In the second of two articles on the condescending nature of charity, Andrew Parker (website http://bibleincartoons.co.uk/) claims we should ask not what we can do to for others, but what we can do for ourselves. Those who have been marginalised can already see what we cannot see; how we much are tied into the existing domination system.
This article by Andrew Parker (website http://bibleincartoons.co.uk/) was written over a year ago for a church magazine in Suffolk but somehow never got published. Was it just too radical? Given the growing support in the Church of England for the Occupy campaign, one hopes that the editors of the parish magazine might now think again. But in case they don’t, here it is for all to read. He wrote a follow up which will be available here soon.
David Sorrill was a longstanding member of PCN Britain. Sadly he passed away in May 2011. David was writing a book about his faith journey when he died. Though not quite finished, it makes an interesting read and is freely available at https://sites.google.com/site/davidsorrill19412011/ . The first part of the book covers his time on the Indian Sub-continent. In the second part he starts to put together an intellectual framework for his insights gained over the years. You can get a flavour of his conclusions in this text - the last chapter of his unfinished work - so please click the link to continue.
A Report on the Conference held at Orchardhill Parish Church – Giffnock, Glasgow
By Rev John Hetherington – Kendal PCN Group
Carol Williams and Geoff Newton from PCN’s Exeter Group offer an exploration of and suggested remedies for the present divisions between the Church and the secular world
Theologian, Marcus Borg led PCN’s September 2010 conference in Edinburgh. The talks, sermon and questions were recorded and are available as a 4CD set through the PCN online Shop, http://www.pcnbritain.org.uk/index.php/shop/ . These notes refer to Disc 2 where the title of the talk is Speaking Christian - Redeeming Christian Language.
Theologian, Marcus Borg led PCN’s September 2010 conference in Edinburgh. The talks, sermon and questions were recorded and are available as a 4CD set through the PCN online Shop, http://www.pcnbritain.org.uk/index.php/shop/ . These notes refer to Disc 3 where the title of the talk is Beyond Literalism.
Theologian, Marcus Borg led PCN’s September 2010 conference in Edinburgh. The talks, sermon and questions were recorded and are available as a 4CD set through the PCN online Shop, http://www.pcnbritain.org.uk/index.php/shop/ . These notes refer to Disc 4 where the title of the talk is Beyond Convention - Participating in God’s Passion for Transformation.
In May 2010, Professor David Catchpole led a PCN Britain residential weekend at the St Deiniol’s residential library. He addressed some of the questions provoked by historical affirmations about Jesus in the Christian creeds, and filled in some of the gaps left where those creeds say nothing at all. Finally, with an eye to the question of whether Jesus can be viewed as the founder of Christianity, Professor Catchpole drew in a “theologically significant other”, and asked whether the religion of the carpenter’s son was truly that of the tentmaker Roman citizen, and vice versa. The papers to accompany Professor Catchpole’s talks are available here. The four topics are:
1. Mary and Joseph and the Baby (page 1);
2. Not a Christian but a Jew (page 15);
3. When from death he passed…? (page 30);
4. From 30 - 2010: Jesus in his world, and we in ours, (page 47).