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Saturday, 10 July 2021

Windows on the world (335)


Collier Row, 2019

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Cowboy Junkies - I've Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You.

Friday, 9 July 2021

Living God's Future Now - w/c 11 July 2021

'Living God’s Future Now’ is our mini online festival of theology, ideas and practice.

We’ve developed this in response to the pandemic and our changing world. The church is changing too, and - as we improvise and experiment - we can learn and support each other.

This is 'Living God’s Future Now’ - talks, workshops and discussion - hosted by HeartEdge. Created to equip, encourage and energise churches - from leaders to volunteers and enquirers - at the heart and on the edge.

The focal event in ‘Living God’s Future Now’ is a monthly conversation where Sam Wells explores what it means to improvise on God’s kingdom with a leading theologian or practitioner.

The online programme includes:
  • Regular weekly workshops: Biblical Studies (Mondays fortnightly), Sermon Preparation (Tuesdays) and Community of Practitioners (Wednesdays)
  • One-off workshops on topics relevant to lockdown such as ‘Growing online communities’ and ‘Grief, Loss & Remembering’
  • Monthly HeartEdge dialogue featuring Sam Wells in conversation with a noted theologian or practitioner
Find earlier Living God’s Future Now sessions at https://www.facebook.com/pg/theHeartEdge/videos/?ref=page_internal.

Regular – Weekly or Fortnightly

Tuesdays: Sermon Preparation Workshop, 16:30 (GMT), livestreamed at https://www.facebook.com/theHeartEdge/. Please note there will be no Sermon Preparation workshop on Tuesday 6 April.

Wednesdays: Community of Practitioners workshop, 16:30 (GMT), Zoom meeting. Email jonathan.evens@smitf.org to register.

Fortnightly on Mondays: Biblical Studies class, 19:30-21:00 (GMT), Zoom meeting. Register in advance: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrcOmgrTgsHt2ceY7LepLhQYqQxS1G1ix9 2021 dates - Gospels & Acts.
  • 12 Jul: Lecture 13 Parables and The Kingdom of God
  • 26 Jul: Lecture 14 Parables and The Kingdom of God

Monday-Friday

Mission Support School – HeartEdge and St Augustine’s College of Theology
Zoom
Monday 12 July- Friday 16 July
Register here.
If you have enjoyed the HeartEdge programming this last year and want to get a hands-on feel for how it works out in practice this summer school is for you. There will be mix of teaching and conversation with leading scholars and practitioners including Dupe Adefala, James Butler, Andrea Campanale, Revd Heather Cracknell, Professor Maggi Dawn, Revd Jonathan Evens, Rev Richard Frazer, Shannon Hopkins, Revd James Hughesdon, Zaza Lima, The Ven. Rosemarie Mallett, Professor Anthony Reddie, Dr Cathy Ross, Rachel Summers, Revd Dr Sam Wells, and Revd Erica Wooff, among others. There will also be a number of examples from American International Church, Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, Forest Church, Notre Dame de France, Sacred Space Kingston, St Barnabas Ealing, St John’s Waterloo, St Martin-in-the-Fields, St Paul’s Marylebone, and The Table Southall, among others.

Monday

Biblical Studies class Zoom
Monday 12 July
Register here.
Lecture for all levels, with handouts and plenary session at the end. Lecture 13: Parables and The Kingdom of God.

Tuesday

Sermon Prep Sally Hitchiner and Sam Wells
Livestream
Tuesday 13 July, 16:30 (GMT)
Live streamed on the HeartEdge Facebook page here.
Discussion of preaching and the lectionary readings for the coming Sunday with Sam Wells and Sally Hitchiner.

Wednesday

Church-Related Community Work - Tactics, Ideas and Approaches
Zoom
Wednesday 14 July, 15:30-17:00 (GMT)
Register here
What is church related community work, how is it vital for your church in a post-pandemic world - and how do you deepen your community work? For HeartEdge, church related community work is an essential part of Christian living - it's what we do! And church related community work is even more significant in a post-pandemic world. How do we deepen your community work? What are the skills and tactics - the approaches that deepen church in community? And what makes it so essential? Join a collective of experienced church-related community workers, for stories, ideas, tactics and encouragement.

Community of Practitioners
Zoom
Wednesday 14 July, 16:00 (GMT)
Email Jonathan Evens at jonathan.evens@smitf.org to take part.
This is open to all, including ordinands and lay leaders. Church leaders join in community, share and reflect together on their recent experiences in the form of wonderings with one of the HeartEdge team and book discussions.

Don't miss ...

New (G)race podcast with Azariah France-Williams, Winnie Varghese plus singer, songwriter, activist Samantha Lindo on faith, climate emergency & activism.

