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.
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.
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.
The Kingdom of Heaven will be like this?
Research Associate Peter King asks whether the Kingdom of God is really like the world of the Parable of the Wise & Foolish Virgins, which is set in the RCL for Sunday November 12.
Luke 19 and Post Colonial Preaching
Drawing on different readings of the Zacchaeus story, Augustine Tanner-Ihmn invites us to consider the post-colonial context of our preaching.
How silently, how silently, the wondrous gift is given
Sermon based on Matt 2:1-16, Luke 1:46-53 and Is 9:2–6, by CSBV director Helen Paynter.
Prayer in the Ruins: Psalm 137
Research Associate Trevor Laurence wrestles with Psalm 137 and offers insight into its meaning.
The Blessing of Ishmael
CSBV Research Associate Ashley Hibbard invites us to read Genesis 16 and to consider the place of Ishmael in the Old Testament story and beyond.
Bibliolog and Bibliodrama – an approach to playing with sacred texts
In this guest post David Tatem introduces Bibliodrama and Bibliolog, two ways of engaging with biblical texts which could be used to explore texts of violence.