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No repentance, no renewal

Alan Roxburgh explores what it means to be God’s people in the uncertainty of a change of era…
15/07/2023
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A Biblical Response to Working Poverty

Daniela Augustine explores a Spirit-inspired political economy of the common good…
30/08/2022
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Rethinking ‘Bias to the Poor’

On its 40th anniversary, a reappraisal of David Sheppard’s Bias to the Poor and its influence on the English Church…
05/04/2023
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Levelling Up for the Common Good

Tim Thorlby looks at Levelling Up through a biblical perspective…
29/10/2022
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The assault on humanity

Edward Hadas examines the non-medical effects of anti-Covid-19 lockdown policies through the lens of six of the key principles of Catholic Social Teaching…
12/12/2020
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A Personal Church for the Common Good

True solutions to social problems come from within communities, not from outside institutions, but from the people themselves…
06/09/2024
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My hate-affair with economics

Edward Hadas explains why the financial system is inherently unstable and argues that the Church must speak prophetically for economic reform…
17/02/2023
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Common Good: A Better Story

Jenny Sinclair gives a short talk on why the common good is the antidote to the malaise of our age…
03/11/2024
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Justice and Reconciliation in the Margins

Meeting with Salvation Army leaders in Blackpool, Jenny Sinclair reflects on the relationship of the church with poor communities…
20/10/2024
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A Justice-Seeking Church

Drawing on Catholic social teaching, Jenny Sinclair reflects for the Methodist Church on justice, and the relationship of the church with poor communities…
01/07/2024

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