When Faith Meets Fashion
Chine Mbubaegbu
Tuesday 31 Jan 2012
Lady Natasha Rufus Isaacs and Lavinia Brennan are not what I'd expected. They are friends of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and now list the likes of supermodel Kate Moss and film star Demi Moore among the clients of their ethical fashion label Beulah, which in less than two years has captured the media's attention.
Taking on Hollywood
Luke Walton
Monday 23 Jan 2012
At the start of 2010, Rob McLellan was a film studies tutor at a sixth form college in the north of England. Today he is in discussions in Hollywood about the possibility of making a feature film.
Such is the success of Bible-based film competition Enter the Pitch, brainchild of Bible Society’s Arts Development Officer Luke Walton. We asked Luke to tell us about it.
Dreamers Wanted
David Stroud
Wednesday 11 Jan 2012
I would love to hang a sign outside my church saying “Dreamers Wanted”. In churches as a rule there are lots of ‘nuts and bolts’ people, but not a lot of dreamers. Both are vital to the life of the Church.
Escalating Success
Jennie Pollock
Thursday 29 Dec 2011
When faced with seemingly-intractable problems, city chiefs need to think laterally. The problem presenting itself may not be the one which most needs to be tackled, at least not directly.
Sex and Religion: Uncomfortable Bedfellows?
Andrea Boden
Monday 19 Dec 2011
“Sex and religion are often considered uncomfortable bedfellows.” - ‘Religion, Youth & Sexuality’ Selected Key Findings from a Multi-Faith Exploration – Nottingham University.
But maybe there is more that unites than divides. As American author, Susan Sontag, observes, ‘Religion is probably, after sex, the second oldest resource which human beings have available to them for blowing their minds!’
An invitation to dinner
David Stroud
Sunday 18 Dec 2011
The ancient Athenians were committed to building a great society. They put huge amounts of thought into what that would look like, and had a word for people who didn't see its importance: that word was idiot.
We are convinced that God wants us to love the society in which He has put us, and commit ourselves to helping it reach its full potential. The Everything Conference is a key part of this, and on the evening before it, we are offering the opportunity for people who want to explore in more detail what it means to be Salt and Light in society, through the Everything Dinner on Friday, 16 March 2012.
Heart and Mind
Ruth Bancewicz
Wednesday 14 Dec 2011
Is God a delusion? Are science and Christian faith incompatible? There is a popular myth at large in both modern society and in many churches. According to this myth science and Christianity have been engaged in a long battle over the centuries. For many secularists this means that we must embrace science and reject religion, whilst for some Christians it means the exact opposite. But are science and Christian faith really in a conflict?
Test of Faith looks at the stories of ten respected scientists who share their life stories and their reflections on science and faith. Here's a summary of the chapter by Deborah B. Haarsma, the first of a number of extracts that we'll be publishing over the coming weeks and months, with kind permission of the authors and publishers.
The Gospel According to Peanuts
Jennie Pollock
Tuesday 6 Dec 2011
How do you get Bible readings on national television against the will of the schedulers? I recently stumbled across the following article by Lee Habeeb telling the story of how Charles M Schultz - creator of Charlie Brown and Snoopy - managed just that. It is reproduced here by kind permission of National Review Online.
Everything - Holbeck
Graham Clark
Wednesday 30 Nov 2011
In this video Hannah from Mosaic Church in Leeds talks about some of the things that she is doing to affect her community as well as some of the other ways that the church is serving the people there.
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