Do you need some 'good space' to read, write, reflect or be creative? @sarumcollege.bsky.social offers you a dayr just for you on 4th November; use it as you will and be refreshed. Warm hospitality, great food and companionship in study: book here: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

On 4th November from 1-4 PM (UK time), two great writers on Julian of Norwich, Hannah Lucas and Claire Gilbert, will run an online course in conversation on how we can draw from Julian’s insights for today. Booking here: sarum.ac.uk/short-courses/… 5/6

The only tools for the work of ministry are the ministers themselves. Keep your tools in tip-top condition with Corin Pilling, Ministerial Flourishing expert, over three online evenings with @sarumcollege.bsky.social starting on 6th Nov. Book here: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

How do we read Scripture? Rabbi Professor Deborah Kahn-Harris of @leobaeckcollege.bsky.social explores 3 ways to read the book of Ruth at @sarumcollege.bsky.social on 3rd Nov. Come and enjoy a day of rich reflection & deep learning: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

@sarumcollege.bsky.social is incredibly lucky to be offering another day with the dynamic duo of Biblical scholars, Dr Jayme Reaves and Rabbi Shoshana Boyd-Gelfand. On 23rd October they as, "Who's Calling?" Book now: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

Come to @sarumcollege.bsky.social for an empowering retreat 17-18 Oct with Prof Gillian Ahlgren, recognised authority on the Christian mystical tradition. Discover your potentiality & engage deeply with God & others through #TeresaofAvila's Interior Castle. Book now! www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

"Queerness could be transformative for the life of the church!" Explore how online at @sarumcollege.bsky.social with Charlie Bell's "Queer Spirituality: An Introduction" on 22nd Oct. Book now: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course... @inclusivechurch.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social

Love's not something we decide to do now and then. Love is who we are! Our basic, foundational existence—created in the image of the Trinity—is love...Trinity [says] God is not an isolated divine being. God is a quality of relationship itself...an infinite flow of outpouring. cac.org/daily-medita...

Are you passionate about peace education and ready to lead a national movement for change? Peacemakers - an amazing charity - is entering a transformative phase and seeks a visionary CEO to guide this exciting transition and shape our future. To Apply visit: peacemakers.org.uk/lead-us-into...

Come to @sarumcollege.bsky.social for an empowering retreat 17-18 Oct with Prof Gillian Ahlgren, recognised authority on the Christian mystical tradition. Discover your potentiality & engage deeply with God & others through #TeresaofAvila's Interior Castle. Book now! www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

While I am in the world, I am the light of the world 🌅 John 9:5 📸 - Martin Cook

NEWS FLASH! NOW AVAILABLE AS A HYBRID COURSE! Sign up to join online: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course... @sarumcollege.bsky.social @scholarpriest.bsky.social

To be human is to be spiritual! @sarumcollege.bsky.social offers an opportunity for a four-week online journey through #Ignation Spiritual Exercises accompanied by experienced spiritual guide and leading academic expert Dr Gillian Ahlgren. www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

So glad to be at Newport Methodist Church, Isle of Wight, for the welcome for Jane Craske as Superintendent. Jane has been a great colleague as Director of Methodist Formation at Queen's. Good to see her warmly welcomed and to run into a couple of former Queen's students! @queens.ac.uk

Explore this idea in more depth at @sarumcollege.bsky.social on 2nd October with @woodwardjames.bsky.social and Julia Burton-Jones, T&D Lead at Anna Chaplaincy. Book here: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

My colleague Richard told the BBC he found the findings "really upsetting". "People are still dying quite young and are not getting the right support and care. It could be me or it could be somebody I know and I want these deaths to be taken really seriously." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Worship through the lens of Autism" www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course... Join @sarumcollege.bsky.social online to learn with autism theologian, Dr Leon van Ommen about autistic and neurodivergent experiences of worship and becoming more inclusive and enabling. With @autismtheology.bsky.social

Tickets acquired! This disabled-led conference on disability & church is the highlight of my year (& features prominently in my book with @emjric.bsky.social). Will be lovely to reunite with old friends for the first hybrid conference & first at St Martin’s since 2019. I’m preaching on the Sunday :)

How will you mark #BlackHistoryMonth ? Why not Celebrate Black Spiritual Poetry at @sarumcollege.bsky.social on 7th Oct with the inspirational @scholarpriest.bsky.social and our own wonderful Dr Beth Dodd! www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course... @blackhistorymonth.org.uk #BlackSky #BlackLiterature

“Church-bels beyond the starres heard” 3-5 Oct: a relaxed weekend of listening, reflecting and learning on the home soil where Herbert was parish priest @sarumcollege.bsky.social with the wonderful Prof Helen Wilcox and the eorge Herbert in Bemerton Group: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course... Book now!

A prayer for start of the new Connexional Year. O Christ of the morning, You who sang the stars into being, Sing again into our hearts today. As a new year unfolds, we walk into the next chapter of your story, the next line of your song.

“Let us go on asking for peace...” Paul Spray, member of the Connexional Council, asks what this Sunday’s Bible readings have to say to us about Gaza at methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/gaza-what-do-this-sundays-bible-readings-have-to-say-to-us/

"What is old age for?" Join Julia Burton-Jones, T&D Lead for Anna Chaplaincy at BRF & our very own @woodwardjames.bsky.social at @sarumcollege.bsky.social on 2nd Oct. "There is adventure and new things to discover about ourselves, our faith and the world around us." www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

This week's quote is from an article by Paula Duncan and Zoe Strong where they explore humour and the importance of challenging stereotypes and misconceptions in mental health and neurodivergence. Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23312521.2024.2441436

The world watches Putin and Trump speak. The world weeps at plans for further settlements in the Middle East. The need for deep lasting #peace . Join our weekly prayers for peace in Ukraine and around the world - tonight at 7.30pm - Register to join via https://loom.ly/rhL3MEI

See you on Monday...

