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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
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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
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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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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...
Jon Swales
Nov 18, 20232 min read
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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...
Jon Swales
Oct 31, 20234 min read
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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...
Jon Swales
Sep 23, 20234 min read
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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,"...
Jon Swales
Sep 22, 20234 min read
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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...
Jon Swales
Sep 18, 20235 min read
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Fossil Fuel Corporations & Mythical Beasts
Human beings are myth-making creatures. These myths—deep stories, collective fictions—are reinforced through institutions and cultural...
Jon Swales
Sep 5, 20232 min read
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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...
Jon Swales
Sep 4, 20232 min read
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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...
Jon Swales
Sep 2, 20231 min read
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Collapse & the New Humanity
Industrial capitalist society, despite the virtual silence of mainstream media, is in a death spiral towards collapse. Antonio...
Jon Swales
Aug 31, 20232 min read
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Climate Justice: Discipleship- Reevaluating What we Prize (Video)
This video is part of a larger teaching series called 'Climate Justice: Following Jesus in a World of Climate Breakdown.
Jon Swales
Aug 31, 20231 min read
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Jon Swales
Aug 30, 20230 min read
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Cruciform Adaptation
A few thoughts… in love and for love. We live within the story of climate breakdown and in a previous post we explored that it is highly...
Jon Swales
Aug 26, 20234 min read
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An Open Letter to the Church: Love in a World of Climate Breakdown
Dear Brothers & Sisters Thank you for taking the time to read this post. The sobering truth is that our lives are unfolding in the...
Jon Swales
Aug 24, 20239 min read
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Rivers: A Prayer for the Climate & Ecological Emergency
Father of Creation, The first and the last, You created a world of wonder, Full of possibility and potential, You declared it to be good....
Jon Swales
Aug 24, 20232 min read
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