The Sacrifice of Africa and a new imagination for the church We have recently launched a Warehouse reading group through which a group of us are exploring some of the thoughts of Emmanual Katongole in his book, The Sacrifice of Africa: A Political Theology for Africa. Katongole is a Ugandan priest and theologian who thinks and […]
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Spoiler alert: The Sixth Sense, Star Wars and Shrek One of the longest-standing jokes in my family comes from when the presenter on a local television station announced the upcoming movie in his most dramatic voice: “Toniiiight – Bruce Willis is dead in Sixth Sense”. Years later, someone just has to say, “Toniiight…” and uproarious
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If you have ever been involved in any kind of disagreement about how the Christian faith should be understood or expressed in the world, at some point you have probably come up against (or given) the response, “but it is in the Bible”. This is an easy response but rarely a particularly helpful one. The
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The Warehouse is a community, and like all communities we battle with issues of difference. Believe it or not, we don’t all agree. Theology is often our place of difference. We are a sum of our parts; some Charismatic, some mainline denominations, some Pentecostal. This means that we are often invited into spaces of grappling,
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…between slave or free, male or female…* A slave** sits at the table with the master** of the house at the weekly bible study. The topic: how they can be more Christ-like in their relationships with those around them. The slave, terrified, but knowing this is the time, plucks up the courage and gently, though
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…between Greek or Jew, male or female…* A recent newcomer to the neighbourhood church arrives on a Sunday when the new elders of the church are being announced, honoured, and prayed for on stage. The newcomer notices something strange: although the church seems to be fairly diverse, all the elders have Jewish-sounding surnames. After the
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In September last year, The Warehouse hosted Mzwandile Nkutha of the Anabaptist Network of South Africa, and Stuart Murray of the Anabaptist Network in the UK for an evening centred around power and theology. The ideas and discussions that emerged from this evening have given me much to reflect on in the months since. These
The Church and Power Read More »
When atrocities take place on a grand (or small!) scale – such as war and genocide, racism and racist systems, and the ongoing and pervasive gender violence we see, hear about and experience on a day-to-day basis – I believe it is the role of the Church to stand up against these systems, to call
Let’s Talk About Gender Violence (And Jesus): A Letter to the Church Read More »
I have never really felt comfortable with the parable in Luke 19 – I think specifically because I was always taught that Jesus was speaking about Himself and, the more I got to know Jesus, the more and more certain I became that the king He was describing is in fact His complete opposite. I
[This blog post is one in a series of personal viewpoints of Warehouse Staff members on the Unite Against Corruption March] The bible is filled with stories of God’s people engaging in the public square. This happens in multiple ways: through private engagements with Kings and rulers, public acts of repentance and symbolic acts of
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