Seek the welfare of the city, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare, you will find your welfare - Jeremiah 29.7
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Jo Stow spoke to the PICCLS conference hosted by the @BhamDES last week.
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Staying Human: Useful Lives
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“The fundamental principle of Christian politics is that all power ought to be used for the common good.”
In his powerful new essay, Andrew Willard Jones challenges the prevailing relationship between the Church, the state and the market.
Too often, churches adopt the posture…
Tim Dickau shares his unique blend of ‘prairie populism’ through his theology of place in the latest episode of Leaving Egypt.
Rather than starting with a plan or a project, he begins by asking, “What could grow here?”
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I’m giving a (streamable!) lecture on Friday evening as part of @T4CG’s Staying Human series. On the meaning of assisted suicide, from Aristotle to Cicely Saunders.
Details here:
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Cicely Saunders founded the #hospice movement. She taught us that every person - especially in frailty - deserves care, presence and dignity.
On 21 November, Dan Hitchens (@ddhitchens) will speak at our online event Staying Human: Useful Lives, exploring how today’s assisted…
Really clarifying from @suzania on AI as a “kind of anti-Renaissance...devaluing the things that are distinctively human”.
Staying Human - Useful Lives
The debate around assisted suicide marks a turning point in our culture. What does it mean for how we value life, care for the vulnerable, and understand human dignity?
Join @ddhitchens , Senior Editor at First Things, as he explores this profound…
