Liberal Helpings
The page links below are intended to provide access to an assortment of helpful resources for liberally-minded Christians to explore. Each carries a brief description to aid selection.
Christian Community Ashram has a website worth visiting.
Bonhoeffer's Challenge: 'How do we speak in a secular fashion of God?'
This very readable short essay by Malcolm Lovibond contains much food for thought, including some that might be considered worth chewing over before any digestion! For example: "... God is not a man-made god and... atheism has therefore no place in any understanding of God seen as the ground of existence." Really?
The Joint Publications Project has developed from growing cooperation between Modern Church, PCN Britain, St Marks CRC Sheffield and Free to Believe. After the success of their first publication, 'Together In Hope', and incorporating that phrase into the strap line 'Together in Hope - Resources for Christian Faith Today', the group has embarked on the task of producing further short, readable and helpful resource books for people who desire to be encouraged and fed in their spiritual growth and Christian faith. These are available via the PCN website at http://ww.pcnbritain.org.uk/index.php/shop/ and priced at £2.95 (plus postage). To order by post, phone 0845 345 1909. Click on the link above for more details.
A Liberal Faith Martin Camroux describes the genesis of Free To Believe and its perceived role in revitalising the Christian faith.
What makes a Vital Liberal Congregation? Martin again, with four suggested characteristics of a liberal church.
The Bible A challenging sermon for Bible Sunday preached at Southernhay URC Exeter by the Revd Iain McDonald.
Called to Praise A review of the late Donald Hilton's last worship anthology. Together with Martin Camroux, Donald was co-founder of Free To Believe.
Christian Community Ashram has a website worth visiting.
Bonhoeffer's Challenge: 'How do we speak in a secular fashion of God?'
This very readable short essay by Malcolm Lovibond contains much food for thought, including some that might be considered worth chewing over before any digestion! For example: "... God is not a man-made god and... atheism has therefore no place in any understanding of God seen as the ground of existence." Really?
The Joint Publications Project has developed from growing cooperation between Modern Church, PCN Britain, St Marks CRC Sheffield and Free to Believe. After the success of their first publication, 'Together In Hope', and incorporating that phrase into the strap line 'Together in Hope - Resources for Christian Faith Today', the group has embarked on the task of producing further short, readable and helpful resource books for people who desire to be encouraged and fed in their spiritual growth and Christian faith. These are available via the PCN website at http://ww.pcnbritain.org.uk/index.php/shop/ and priced at £2.95 (plus postage). To order by post, phone 0845 345 1909. Click on the link above for more details.
A Liberal Faith Martin Camroux describes the genesis of Free To Believe and its perceived role in revitalising the Christian faith.
What makes a Vital Liberal Congregation? Martin again, with four suggested characteristics of a liberal church.
The Bible A challenging sermon for Bible Sunday preached at Southernhay URC Exeter by the Revd Iain McDonald.
Called to Praise A review of the late Donald Hilton's last worship anthology. Together with Martin Camroux, Donald was co-founder of Free To Believe.
Words do matter. The website Worship Words http://worshipwords.co.uk offers complete worship services and numerous prayers and liturgy resources using inclusive progressive language and theology. All resources posted are free and ready-to-use. A wedding usable for any two people joining together is also posted. Several complete services created for Open Table are posted. Worship resources are listed by theme and relevant lectionary readings. Writers come from around the globe. If your church is, or you as an individual are, creating inclusive-language worship material and you are willing to share any, please consider submitting the items to Worship Words.