One of the things that I’ve found myself drawn to time and again over the past year, and especially during times of lockdown, has been the sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers. If you’re not familiar with them, these were women and men in the 4th century who took …
Four years ago, on 20th January 2017, we were in Wells, Somerset, on the last day of our post-Christmas break. I had written JRI briefing paper number 32, “Donald Trump, the Environment and the Church” in the preceding weeks, and we planned to release it on the day of the …
I owe the title to Juliet Du Boulay’s study of traditional village life on a Greek island 50 years ago, before the people adapted to modernity. When I read it I was captivated. At the risk of ruining it, this post tries to explain why I find it so meaningful. …
Words for a Dying World. Stories of Grief and Courage from the Global Church. (ed. Hannah Malcolm) Words for a Dying World brings together voices from around the world to consider how we talk about and deal with, climate grief. It is broken down into three sections – As It …
2020 has ended, and the vast majority of us will be pleased to see it go. When I was writing at the beginning of 2020 we had no idea of what was to come with the pandemic and the massive changes that it would bring. And we are still working …
My name is Sam Dawson and I am studying a Bachelor of Science degree in Countryside Management at Harper Adams University. For my Honours Research Project (HRP) I am researching the potential disengagement of 18-30 year-olds (termed Millennials or Generation Y) in access to natural spaces and the possible implications …
