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A weekly series for preachers, ministers and worship leaders, discussing the dimensions of justice present in the Bible readings explored by many churches each Sunday, and reflecting on how they connect with current affairs and our calling to be justice seekers.
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Listen to our latest episode of Politics in the Pulpit to hear Joanne & Simon discuss faith, politics, and God's economy of grace
Host Eddie Boon closes the season with new host Revd Dr Joanne Cox-Darling and Roo Stewart from JPIT, exploring the lectionary readings for Sept 13 (Exodus 14, Psalm 114, Romans 14, Matthew 18). The episode examines themes of justice, the danger of power, debt and forgiveness, and how worship and preaching can respond to climate disasters, social inequality and communal discipleship.
This episode of Politics in the Pulpit is hosted by Eddie Boon, and features our special guest Dr Coco Parkinson-Huggins! Dr Coco Parkinson-Huggins is a researcher and writer currently based at Theos Think Tank. She recently completed her PhD on UK benefit policy at the University of Cambridge, where she also lectured on issues ranging from the role of media and culture in policymaking, to the NHS and public health, insecure work and the gig economy in the Department of Geography. Her current research at Theos includes Christianity, nationhood and “Christian Nationalism” in the UK, as well as global experiences of motherhood. This is alongside her work on policy and impact. This week, Eddie, Coco, and Thomas explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 6th September. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 07:11 – Exodus 12:1-14 12:21 – Psalm 149 21:53 – Romans 13: 8-14 29:22 – Matthew 18: 15-20 Mentions Better Story, JPIT, Christian Aid and Fellowship of Reconciliation’s ‘Love Thy Neighbour’ conference (October 2026) - https://jpit.uk/love-thy-neighbour-conference-2026 Eddie’s volunteering in Kosovo was with the NGO Smile International - https://www.smileinternational.org/ 1 John 4 – ‘God is Love’ and Ephesians 6 ‘The Armour of God’ - Mentioned by Coco as helpful companion passages https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%204&version=NIV https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%206&version=NIVEphesians 6 NIV - Children, obey your parents in the - Bible Gateway The poem ‘Forbearance’ by Samuel Taylor Coleridge – Holding on to bitterness – the opposite to the Matthew passage! - https://www.poetry.com/poem/34248/forbearance The life of Edith Cavell – her famous quote ‘It is not enough love one’s own people, one must love all men and hate none’ as a reflection on the bitter hatred of the First World War - https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/story/26080
This episode of Politics in the Pulpit is hosted by Eddie Boon, and features our special guest Genesis Padgett! Genesis is currently the Youth President of the Methodist Church in Britain, which involves meeting young people from across the UK and making their voices heard in the Church. They are a local preacher on trial in the Barnsley circuit in Sheffield. They also volunteer with the Exodus Project, which works with children and youth in deprived areas around Barnsley and Wakefield, who may be struggling with poverty or mental health issues. This week, Eddie, Genesis, and Erica explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 30th August. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 07:03 - Matthew 16: 21-28 16:21 - Romans 12: 9-21 25:12 - Exodus 3: 1-15 Mentions The Exodus Project, Barnsley and Wakefield - https://exodusproject.org.uk/ Stop Rosebank’s campaign - https://www.stopcambo.org.uk/ Greenbelt Festival 2026, ‘Let it all go’ - https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/ Wealth tax campaigns - https://taxjustice.uk/campaign/taxing-wealth/ Better Story, JPIT, Christian Aid and Fellowship of Reconciliation’s ‘Love Thy Neighbour’ conference (October 2026) - https://jpit.uk/love-thy-neighbour-conference-2026 Church of England ‘Difference’ course - https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/difference
This episode of Politics in the Pulpit is hosted by Eddie Boon, and features our special guest Denise Dobie! Denise worked in the NHS for 30 years, 27 years of that as a GP and was involved in educating and training medical students and GPs. She met her husband Donald at Medical School, and they have raised three, now grown up, children together. In 2017, Denise stepped back from medicine as her primary vocation to train as a Baptist minister and worked bi-vocationally until 2023. She was ordained in the car park of Darkhouse Baptist Church during the COVID19 pandemic and serves that church as half-time minister. Denise is a half-time Regional Minister for Heart of England Baptist Association (HEBA) serving the Baptist churches in Staffordshire and Shropshire and with a remit to lead in supporting HEBA in responding to and implementing the commitments to action resulting from Project Violet, (a multi co-researcher, practical theological piece of research into the experience of women in Baptist Ministry in the UK.) Denise chairs the HEBA Justice Hub core team, having been a member of the HEBA Justice Hub since its inauguration in 2020. Denise enjoys walking, singing, cooking and visiting coffee shops whenever she can! This week, Eddie, Denise, and Adam explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 23rd August. