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Inspired by Love and Anger

By Grace Stewart on 14 Jun 2023

Inspired by love and anger, disturbed by need and pain,

Informed of God's own bias, we ask him once again:

"How long must some folk suffer? How long can few folk mind?

How long dare vain self-interest turn prayer and pity blind?"

Take the Veg Pledge with YCCN!

By SCM on 6 Jun 2023

Thomas from the Young Christian Climate Network introduces their current campaign: Take the Veg Pledge

When Extinction Rebellion (XR) announced on social media that they were aiming to get 100,000 people outside Parliament to put pressure on the UK government to ACT on climate change, I knew I had to be there. The climate crisis is such a dominating and complex issue that it is easy to feel like the small acts don’t matter. By being there on the 23^rd of April I was hoping to make a big impact and ease my anxieties surrounding the thousands of people already displaced due to climate change.

Julian, Jesus, and Motherhood

By Grace Stewart on 17 May 2023

It was Mother’s Day in most countries other than the UK on Sunday (including the US, where I grew up), and I’ve been reading a lot of Julian of Norwich lately. So it seemed only natural to write about one of Julian’s most famous and unique theological concepts: Jesus as our divine mother.