Category Archives: Faith

Lent starts

With Lent having started people are expressing ideas of what to give up. In recent years the idea of a carbon fast has emerged. The oil lamp is going to throw its hat in the ring and make a few … Continue reading

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Peak stuff?

As lent is almost open us it seems appropriate to write about “peak stuff”.   Have we in the west reached peak stuff?  There have been some comments in the last few weeks from business people suggesting we might have reached … Continue reading

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Flight Behaviour review

There are not many secular books that bring Christianity and climate change (amongst other things) together but “Flight Behaviour” by Barabara Kingsolver is one.  I recently came across  this book and thought it looked interesting.  In “Flight Behaviour” the chief … Continue reading

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Church divestment

One of the most encouraging things going on as far as climate change is concerned is church divestment from fossil fuels.  Despite the lack of interest of the ordinary member in the pew in the environment (and lets be honest … Continue reading

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One thing we have learnt this week -ordinary heroes

Tearfund has launched a new campaign called ordinary heroes.  For someone who is not heroic like me the name is quite reassuring.  The idea is to get Tearfund supporters to make small changes in their lives to make the world … Continue reading

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Lent thoughts

How is lent so far for you?  A few weeks ago I posted that we as a family were going to eat less meat.  This is something I have wanted to do for some time.  There are several reasons for … Continue reading

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Lent thoughts

Lent starts today.  Traditionally this has been used by Christians as a preparation for Easter based around the idea of 40 days starting the day after Ash Wednesday.  The idea of 40 crops up many times in the bible.  It … Continue reading

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Noah

We got round to watching Noah on DVD last weekend.  In the 1980’s the alternative comedians in the UK combined to make a series of short films called “The Comic Strip Presents”.  One of these was a 1 hour special … Continue reading

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Christian Climate change deniers

It was bound to happen, with only a year to go to the vital Paris climate change talks Christian Climate change deniers are on the march.  The Cornwall alliance (the name sounds so cuddly) have issued a ten point manifesto … Continue reading

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Peak oil and end times theology

A few weeks ago the film “Left Behind” came out, this and my daily readings set me thinking again about peak oil and end times theology.  As we wrote in our book; “Some churches and Christians, it seems particularly in … Continue reading

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