With Pentecost almost upon us, we offer you our 7th and final refection. Associate Professor of Psychology, and , has the privilege of closing our this series. We hope you've found these reflections helpful. See you later on in the Church calendar....
In our sixth instalment of our Pentecost for Progressives series, we bring you . Roger teaches political theology at and has pioneered a movement around the idea of Kenarchy, by which he means ‘self emptying power’. You can read...
brings us our fifth Pentecost for Progressives reflection. Rachel is a Church of England priest, and is poet in Residence at Manchester Cathedral. She's also transgender, and brings something of her experience of wrestling with identity and faith...
Our Pentecost series continues with a jazz inspired reflection from Sharon Putt. Sharon is a theologian, and author of Razing Hell and Executing God. If you want more from Nomad, check out our , and follow us on and If you're looking for other...
Our journey towards Pentecost continues. This week's refection comes from freelance community theologian and author, Ann has researched and written on everything from the spirituality of public transport, through to the spirituality of ageing. But.....
Here's our second Pentecost reflection for you. This time Alastair McIntosh reflects on how his understanding of Pentecost and the Holy Spirit has changed and evolved, from one of judgement to one of spiritual activism. If you want more from...
We've got a new Nomad Spirituality series for you, Pentecost for Progressives. Each week between Easter and Pentecost we'll be giving you a reflection from someone who's been through a faith shift/deconstruction, or who just views the faith with...
As well as our usual interview shows we like to give you some food for thought focussed around the Church Calendar. This Easter we've asked the Jesuit Priest, Father James Martin to reflect on how he relates to the suffering and resurrected Jesus. If...
Easter is upon us, so we thought it was a fine time to look at the atonement again. So we popped down to Bristol to chat with Alan Mann. Alan asks the question, what could the atonement mean for a society that doesn't consider itself sinful in any...
is a theologian best known for advocating universalism (see our with him on this very topic). More recently he's turned his attention to writing about . In this book he systematically lays out all the weirdness of the biblical universe, with its fla...
On Nomad we often talk about the changing nature of culture and how the church has changed (or not) in response. But rather than continuing to rely on our own anecdotal evidence, we thought it was about time we spoke with someone who actually knows.....
joins us on the latest leg of our Nomadic pilgrimage of hope. Jamie felt called to leave behind his comfortable middle class life and move to a high poverty and crime inner-city area. Obviously this presented many challenges, but none...
The UN said recently that 'Gender-based violence is perhaps the most widespread and socially tolerated of human rights violations.' We spoke to philosopher, sociologist and theologian about the reasons behind this, and how the church should respond....
travelled to some of the most dangerous places in the world, negotiating with the likes of Idi Amin and Colonel Gaddafi for the release of hostages. Then while working in Lebanon he was taken hostage by Islamic Jihadists. He was...
Last year we gave you our refections. We're adding to that series with a refection by the director of the missional community , John Hayes. John reflects on the contradictions inherent in our modern celebration of Christmas. See you in 2016! If you....
