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Climate Justice: Following Jesus in a World of Climate Breakdown (Teaching Videos)
The science is clear. We are living in a warming world due to fossil fuel emissions. The world’s most vulnerable are already suffering...
Jon Swales
Sep 23, 20241 min read


The Butterfly of the Soul
Words carry weight. Scripture has always known this. Proverbs tells us that “death and life are in the power of the tongue.” James compares the tongue to the rudder of a ship and to a tiny spark capable of setting an entire forest ablaze. Paul urges the Church, “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” John goes even further. He begins his Gospel by
Jon Swales
54 minutes ago5 min read


Nicene #13 Blackstone
Blackstone: Behind the Tune Nicene Creed Series #13 Blackstone Prison was built when people thought stone could keep sin in its place. The walls still stand, black with rain and soot, but what comes through the gates now is rarely wickedness alone. Trauma. Addiction. Voices no one else can hear. Boys who learnt violence before they learnt to shave. Fathers who never had one of their own. Steve has worked here for twenty-three years. He knows which doors stick in damp weather,
Jon Swales
Jul 203 min read


#12 York
York: Foundation Nicene Creed Series #12 “We believe in the Holy Spirit, who proceeds from the Father and the Son.” —- As a boarder at St Peter’s School, every weekday began in chapel. Boys in blazers murmured Morning Prayer, the Psalms, the Lord’s Prayer, the Apostles’ Creed. David Mercer stood among them, learning where to stand, when to kneel, when to answer. The words came first. Meaning arrived later. Years passed. University followed, then Anne, then Hannah, and two ye
Jon Swales
Jul 203 min read
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