Sep 7, 2020 | Blog, Poet theologian
Our Poet Theologian in Virtual Residence, Hannah Stone, is considering three words commonly used to shape or define religious faith and community – believing, belonging and behaving. This week, Hannah focuses on the second of these words – belonging – and...
Sep 7, 2020 | Blog, Book review
We hosted the launch of Catherine Beaumont’s book on 1st September, Supporting Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Mimetic Theory Approach for the Local Church, available from Jessica Kingsley here. Rev Dr Susan Shooter, author of ‘How Survivors of Abuse...
Aug 31, 2020 | Blog, Poet theologian
Our Poet Theologian in Virtual Residence, Hannah Stone, considers how language is used in both poetry and theology and a commonly adopted trilogy of alliterative words used to help define religious community – believing, belonging and behaving. This week, Hannah...
Aug 12, 2020 | Blog, Poet theologian
Our Poet Theologian, Hannah Stone, asks “Can we keep a light burning in our hearts, a light of compassion to shine into the darker corners of the world where oppression and hardship force people to make terrible decisions about their futures? In the autumn,...
Aug 10, 2020 | Blog, Poet theologian
Our Poet Theologian, Hannah Stone, reflects on the rich topics discussed at the first ‘Meet the poet’ drop in event on zoom last week and shares her beautiful poem ‘Picking fruit on the Feast of the Transfiguration’ set to music by Matthew Oglesby,...