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 08:40 - Exodus 1: 8-2: 10 24:10 - Romans 12: 1-8 33:50 - Psalm 124: 1-8 and Matthew 16: 13-20 Mentions Baptist Union’s Project Violet - https://www.baptist.org.uk/Groups/363245/Project_Violet.aspx A Nazareth Manifesto: Being with God by Sam Wells Christ and Culture by H. Richard Niebuhr Praying Through the Psalms by Yohanna Katanacho The Message translation by Eugene Peterson (Romans 12) - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%2012&version=MSG
This episode of Politics in the Pulpit is hosted by Eddie Boon, and features our special guest Andy Flannagan! Andy Flannagan’s album “Drowning in the Shallow” was described as “near-perfect” by Cross Rhythms, but he remains disappointingly imperfect. He wrote the critically-acclaimed book “Those Who Show Up” which has inspired many normal people to get involved in politics and is now the Executive Director of Christians in Politics. Longing to see the church invest as much in the ‘dispersed’ as it does in the ‘gathered’, he is leading on releasing and equipping Christians to be influential in the spheres of culture for the Gather UK Movement. His songs “We seek your kingdom” and “Tears and Celebration” have been taking words of worship beyond the sanctuary into the civic space and gleaning huge use around the UK and beyond. He is now helping to co-ordinate the BOUNDLESS collective – songs by UK songwriters for the whole of life, not just Sundays. His worlds collided perfectly in 2022 when leading worship at the now famous National Prayer Breakfast that precipitated a change in Government. This week, Eddie, Andy, and Roo explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 16th August. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 08:25 - Genesis 45: 1-15 20:30 - Psalm 133 31:40 - Romans 11: 1-2a, 29-32 34:35 - Matthew 15: (10-20) 21-28 Mentions Those Who Show Up by Andy Flannagan Christians in Politics – https://www.christiansinpolitics.org.uk/ Gather UK Movement - https://gathermovement.org/
This episode of Politics in the Pulpit is hosted by Eddie Boon, and features our special guest Dave Mann! Dave Mann has been involved in urban mission since the ’80’s in Tower Hamlets, and has been pastoring and church planting in London since 1996. He has extensive experience of setting up and running charities and schools and has taught and spoken at churches, conferences and colleges around the world on mission, leadership and community organisation. Dave has worked across denominations in his role with Seedbeds.org and as one of the founders of Red Letter Christians UK. Dave and his wife Sally are two of five ministers at Bonny Downs Baptist Church in East Ham, all sharing one stipend. Next year Dave & Sally will move in to the new Bonny Downs Abbey to share life and a rhythm of prayer with eight friends moving on from homelessness. In his spare time, Dave is a pioneer of walking football for over-50’s and chair of Newham Cricket Club. This week, Eddie, Dave, and Hannah explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 9th August. Timestamps • 00:00 – Intro • 07:20 – Psalm 85: 8-13 • 17:56 – Matthew 14: 22-33 • 23:08 – Psalm 105: 1-6, 16-22, 45b • 24:53 – Genesis 37: 1-4, 12-28 Mentions: Message Translation of 1 Corinthians 13, especially verse 13 - Love extravagantly https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/... ‘Here is Love, Vast as the Ocean’, by William Rees, translated by William Edwards: https://hymnary.org/text/here_is_love... Everything must change by Brian McLaren: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro... Red Letter Christians: https://redletterchristians.org.uk/ Dave has contributed to Living for Jesus & Justice – Daily Prayers for Radical Christians – Simon Jones and Red Letter Christians UK: https://www.dltwritingforyou.com/prod... Bonny Downs Baptist Church Is working with NEWway project, J49 Housing Association and Bonny Downs Community Association (BDCA) to develop Bony Downs Abbey, converting an old church hall into an intentional community committed to sharing life and enabling people to flourish. The Abbey will include 8 studio flats for vulnerable homeless adults & 2 ministry flats, and Dave will move in alongside ministers Jonny and Sally. If you can help us get Bonny Downs Abbey over the line, please give to the fundraising appeal: https://www.stewardship.org.uk/pages/...
