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The One Where the World Burns
The One Where the World Burns On the 22nd of September, 1994, six friends walked into a New York coffee shop and into global cultural...
Jon Swales
May 191 min read


Cruciform Adaptation: A Call to the Church in a Time of Unraveling
For those with eyes to see and ears to hear, climate and ecological breakdown are no longer distant threats. They are here. Right now....
Jon Swales
Mar 153 min read


Bats or Newts? A Lament
“Bats or great crested newts?” “Neither, because I want growth, ” - Rachel Reeves, Times Interview, Quick Fire Questions ‘Bats or Great...
Jon Swales
Jan 281 min read


Enacting the Kingdom in World of Collapse
The incarnation—the advent and arrival of the God-Man, Jesus—unfolded in a time of escalating turmoil, as the Jewish nation hurtled...
Jon Swales
Jan 53 min read


Climate Breakdown & Cruciform Adaptation: A New Video Teaching Series
'Climate Breakdown and Cruciform Adaptation' is a hard-hitting, prophetic follow-on course to 'Climate Justice: Following Jesus in a World
Jon Swales
Jan 33 min read


Advent Three: A Meditation and Prayer for a World in Crisis
As we find ourselves within the sacred season of Advent, we are drawn into a holy space—a space of quiet reflection, deep longing, and...
Jon Swales
Dec 14, 20245 min read


Advent One: A Reflection for a World in Crisis
Advent is a season that speaks to the heart of our broken world. It is a time of holy tension, where lament and hope intertwine. The...
Jon Swales
Nov 30, 20243 min read


Climate Breakdown & the Banality of Evil
A great evil is sweeping across the land. I know this sounds apocalyptic, even excessive, but how else can we describe a system that...
Jon Swales
Nov 25, 20242 min read


Isaiah’s Prophetic Challenge: Wealth, Injustice, and the Kingdom of God
“ God calls for order in the court, hauls the leaders of his people into the dock: “You’ve played havoc with this country.Your houses are...
Jon Swales
Nov 8, 20245 min read


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


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...
Jon Swales
Aug 22, 20244 min read


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,...
Jon Swales
Aug 20, 20243 min read


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...
Jon Swales
Jun 2, 20242 min read


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,...
Jon Swales
Apr 1, 20243 min read


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...
Jon Swales
Mar 15, 20247 min read


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....
Jon Swales
Feb 5, 20243 min read


Jon Swales
Feb 5, 20240 min read


Reality Matters
"Humanity faces a difficult truth: climate change is making our planet uninhabitable," - Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General. "If you...
Jon Swales
Jan 23, 20242 min read


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...
Jon Swales
Jan 6, 20242 min read


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...
Jon Swales
Dec 5, 20234 min read
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