The Imperative of Displacement
‘So Abraham left as the Lord had told him.’ Gen 12:4 When Abraham left his land, either to complete his…
Category: Theology (page 10)
Unfinished Journeys
Who really got the call to go to Canaan? The story begins in Genesis 11:27 with the account of Terah.…
The Shadow Stories of Abraham
I’ve been re-reading the story of Abraham in recent days and been struck by the amount of the story that…
In the Shadow of Empire
Ched Myers has written a review of a new book ‘In the Shadow of Empire: reclaiming the bible as a…
New Creation Growing in the Inner City
It was with delighted surprise that I stepped out of the office at lunchtime today, into the crisp autumn sunshine,…
Things to do at the End of the World
Here are the full texts of the addresses given at the 2009 Methodist Conference last week. They seemed to go…
The Banks & a New Civil Rights Struggle
Peter Laarman from Progessive Christians Uniting has written a challenging piece called ‘I Owe, Therefore I Am: why struggling against…
What I wanted to say…
What I wanted to say, but couldn’t find the words at the time, was God’s great plan was the creation…
Heed the Prophets
When in doubt as to the proper ends of political and social reform, heed the prophets. The poor must be…
AKTivism from the Kitchen Table
Congratulations to all the AKT team on the success of last night’s event in the Black Box. I was inspired…