Pilgrims and priests
Stefan Paas suggests the “why” of Christian mission is a far more pressing and important question than most people realise.
Editorial: Church: Inside Out?
James Butler pushes us to reconsider our understanding of church and suggest that the church, and certainly the work of the Holy Spirit, goes beyond our carefully drawn lines and our own expectations.
Book reviews
Books reviewed include Paul Cudby’s The Shaken Path and Shaw and Burrows’ Traditional Ritual as Christian Worship.
Space to breathe
Nicky Redsell outlines how spirituality can be engaged in a workplace context to encourage greater team collaboration and improve mental and physical health.
The role of myth and imagination
Matt Arnold draws on Tolkien, Lewis, Jesus and Paul as he helpfully brings together the need for imagination and myth in apologetics for a world captivated by story.
Forest Church
Paul Cudby is reframing Christian community with The Arden Forest Church to model a new style of leadership and recognise people’s spiritual connection to nature.
Being among people as ourselves
Emma Moreton reflects on decades of life spent bridging the gulf between “religious” and “spiritual” and one astonishing event at Stonehenge.
Perspectives from Glastonbury
Diana Greenfield, ordained pioneer in Glastonbury, shares stories from her role as ordained pioneer in Glastonbury including people’s interest in “Christ consciousness”.
Engaging in mission with the “spiritual not religious”
Ian Mobsby on the importance of the experiential for the SNR, which he roots in Trinitarian and Incarnational theology, and shares his experience of spirituality dialogue groups.
Trapped between the spiritual and the religious
Pastor Phil Wyman from Salem, Massachusetts, highlights the tension that exists between the old sensibilities and new ways of thinking and being.
