Hope has a Name: A Lighthouse Story
Let me tell you a story. A real story, one that echoes countless tales etched into the memories of the pastors at Lighthouse—a fresh...
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Jon Swales
Jul 243 min
Cruciform Adaptation: Our Missional Posture
Climate breakdown is here: temperatures are spiking, sea levels are climbing, and extreme weather is shaking up the globe. Yet CO2...
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Jon Swales
Jul 2321 min
Creation Theology/Climate Apocalypse
An hour long talk shared at a Christians Aware Summer School. “Creation Theology/Climate Apocalypse: Faith and Love in a World of Climate...
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Jon Swales
Jul 182 min
Strange Jesus/Wild Messiah
Jesus is unusual, strange, and unsettling—a stranger, an enigma, and a mystery to both contemporary secular and religious sensibilities....
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Jon Swales
Jul 1535 min
The Crucified Community: Seven Meditations on the Cross
The urban street communities, the drinkers & drifters, the beggars & broken, the addicts & abused, are those who have and continue to be...
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Jon Swales
Jul 92 min
1.5- Dead in the Water?
Global temperatures are surging, averaging 1.64 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels over the past 12 months. This milestone...
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Jon Swales
Jul 64 min
Jeremiah, Justice and Climate Breakdown
"For if you truly amend your ways and your doings, if you truly execute justice one with another, if you do not oppress the alien, the...
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Jon Swales
Jul 51 min
Labour and the Lamb
I woke up this morning to find the Lamb still on the throne. Sure, there's a change in the UK government, but the church, the covenant...
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Jon Swales
Jun 292 min
The Times They Are A-Changing
A few thoughts about the Kingdom. In the life and work of the Messiah from Nazareth, the long-anticipated 'age to come' is breaking into...
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Jon Swales
Jun 252 min
Unrestrained Capitalist: You Beast
Savage, unrestrained capitalism is the air our civilization breathes—a profound modern myth, a beastly empire that comes to steal, kill,...
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Jon Swales
Jun 212 min
Front Stage/Back Stage
Churches have a distinct front stage and backstage. On the front stage, pastors and church leaders, akin to actors, project an image of...
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Jon Swales
Jun 131 min
Love in the Twilight: A Poem
In the twilight of a fractured world, love looks like something— plunging light into the caverns of our souls. Love whispers in forgotten...
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Jon Swales
Jun 114 min
Herem:The Killing of Non Combatants
Here is a question for you, particularly aimed at the Christian community, those who have pledged allegiance to Jesus and seek to walk in...
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Jon Swales
Jun 74 min
Open Letter to Leeds Electoral Candidates
I've put this letter together and am currently in the process of gathering signatures before sending it onto the Leeds Electoral...
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Jon Swales
Jun 42 min
Elections 2024 & Climate Emergency: A Prayer
Father of Creation, God of Compassion, We come before you in reverence, Grateful for the beauty of your creation, And mindful of our...
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Jon Swales
Jun 41 min
Free Course: The Apostle Paul & the Holy Spirit
A video teaching series on the Apostle Paul and the Holy Spirit. Based on Gordon Fee's 'Paul, The Spirit and the People of God'.
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Jon Swales
Jun 22 min
Lay Down the Sword: A Prayer
Father of Creation, God of Peace, We praise you for your son Jesus, The Lamb upon the Throne. We praise you that your son Jesus said,...
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Jon Swales
Jun 22 min
Church Decline in a Secular Age
We, that is, Western civilization, find ourselves in a secular age. The last remnants of Christendom, akin to castles on a beach, are...
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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
May 272 min
Shopfront Jesus?
For some, Jesus serves as the welcoming facade of the Christian faith. Maybe we first encountered him in Sunday school or felt his impact...
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