“A Spiritual Journal a tool for self-discovery..." (Klug, 2002) Come and explore a range of ways to write, create and reflect before God, with Dr Polly Magne, @sarumcollege.bsky.social's Director of Spiritual Direction online on 1st Oct. www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

"Time for a Prayer MOT?" Whether your prayer life is absolutely fizzing at the moment, or you are struggling to dredge anything up at all, this valuable day with the ever-wise Canon Dr Tom Clammer will definitely focus on the realistic, rather than the unattainable! www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

Leading a Multi-Parish Benefice? Come and learn new insights and best practice from the latest research. @sarumcollege.bsky.social's course on 24th September will be led by the wonderful Rev. Jo Neary & expert Rev Sharon Roberts. www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

Oh we’ve got a fun few months coming up in the @feministtheology.bsky.social Sign up to the mailing list to get links to these events and more! mailchi.mp/a5e743737064... #feminist #womanist #theology #community #christianity

For anyone who loved the @sarumcollege.bsky.social and @churchtimes.bsky.social Women Mystics series expertly curated earlier this year by the talented @mshahn.bsky.social: we have an autumn treat for you! Our 'Modern Mystics', series is back: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

"A participatory theology says, 'I am being chosen, I am being led, I am being used.' After conversion, you know that your life is not about you; you are about life! You are about God." Read more from Richard Rohr in today's reflection. buff.ly/wLp3f7A

'The 3 Graces' on the River Adur' stained glass and driftwood sculptures by UK artist Louise V Durham #WomensArt

Friend of @sarumcollege.bsky.social, Frederica Law-Turner is guest curator of this fabulous show highlighting medieval psalters at The Morgan Library & Museum, NY. www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/... Watch this space for Freddie's upcoming course at Sarum! @mshahn.bsky.social

"Tough questions, great conversations & no easy answers." Sign up now for the new term of 'Exploring Theology' at @sarumcollege.bsky.social! Explore tjhe Hebrew Bible/Old Testament with leading experts in the field! www.sarum.ac.uk/learning/exp...

It's here!!! @sarumcollege.bsky.social's exciting new brochure for thew autumn term has just landed! Check it out here: www.sarum.ac.uk/wp-content/u... Lots of inspiring courses and reflective spaces to nurture your soul coming soon!

"There is a light in us that only darkness itself can illuminate. It is the glowing calm that comes over us when we finally surrender to the ultimate truth of creation: that there is a God and we are not it…. Life is not about us; we are about the project of finding Life.. " Sr Joan Chittister

Very excited to have a chapter in this edited collection on Resisting Theologies. The chapter contains some initial discussions that now form the core of my research project at @durhamtheology.bsky.social please consider ordering one for your library www.bloomsbury.com/uk/resisting...

The Autism and Theology Podcast 🎙️📚 Did you know we have a podcast? We’re always looking for new topics, so let us know in the comments what you’d like to hear covered in future episodes! Listen here: tr.ee/v1JmTAcjX6 (Transcripts can be found in the show notes)

Sunday thought (from Sheryl): “Let me seek then the gift of silence… where the sky is my prayer, the birds are my prayer, the wind in the trees is my prayer, for God is in all Thomas Merton

In this Daily Meditation, Richard Rohr writes, “In their ‘political’ advocacy, prophets point out & confront the power equations that are always corrupting human relations & the divine relationship, too.” tinyurl.com/4fn322ac Does this align with your understanding of the prophet's role in society?

In his course at @sarumcollege.bsky.social Jonathan Dean describes the Wesleys' founding of the "Holy Club" in Oxford as an "experiement in Christian living" @methodist.org.uk @wesleysoxford.bsky.social @publicissues.bsky.social

We are thrilled to welcome Mayor Andy Burnham as the guest speaker for our July wholehearted monthly event on Tuesday 8 July, 7-9pm. Andy has served as the Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017. Sign up for this month's free session: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wholeheart...

Following on from #MethodistConf, reflect further on the relevance of Methodist theology in today's world with wonderful Rev'd Dr Jonathan Dean's course: "Serving the Present Age: Methodism & Modernity" Monday 7th July. @methodist.org.uk @hindestreet.bsky.social www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

The Methodist Conference has elected Revd Mark Slaney to serve as President and Caroline Stead to serve as Vice-President, starting their year of office when the Representative Session of the Methodist Conference opens in Telford in June 2026.

In this episode of our mental health series, Zoe is joined by Grant Macaskill to discuss autism, pathways to diagnosis, and mental health. Listen here: tr.ee/v1JmTAcjX6 Transcript here: share.transistor.fm/s/db240881/t...

@mikehigton.bsky.social reminds @sarumcollege.bsky.social Faculty that to do doctrinal theology well is to keep on learning to be "provisional and peripheral"

"We cannot do everything and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something and to do it well." (Romero Prayer) "...hold fast to what is good" 1 Thessalonians 5: 21

Poweful call to "level the table" so that ALL can share ad knock down the dam holding back the life-giving waters of love and grace and inclusion during worship at #MethodistConf this morning. Thank you to the contributors! @rachelp1.bsky.social @methodist.org.uk

Looking forward to our annual Faculty Study Day with Visiting Scholars being led by @mikehigton.bsky.social today taking a look at Doctrine. Glad for the gift of his time and learning and leadership of @durhamuniversity.bsky.social common awards