7 Tips for Mindful Eating by Petra Elsmore
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A talk at St Bride’s given by Dr. Jon Jelfs 23rd March 2014
Today we are thinking about fasting as a spiritual practice. Fasting is the voluntary intentional abstaining from food and sometimes fluids for a limited period of time for spiritual purposes. Fasting has been practiced for thousands of years in the context of the world’s religions. It has been practiced by North American Indians, Chinese Daoists and Confucians, Muslims, Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists and Bahai’s. The fact that it exists in these diverse religious cultures may suggest that there is something significant in it?
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A Talk at St Bride's given on 16th March 2014 by Steven Shakespeare
I want to begin by acknowledging the passing of Tony Benn this week. He was a socialist deeply formed by his nonconformist Christian heritage. He was also a controversial figure – but then, if he had only said things everyone agreed with, he wouldn’t have been worth listening to, or seen as such a threat.
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RAINBOW SUNDAY came to the Church of England last weekend – Clergy and parishioners across the country wore rainbows to show solidarity with LGBT people in protest against the House of Bishops ‘pastoral guidance’ on same sex marriage, issued last month.
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The British Film Institute has archive footage filmed at St Bride’s of a Church Parade in 1901. Check it out here!
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The Radical Challenge of Dorothy Day
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A Reading for Christmas Day at St Bride's by Jon Jelfs
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A few stories from Hope+ Foodbank (A partnership between the Cathedrals and local Churches) meeting at St Bride's.
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There are times in history, and special people in time, that suggest to us that God has in some sense walked among us. Not that Nelson Mandela would ever make such a claim, such was his humility and his own awareness of failings.
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Peacemaking in the Theology of Rene Girard and James Allison a talk on Remembrance Sunday 2013 at St Bride's by Jon Jelfs
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At St Bride’s we have three core values at the heart of everything we do. We say that we are Progressive, Creative and Inclusive. These values drive the kind of community we seek to build. Perhaps to some these three words may sound rather woolly or indeed lofty and unachievable ideals. I’m under no illusions that we do it perfectly! However, by constantly reminding ourselves of what we consider to be important, we may grow towards achieving these ideals.
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by Kieran Bohan
The following text is a reflection I presented today during Morning Prayer at the church I attend with my partner. The church chooses a monthly theme for its services – this month’s theme was Musicals!
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Blogged by Jonathan Clatworthy.
This is the famous mobile poster in London, which the British Government (or one part of it) considers an appropriate way to discourage illegal immigration. Lord Lipsey has reported it to the Advertising Standards Authority. It is widely perceived as a political ploy rather than a realistic method for encouraging illegal immigrants to leave the country.
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The Book of Revelation has been interpreted in many ways. It is like a canvas on which we can paint our own meaning. Its fantastical images and events are capable of bearing own worst fears or our greatest hopes and dreams for the future.
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A Pilgrimage Poem by Ruth Stock
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These hands we have, these words, this voice. I never gave them the power to be tender, I never gave them the power to cause pain but I learned that my hands and the hands of others could become a source of pain and tenderness. This is a frightening realisation when you pause to reflect on it; it can be something of a burden to live with such a realisation. This power in our hands, in our voices, in our words and in our hearts; can we be trusted with such power; how should we live with such a gift; how should we live with the burden that comes with these powers that we have?
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At St Bride's, an important part of our work is the exploration of connections between the worlds of Christianity and what have been called "new age" spiritualities and practices. Rachel is a member of St Bride's and a Shiatsu Practitioner. She is currently offering monthly Saturday sessions.
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Blog post by a member of St Bride's
As the equal marriage legislation inches its way through Westminster, we are daily being exposed to rhetoric from both sides of the argument. The debate is certainly polarised ranging from the abhorrent (claiming LGBT relationships are akin to bestiality) through to the triumphalist. Comments from the peerage seem to be particularly imperious and nonsensical
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Talk on Trinity Sunday 2013 at St Bride's by Steve Shakespeare Today is Trinity Sunday. But what is dominating our news this week is the attack in Woolwich, in which the soldier Lee Rigby was killed. The implications of that event are ones we need to consider urgently, so I hope you will forgive me if we focus on that, and who knows, we may even return to the Trinity at the end!
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Talk at St Bride’s by Dr. Chris Allen
I have spent a lifetime searching for socialism. It all began when I was 13. I liked ‘alternative’ rock and punk music and, from that, my exposure to radical politics began. The ideas propounded by the bands that I was listening to fell into the categories of socialism and anarchism. They provided me with a way of understanding the world around me. It was 1983. This was Thatcher’s Britain. My father was variously in work, out of work and on strike. Why are good people treated so badly? It made no sense, until I began to listen to music.
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