Power and justice (and other things)
Author: The Meeting Place
Kairos Palestine
With the on-going talks between Israel and Palestine, it’s good to remember the “Kairos” document produced by Palestinian Christians a few years ago. “Kairos” means “opportunity”, but also “crisis” and “judgement”: Click here
Co-operative Academies and Trusts
On Thursday evening, June 28th, 2013, Richard Williams, representing the Co-op College, Manchester, led a discussion about their Academies and Trusts. Click here to see one of their brochures.
Elusive Revolutions
On April 13th 2013, Wilf Wilde led a discussion about “The Arab Spring?”. These are the notes (“work in progress”) for the talk (and much more!): Click here
Ascension today?
On May 9th (Ascension Day) we met with the day’s newspapers and prayers, and then discussed the meaning of the Ascension for us today.
Prayer, Politics and Parties
They used to say that the Church of England was “the Tory Party at prayer”, and the Free Churches the “Liberal Party at prayer”.
First Thursday, March 2013
Profit and justice- are they opposites?
Thinking about Easter
“If they kill me, I shall rise again in the Salvadoran people” said Oscar Romero.
Putting an End to Debt Crises
These are the notes for the Debate on Debt (Saturday, March 2nd, 2013) led by John Nightingale:
Forgetting God’s Justice
Chapter eight of Deuteronomy warns against the danger of forgetting God and justice when you grow rich. That has some relevance to society today.