Kester Brewin

Just got back from Greenbelt yesterday, and rather shocked to have to go into work today after 7 or so weeks summer holiday. It was a fantastic festival, with an excellent mix of talks from all angles and eclectic music too. Good hang out a bit with Rob Bell, Roman Krznaric as well as old [...]

Following a recent visit to Israel and Palestine to meet peacemakers from all sides and faiths, I was struck by just how important Europe is to the situation. Yes, the US has a major role in brokering peace, especially given their high levels of support of all kinds for Israel, and yes the other Middle [...]

From the 18th October celebrations. All power to this arm. Technorati: Israel | OneVoice | Palestine

Interesting piece in this week’s Time Out: atheist Tim Arthur talks about the privilege of being asked to be ‘celebrant’ of friends’ marriages. He has done so four times, and wonders if he’s asked because he is a theatre director and has a degree in religious studies: people think he’s like a vicar, and he [...]

Just out is this set of three books of reflections, to which I contributed 8 or 9 pieces. Nice thoughts for the journey to pop in and out of. Here’s one I submitted for book titled ‘Loss‘ Fruit I want to change the fruits of my labours. When someone says ‘Apple’, I shouldn’t want sleek [...]

Thanks to everyone who helped out to give Signs a fantastic launch last night. It was great to phrase it as a time of worship; the guys from the Bridge imagined different sections in terms of doing laundry. Out of that I wrote this piece, meditating on ‘the human dress’, beginning with a quote from [...]

‘Thought for the Day’ this morning was an excellent piece  by Martin Palmer. MP’s have recently voted to exclude themselves from their own Freedom of Information legislation – a move that has angered many. It seems the law-makers want everyone else to be accountable save themselves. Palmer made an interesting connection with Abraham’s bartering with [...]

It’s actually rather nice. Technorati: Big Brother | Alpha

Saga has just started Flickring. Some wonderful shots. Cheer your eyes up with a lazy browse… Technorati: Glass | V & A | Saga Arpino

There’s been a lot of talk around the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade, and rightly so. But, right now, there are more people caught up in the international trafficking of sex slaves than were ever involved in that slave trade. It’s happening right now. Young girls duped into thinking they’re getting a [...]