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...
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Jon Swales
Aug 224 min
An Urgent Open Letter to Church Leaders: Confronting Climate Breakdown with Prophetic Boldness
Dear Church Leader, I write to you with an urgent plea. The hour is late, the clock is ticking, and our world teeters on the edge. The...
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Jon Swales
Aug 203 min
The Task of the Prophet
The science is unequivocal – we find ourselves at a critical juncture in history. At this hinge of history, we need prophets who,...
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Jon Swales
Jun 22 min
A Nagging, Gnawing Feeling of Dread
I’m sitting in my garden, soaking up the sun, thinking and pondering. All seems well. But there's still that nagging, gnawing feeling of...
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Jon Swales
Apr 13 min
Echoes of Redemption
Click the picture above to access the book. Endorsements for my last book ‘Lament & Hope’. ‘We need Jon Swales at this time – pastor,...
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Jon Swales
Mar 157 min
The Eagle and the Lamb
The dual myths of unrestrained capitalism and consumerism articulate an ideological empire that tells us that this is the way things...
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Jon Swales
Feb 53 min
Ash Wednesday Liturgy for a Climate & Ecological Emergency
Almighty God, The Creator of All that is, You created us from the dust of the earth, And breathed upon us and gave us the gift of life....
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Jon Swales
Jan 232 min
Reality Matters
"Humanity faces a difficult truth: climate change is making our planet uninhabitable," - Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General. "If you...
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Jon Swales
Jan 62 min
The Wild Ride: Love in a World of Climate Breakdown
In the midst of this wild ride called climate breakdown, a sort of prelude to a societal shakeup, our once-familiar carbon-heavy world is...
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Jon Swales
Dec 5, 20234 min
Beyond Business as Usual: Enacting the Kingdom in a World of Injustice
Throughout his earthly ministry, Jesus proclaimed, performed, embraced, and enacted the Kingdom of God. He preached, ‘The Kingdom of God...
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Jon Swales
Nov 18, 20232 min
Myths and the Need for Ecological Conversion
We find ourselves entangled in a fairy tale, woven from deep-seated myths that serve as the underpinning of our political and economic...
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Jon Swales
Oct 31, 20234 min
Justice, Peace and Reconciliation: An Audio Course
(This post will be updated with more content in the coming weeks) This dynamic course aims to equip the church to engage the...
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Jon Swales
Sep 23, 20234 min
Dear Leeds Citizen
Dear Leeds Citizen, I am writing this open letter to you out of concern for the future of our city and its citizens. In one sense, this...
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Jon Swales
Sep 22, 20234 min
Collapse & Carbon Budgets
A few thoughts. This is an evolving post, a draft. "Humanity faces a difficult truth: climate change is making our planet uninhabitable,"...
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Jon Swales
Sep 18, 20235 min
Increasing Flights at Leeds Bradford Airport
My local airport is Leeds Bradford. I've used the airport several times for holidays. I love to travel, with previous trips to Thailand...
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Jon Swales
Sep 5, 20232 min
Fossil Fuel Corporations & Mythical Beasts
Human beings are myth-making creatures. These myths—deep stories, collective fictions—are reinforced through institutions and cultural...
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Jon Swales
Sep 4, 20232 min
Climate Breakdown & Exceptionalism
A few thoughts.... We are not the masters of the universe, nor even the masters of nature. Our collective behavior, from the industrial...
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Jon Swales
Sep 2, 20231 min
Do Not Run: A Poem for Missional Realism
Do not run from concrete reality, Into a world of romanticised abstractions. Take courage, The truth at times will hurt. Do not...
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Jon Swales
Aug 31, 20232 min
Collapse & the New Humanity
Industrial capitalist society, despite the virtual silence of mainstream media, is in a death spiral towards collapse. Antonio...
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