Faith in Action

Reflecting On a Year of Protesting Creatively

27 Aug 2024

I can’t believe it has already been a year since my first ‘Creative Protest’ blog. I thought as we come to the end of this series it was worth taking a moment to reflect on what my year protesting creatively has looked like, and what has stood out to me. At first, I thought this would be a quick...

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"Whoever I am, thou knowest, O God, I am thine"

20 Aug 2024

Around 12 months ago I was on a summer course run by Bishop Grosseteste University, prior to embarking upon an undergraduate course in Military History aged 54 years after working full-time since my teenage years. Dr Theresa Marriott gave a fascinating...

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Sports and Protest

2 Aug 2024

It’s the Olympics! And so this month’s Creative Protest is looking at those times when sports and protest have walked hand in hand.  From competing in sports being a protest itself, to sports being a platform we use to get messages across- there is no denying that the sporting world gets a lot...

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Template Letter to MP: Trans* Rights Campaign

31 Jul 2024

Download a full letter template below, or use these bullet points to craft your own letter to your MP: 

  • Wes Streeting MP has said he wants to improve the quality and access to care for trans people. Banning puberty blockers indefinitely doesn't do that. 
  • ...
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Comedy as Protest

12 Jul 2024

sat·ire

[ˈsatʌɪə]

noun

the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues:

 

My eye was caught...

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Refugee Week 2024- Call to action!

18 Jun 2024

This week is Refugee Week, and it so happens that this year it is falling right in the middle of the general election campaigns. So, here is your call to action: write to your local candidates!  Using the email template attached, write to your local candidates and encourage them to prioritise...

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How Would Jesus Vote? General Election 2024

13 Jun 2024

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,  to proclaim the year of the Lord's favour." (Luke 4:...

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Voting: A Brief History of Theology and Democracy

11 Jun 2024

            Democracy is a concept that many of us take for granted, especially those of us who live in the West. Each year the Economist releases their democracy index that provides a full report on the state of democracy...

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Boycotting as Protest

4 Jun 2024

TW: infant death, racism 

boy·cott 

[ˈbɔɪkɒt] 

verb 

withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organisation, or person) as a punishment or protest: 

 

Boycott is not a new idea. It continues to grow in strength as a...

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Subsidiarity and Local Politics

4 Jun 2024

In last week’s Christian Political Action podcast I spoke to Revd Luke Larner about his experience as a priest in the Church of England, practical theology, trade unions, and more. While speaking to Luke about his work in the Church as a priest,...

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