As we prepare to remember the Passion Story, David Tombs invites us to consider the stripping of Jesus as a form of sexual violence at the hands of his captors.
Pop Music and Pain: Uncovering Sacred Meaning from Secular Soundbites
In the season of Lent, Ivor Moody explores the theological usefulness of pop music for themes such as suffering, remembrance, and atonement.
Hidden in Plain Sight
Research Associate Peter King introduces a new study guide for churches which invites us to reflect on the many ways in which violence manifests itself in our world.
The Best Family You’ve Never Heard Of
Ashley Hibbard invites us to consider some examples of quiet faithfulness in Kings and Jeremiah.
‘Let anyone among you…’: Sin, Violence, and Grace in John 8
In a sermon on John 8, Will Moore explores how Jesus disrupts notions of sin by writing in the sand in the middle of a crossfire of blame and judgement. Instead, as always, Jesus finds another way – by inviting grace.
Kill a Rapper: How violence is used by Christian UK rap in the presentation of identity
James Broad considers how violence is used in UK Christian rap in the presentation of a Christian identity.
The Violent Among Us
Judith Rossall invites us to consider the link between shame and violence. She will be writing a further post for us later in the year relating the ideas shared in this post to a specific biblical text.
This is the Word of the Lord?
Harvey Gillman reflects on reading Zephaniah in violent times.
The Nativity Story that Leaves You Punched
As we prepare our Christmas talks and sermons, Ashley Hibbard reminds us of the dark side of the Nativity story.
A little child shall lead them
In anticipation of Christmas, Graham Adams imagines what it might look like to put God the Child at the centre of our music and worship in the face of the world’s violence.