Singer and activist Sam Lindo joins Azariah and Winnie to talk God, race, and finding home. "I spent my whole school trying to minimise my difference..." This episode Sam talks connecting faith to activism, getting arrested and ending up in court. "I was asked to move, and I didn’t… I got to proclaim that truth… Speaking to power literally was the path my faith had led me on… " Stories and inspiration - including tips on cheeky, playful, non-violent resistance... and a song!

Listen at https://anchor.fm/heartedge/episodes/6-Speaking-truth-to-power-was-the-path-my-faith-led-me-on-Sam-Lindo-e144a5tx.




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The Weather Station - Precious Angel.

Thursday, 8 July 2021

New (G)race podcast

 


New (G)race podcast with Azariah France-Williams, Winnie Varghese plus singer, songwriter, activist Samantha Lindo on faith, climate emergency & activism.

Singer and activist Sam Lindo joins Azariah and Winnie to talk God, race, and finding home. "I spent my whole school trying to minimise my difference..." This episode Sam talks connecting faith to activism, getting arrested and ending up in court. "I was asked to move, and I didn’t… I got to proclaim that truth… Speaking to power literally was the path my faith had led me on… " Stories and inspiration - including tips on cheeky, playful, non-violent resistance... and a song!

Listen at https://anchor.fm/heartedge/episodes/6-Speaking-truth-to-power-was-the-path-my-faith-led-me-on-Sam-Lindo-e144a5tx.

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Samantha Lindo - Underside.

'Art in Worship' and 'The Secret Chord'

Art in Worship is a lecture I have recorded which explores approaches to and understanding of the relationship between art and faith. The lecture highlights different facets to this relationship from the fourth century to the present demonstrating ways in which the intimate linkage which exists between the visual arts and Christianity was forged and sustained. Within this story, I explore the sacramental nature of art in worship over the years.

'The Secret Chord', my co-authored book with Peter Banks, is now available from the online shop at St Martin-in-the-Fields. The book asks is there really a 'Secret Chord' that would both please the Lord and nearly everybody else as described in Leonard Cohen's popular song 'Hallelujah'? The book is an accessible exploration of artistic dilemmas from a range of different perspectives which seeks to draw the reader into a place of appreciation for what makes a moment in a 'performance' timeless and special.

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John Rutter - Five Meditations for orchestra, arranged from sacred choral works.

Sunday, 4 July 2021

Living God's Future Now - w/c 4 July 2021

'Living God’s Future Now’ is our mini online festival of theology, ideas and practice.

We’ve developed this in response to the pandemic and our changing world. The church is changing too, and - as we improvise and experiment - we can learn and support each other.

This is 'Living God’s Future Now’ - talks, workshops and discussion - hosted by HeartEdge. Created to equip, encourage and energise churches - from leaders to volunteers and enquirers - at the heart and on the edge.

The focal event in ‘Living God’s Future Now’ is a monthly conversation where Sam Wells explores what it means to improvise on God’s kingdom with a leading theologian or practitioner.

The online programme includes:

Regular weekly workshops: Biblical Studies (Mondays fortnightly), Sermon Preparation (Tuesdays) and Community of Practitioners (Wednesdays)
One-off workshops on topics relevant to lockdown such as ‘Growing online communities’ and ‘Grief, Loss & Remembering’
Monthly HeartEdge dialogue featuring Sam Wells in conversation with a noted theologian or practitionerFind earlier Living God’s Future Now sessions at https://www.facebook.com/pg/theHeartEdge/videos/?ref=page_internal.

Regular – Weekly or Fortnightly

Tuesdays: Sermon Preparation Workshop, 16:30 (GMT), livestreamed at https://www.facebook.com/theHeartEdge/. Please note there will be no Sermon Preparation workshop on Tuesday 6 April.

Wednesdays: Community of Practitioners workshop, 16:30 (GMT), Zoom meeting. Email jonathan.evens@smitf.org to register.

Fortnightly on Mondays: Biblical Studies class, 19:30-21:00 (GMT), Zoom meeting. Register in advance: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrcOmgrTgsHt2ceY7LepLhQYqQxS1G1ix9 2021 dates - Gospels & Acts.

12 Jul: Lecture 13 Parables and The Kingdom of God
26 Jul: Lecture 14 Parables and The Kingdom of God

W/c 4 July 2021

Sunday

God’s Unfailing Word
Zoom
Sunday 04 July, 19:00 (GMT)
Register here.
The final conversation in a three-part series of conversations on the nature of Christian-Jewish relations in the 21st century. With Rabbi Daniel Epstein (Western Marble Arch Synagogue) and Revd Dr Sam Wells (St Martin-in-the-Fields). Based on the recently (2019) published God’s Unfailing Word (https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/godsunfailingwordweb.pdf).

Tuesday

Sermon Prep Sally Hitchiner and Sam Wells
Livestream
Tuesday 06 July, 16:30 (GMT)
Live streamed on the HeartEdge Facebook page here.
Discussion of preaching and the lectionary readings for the coming Sunday with Sam Wells and Sally Hitchiner.

