One of the glories of the Christian faith is that our awareness of God’s love and forgiveness means that we can look at ourselves honestly – seeing the gifts that God has given us and knowing that when we find things that need mending, we can bring them to the God who forgives us, heals […]
Our church buildings are a glorious gift … but the whole of Creation is also a ‘church’, revealing God’s glory and presence. How can you, as a church community, come to be ‘at home’ together in creation, sharing together in its joys and sorrows and growing in a desire to care for it? Worshipping in […]
“How much time do we spend looking – really looking – at what’s in front of us? One day, the train I was on stopped for quite a while at a red signal. My window looked out on a tree – so near that you could see the ridges and whorls of its bark and […]
“First of all, every time you begin a good work, you must pray to Christ most earnestly to bring it to perfection.” Rule of St Benedict, Prologue v 4 Wherever you are in your journey of ‘ecological conversion’, prayer is at the centre. Prayer can help us hear God, appreciate God’s goodness, feel God’s prompting […]
Christians often say that our way of looking at the world should be not centred on humanity or on other creatures, but on God, with whom we and all creation are in relationship. Our current crisis shows what happens when those relationships are distorted. How can we reflect theologically on where we are – and […]
A lovely piece by the Revd Jennifer Brown, Director of Training for the College of Preachers; Tutor at Ripon College, Cuddesdon; Associate Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics; and editor of Animalwatch, the journal of the Anglican Society for the Welfare of Animals. Why I would miss the humble bumble bee – 1 […]