Eight Pictures of Marriage

Apr 2, 2015 | Blog, christian, discussion

Exploring distinctively Christian understandings of marriage Professor Adrian Thatcher explored Christian understandings of marriage drawn from the Bible, tradition and contemporary theology at the study day ‘Making Sense of Sex and Marriage’. He outlined eight models...

Hospitality and Sanctuary

Mar 30, 2015 | Blog, christian

Hospitality and Sanctuary: Redemptive gift in the suffering of the stranger By Inderjit Bhogal Last year, 51 million people were forcibly displaced globally. Over the next 20-30 years we will see huge movements of people as a result of environmental degradation,...

What Happens When we Die?

Mar 26, 2015 | Blog, christian

By David Rhodes   Hannah was about nine and the small green caterpillar was a lot younger. They shared a bedroom for several months before they finally parted company. It was a brief but important relationship that has not entirely ended. Like many children, Hannah...

MERCY, JUSTICE AND WELFARE REFORM

Mar 24, 2015 | Blog, Event

MERCY, JUSTICE AND WELFARE REFORM By Stroma McDermott On 5th March Oxford Place Methodist Centre hosted a multi-agency workshop on Welfare Reform. The presenters offered a powerful combination of statistics on the impact of Welfare Reform, the experience of testifiers...