Art in Worship
Facebook premiere
Tuesday 06 July, 19:00 (GMT)
On the HeartEdge Facebook page here.
A lecture by Jonathan Evens exploring approaches to and understanding of the relationship between art and faith. This lecture highlights different facets to this relationship from the fourth century to the present demonstrating ways in which the intimate linkage which exists between the visual arts and Christianity was forged and sustained. Within this story, he explores the sacramental nature of art in worship over the years.

Wednesday

Community of Practitioners
Zoom
Wednesday 07 July, 16:00 (GMT)
Email Jonathan Evens here to take part.
This is open to all, including ordinands and lay leaders. Church leaders join in community, share and reflect together on their recent experiences in the form of wonderings with one of the HeartEdge team and book discussions.

Thursday

Creation Care Course
Zoom
Thursday 08 July, 4.00-5.30 pm (GMT)
Register here.
The environment is God’s gift to everyone. In this 4-week Creation Care Course, we will provide you with vital information about climate change, its impacts on people, and reflect on our role as Christians in taking practical climate action. Week 4: Caring for the Environment, Caring for People (8th July 2021, 16:00-17:30), we will hear about various options for climate change mitigation and adaptation that we can take as individuals, as parishes and as a Christian community.

Living God’s Future Now conversation – Anthony Reddie
Zoom
Thursday 08 July, 6.00pm (GMT)
Register here.
The focal event in 'Living God's future now' is a monthly conversation in which Sam Wells explores what it means to improvise on God’s kingdom with a leading theologian or practitioner.Sam Wells and Anthony Reddie will be in conversation to discuss how to improvise on the kingdom. Dr Anthony Reddie is Director of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Culture. His main research interests lie at the intersection of Black liberation theology and Practical theology. His more recent books Include Theologising Brexit: A Liberationist and Postcolonial Critique (Routledge, 2010), and the republished 'Is God Colour Blind?' Insights from Black Theology for Christian faith and Ministry (SPCK, 2020) and Intercultural Preaching [co-edited with Seidel Abel Boargenes and Pamela Searle], (Regent’s Park College, 2021).

Miranda Threlfall-Holmes and Sam Wells | How to Eat Bread
Zoom
Thursday 08 July, 8-9.00pm (GMT)
Register here.
Launching her new book ''How to Eat Bread - 21 Nourishing Ways to Read the Bible', Miranda Threlfall Holmes joins Sam Wells for some lively conversation on 21 nourishing ways to read the bible.

Last Chance

Mission Summer School - 12 – 16 July 2021
Zoom
12-16 July 2021
For more details and to reg click here
An opportunity to engage more deeply with the theology of mission and to explore how it relates to your own practice.Input structured around the four Cs of Commerce, Culture, Congregation and Compassion. A mix of teaching and conversation with leading scholars and practitioners including the Revd Dr Sam Wells, Professor Anthony Reddie, Dr Cathy Ross, and Revd Heather Cracknell, among others. Workshops to engage with the themes and issues presented. Encounters with churches, organisations and projects (HeartEdge and Fresh Expressions) to get a hands-on feel for how it works out in practice.

For more information please have a look at this video of Sam Wells telling us more, here.









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Artlyst: Marie Raymond And Post-War Avant Garde Painting In Paris

My latest article for Artlyst explores aspects of the spirituality of Marie Raymond and Yves Klein in the context of the exhibition At the heart of abstraction: Marie Raymond and her friends at the Musée des beaux-arts at Le Mans:

'‘It seems obvious,’ writes Robert Fleck in Marie Raymond/Yves Klein, ‘that we will not understand the extent of Yves Klein’s adventure and his extraordinary explosive energy if we are not also interested in the painting of Marie Raymond, his mother.’

This is for two main reasons. The first is Marie Raymond’s position and connections within the art world of her day; the focus of the current exhibition at Musée de Tessé, Le Mans, At the heart of abstraction: Marie Raymond and her friends. The second is their shared interest in Rosicrucianism set within the context of Roman Catholic faith.

A renowned artist and a prominent figure in the Paris art scene, Raymond was a leading female exponent of Abstraction Lyrique, a new vein of abstract painting, along with Vieira da Silva. She showed alongside Pierre Soulages, Hans Hartung, and Serge Poliakoff and was friends with Nicolas de Staël. Her work was exhibited at the Galerie Colette Allendy in 1949 alongside Jean Deyrolle, Émile Gilioli, Soulages and Hartung. At the heart of abstraction: Marie Raymond and her friends examines her work alongside the works of her artist friends, who shared the same innovative vision of abstract painting.’ 

For more on Yves Klein see my sermon entitled 'Together for the Common Good'.

My other pieces for Artlyst are:

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Windows on the world (334)


Kelveden Hatch, 2018

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Nickel Creek - Reasons Why.