Stories are powerful agents of transformation and today’s theme was ‘A story rich life’. What is story? It is the telling of significant actions of characters over time (CCTV images, by contrast are not a story, but just moving pictures). Like currency, stories change hands without losing any of their value. They belong to the […]
Today’s theme ‘Snake@work’ began by looking at the idea of sin. Sin is ‘our great offering to the world’ because it is our human common denominator, crossing all boundaries of wealth and status. In the past it has been our sin to think that the poor are more sinful than the rich. The idea of […]
Yesterday we drew on the insights of social and psychological research. Today we drew on stories in exploring the day’s theme: Divine Disquiet ‘Owls story’ was humorously presented by the drama group during all age worship. Owl believes himself to be wise and learned. After refusing his friends one by one in their different needs, […]
Today we explored the church as a place of ‘hopeful possibilities’. Research shows that religion is essential to the flourishing of the human species. Mission, therefore, is not just about helping people to discover Jesus or about growing churches. It is about the viability of human life! We were introduced to studies that have concluded: […]
A swallow circled above our heads in the main conference hall. We sat with the doors open, despite the cold, in the hope that it would find its way out. Our keynote speaker, Ann Morisy, took this example of compassion, a hallmark of our species, as the launch pad for today’s theme: Pitfalls and Possibilities […]
‘Window on the World’ is a week of sharing, learning and fellowship among Christians in the family of churches that make up the CWM (Council for World Mission) European Region. This includes two of our parent denominations at St David’s Uniting Church – namely the United Reformed Church and the Presbyterian Church of Wales. As […]
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