Summary of Discussion The Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Centre in Jerusalem (combined since 2017 with Kairos Palestine) works for human rights, justice and equality for Palestinians (see its website https://www.sabeel-kairos.org.uk/category/about-us/about-sabeel-kairos/). After nearly twenty years’ work in Galilee, Naim Ateek came St George’s Cathedral in 1985, and when the Intifada broke out two years later, people…
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Munther Isaac
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church: Jesus under the Rubble February 18, 2024- Munther Isaac Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the straps of the yoke,to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? (Isaiah 58:6) Sisters and brothers It has been more than more than 130 days since…
January 2024 First Thursday
First Thursday- summary of the discussion Gaza and Ukraine are still top of the international news. They reminded us of the title of Bishop James Jones’ report on the Hillsborough disaster: “The Patronising Disposition of Unaccountable Power”. Here in the UK the electoral cycle is beginning to dominate everything, with politicians seemingly afraid to speak…
First Thursday November 2nd 2023
This is more of a reflection on our discussion than a summary, which would be far too long. Is it possible for Israelis and Palestinians to find a solution for how to live together? The 1948 United Nations “settlement” which set up a two-state partition of Palestine (despite warnings that this would cause continuing conflict)…
Open letter from Palestinian Christians
A Call for Repentance: An Open Letter from Palestinian Christians to Western Church Leaders and Theologians 20 October 2023 “Learn to do right; seek justice; defend the oppressed” (Isa 1:17). We, at the undersigned Palestinian Christian institutions and grassroots movements, grieve and lament the renewed cycle of violence in our land. As we were about…
PALESTINE AND ISRAEL
In the Hebrew Scriptures there are two (at least) contrasting images of what Israel could be. The first is in chapter 23 of the Book of Exodus: I will send swarms of hornets in front of you, which shall drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from before you. I will not drive them…
German Protestant Kirchentag, June 7th to 11th 2023, Nuremberg
These are the sessions we attended- a small selection of the many available in the Kirchentag (Church Congress). These Protestant meetings happen every two years, alternating with Catholic Congresses, with joint ecumenical meetings every few years. ACT OF REMEMBRANCE, Wednesday 14.00 to 15.00 at the Charterhouse Tower Ten murders were committed between September 2000 and April…
The Chapel congregation
Wymington Chapel is a member of the Wesleyan Reform Union, and has a congregation of up to a dozen people. From Easter 2021 we have been worshipping together on Sunday mornings with St Lawrence Parish Church: on the 1st and 3rd Sundays in the month at St Lawrence at 9.30 am- these are usually…
For where your Treasure is
“For where your Treasure is….”- a summary of our discussions on “What does the Bible say about Wealth?”: Read More >>