Maundy Thursday

For Maundy Thursday Professor John Barton reflects on Pesach and Holy Week coinciding this year:

Alone Together: Lent 6

Alone Together: Palm Sunday

CCJ's Lent series 'Alone Together' remembers Jesus alone in the wilderness and reflects on the ways we are sharing a sense of isolation. In the next piece in the series Revd Gareth Jones talks about Palm Sunday. Gareth is Minister of St Andrews Psalter Lane LEP, Sheffield, and Co-Chair of Sheffield CCJ. Read Gareth's reflection below:

Alone Together: Lent 5

In the fifth blog of the series for Lent 5 National Ecumenical Officer for the Catholic Bishops' Conference, Fr. Jan Nowotnik, reflects on Hebrews 5: 7-9 and the reminder that we are not alone.

Alone Together: Lent 4

In the fourth blog of the series for Lent 4 SCM student Molly Boot reflects on Numbers 21:4-9 and God's restoration.

Alone Together: Lent 3

In the third blog of the series for Lent 3 Chair of Birmingham CCJ Dr Ann Conway-Jones reflects on the role of the temple at a time when we cannot physically share in communal worship.

You can watch the video blog on YouTube or read the reflection below:

'Where two or three are gathered in my name'

Alone Together: Lent 1

In the first blog of the series for Lent 1 Campus Leadership Manager Katharine Crew reflects on the isolation experienced by those who have been excluded, and how Christian communities are finding new ways to create inclusive communities.
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Alone Together: Lent 2

In the second blog of the series for Lent 2 former Interreligious Advisor to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales Katharina Smith-Muller reflects on the Transfiguration:

The Three Weeks and Tisha B’Av: From Lament to Consolation

The process of grief follows its own rules: shock and numbness, grief and anger, sadness and resignation and back again to incredulity and grief.  We face our losses in different ways, both according to our temper and the triggers that unconsciously give expression to our heartache and sorrow. Such pain and anguish are unprescribed, unanticipated; they catch us unawares, we lose our foothold. Read more

A reflection on the CCJ Presidents’ “Pilgrimage in Lockdown”

The Rt Revd Dr Michael Ipgrave OBE, Chair of CCJ, writes: 

Stay Home Save Lives: a blog for Refugee Week

Barbara Winton, refugee rights campaigner and daughter of Sir Nicholas Winton writes: