Seek the welfare of the city, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare, you will find your welfare - Jeremiah 29.7
I had a profound recognition of how our faith calls us to build relationships.
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"The local church. The neighbourhood. The ordinary rhythms of life. These aren’t beneath us. They’re holy ground. They’re where the real magic happens."
@OBEhizele explores why his calling is 'on the ground' in this article he wrote for us.
You can read it 👇…
Important thread from @danny__kruger
"Now, splendidly, everything had become clear. The enemy at last was plain in view, huge and hateful, all disguise cast off. It was the Modern Age in arms."
After this week I feel like Evelyn Waugh at the time of the Nazi-Soviet Pact in 1939. The politics of 'progress' has…
Jenny Sinclair will be giving this years Micah Lecture at Liverpool Cathedral.
Her lecture will explore how Christian values can inspire collaboration and justice in public life, especially in times of societal change.
Tonight at 7pm. Watch it here 👇
http://www.youtube.com/live/v39bVJbJ2U4
Who today is our Lazarus at the gates?
This story by Michael Merrick addresses the estrangement between the Church and working class communities, calling the Church to an examination of conscience.
https://t4cg.substack.com/p/who-today-is-our-lazarus-at-the-gates
We are working with a number of primary schools to create a Common Good Schools programme for primary schools.
In the first week pupils are learning about the common good and how a school rooted in its community can be a force for the common good.
We are recruiting schools for…
With infectious curiosity @suzania guides us to ask questions about what it means to be human and proposes we respond, in the growing shadow of AI, by making and doing rather than consuming.
At the heart of her spiritual imagination is the creativity of God’s relational life,…
With infectious curiosity Susannah Black Roberts guides us to ask questions about what it means to be human and proposes we respond, in the growing shadow of AI, by making and doing rather than consuming.
At the heart of her spiritual imagination is the creativity of God’s…
Who today is our Lazarus at the gates?
This story by @michael_merrick addresses the estrangement between the Church and working class communities, calling the Church to an examination of conscience.
https://t4cg.substack.com/p/who-today-is-our-lazarus-at-the-gates
Communion- our newsletter for the Pentecost season is out now
It includes:
✅ Am I a consumer, or a neighbour? by Jo Stow
✅ Who today is our Lazarus at the gates? by @michael_merrick
✅ Local doesn't mean small by @OBEhizele
✅ Our calling for the common good by Jenny Sinclair…
