northcott writes exemplifies the vocation of a public theologian as a connected critic. There is a pressing imperative to discern the signs of the times. The occasional nature of a public theology requires this capacity,…
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 8b Changing contexts
CHRISTIANITY AND THE RENEWAL OF NATURE - 8b Changing contexts
by SPCK - Sebastian C.H. Kim and Jonathan Draper
Changing contexts Now, a little bit of autobiography. I am a child of the 1960s, a baby boomer, and therefore I am part of the luckiest generation that has ever grown up in this country, and probably in any of the member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and …
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 10 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 10 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 10 Isaiah 55.10–13 Romans 8.1–11 Matthew 13.1–9, 18–23 Why is God so profligate? With the second half of today’s reading from Matthew, the emphasis switches from God’s action to our response; but the first half of the story is …
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Second Sunday of Easter Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Second Sunday of Easter Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Second Sunday of Easter John 20.19-31 Gaze on Jesus. He looks exhausted and worn out, as if he’s been on a long journey. But there is no mistake, it is certainly him. He’s appeared when he was least expected. Gaze on the disciples, nervous and jittery. What a state the discip…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - The Second Sunday Before Advent Year A
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - The Second Sunday Before Advent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Second Sunday Before Advent Zephaniah 1.7, 12–18 1 Thessalonians 5.1–11 Matthew 25.14–30 This parable gave ‘talent’ a new meaning, so common that we don’t realize how far we have domesticated a warning about more serious matters than developing one’s personal potential and sk…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 24. Sharing the load
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 24. Sharing the load
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 24. Sharing the load Matthew 11.28–29 We get so used to going it alone that it can be very difficult to switch off when we finally get some help and some time to ourselves. I’ve got a respite break at the moment (to let me write this book…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 37. Unwelcome visitors