This episode of Politics in the Pulpit is hosted by Alex Clare-Young for one week only, and features our special guest Michael Jagessar! Revd Dr Michael N. Jagessar is a theologian-writer-researcher-blogger and retired minister of the United Reformed Church. He describes himself as an Indo-Guyanese-Caribbean now living in the UK, or “caribleaper”. This is reflected in his writings, which feature the Caribbean tradition of resisting, negotiating limbo spaces, fighting back and refusing to give up. His religious heritages include Islam, Hinduism and Christianity, meaning that he has a variety of religious impulses. He is interested in all things interreligious, intercultural and hybrid. He gets excited over cricket, big screens and good films, authentic rum punch, good Caribbean curry and of course, the ever-elusive Anancy-Anansi (patron saint of the Caribbean). He calls himself wayward and transgressive! This week, Alex, Michael, and Thomas explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 2nd August. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 11:08 - Isaiah 55: 1-5 14:43 - Matthew 14: 13-21 29:17 - Genesis 32: 22-31 Mentions Wrestling with Imperial Christianity: Biblical Anti-Domination and Anti-imperial Strategies for Liberation, Justice and Peace in Our Fallen World by Mukti Barton Trussell - https://www.trussell.org.uk/ Church leaders write letter to Andy Burnham - https://jpit.uk/burnham-letter Plowshare Prayer by Spencer LaJoye - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhOZv5i7CHY
This episode of Politics in the Pulpit is hosted by Eddie Boon, and features our special guest Nathan Jones! Rev Nathan Jones is the Senior Minister of Oasis Church Waterloo and Executive Director of Oasis Hub Waterloo, a charity committed to radical local community transformation. Oasis runs the local primary and secondary schools, advice work (debt, welfare, immigration, and housing), the Lambeth & Croydon Foodbank, an open-access community space, youth work, a children’s centre, mentoring, counselling and more - and at the heart of all this, is still a church community. Nath spends as much spare time as possible playing sport or guitar, but as the dad of two kids, this amounts to not a great deal of time. He would give almost anything to see Wales win the Rugby World Cup. This week, Eddie, Nathan, and Erica explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 26th July. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 06:08 - Matthew 13: 31-33, 44-52 25:00 - Romans 8: 26-39 37:11 - Psalm 105: 1-11, 45b Mentions Oasis Waterloo’s website to find out more about their activities - https://oasiswaterloo.org/ JPIT’s Christian nationalism resources – jpit.uk/responding-to-christian-nationalism People’s History Museum, Manchester - https://phm.org.uk/
This episode of Politics in the Pulpit is hosted by Eddie Boon, and features our special guest Julie Bryan! Julie is a part-time minister at a small Baptist church in the north of England, in the area where she grew up. She holds a master’s degree in Contextual Theology from Luther King Theological College in Manchester. Julie is also part of the Northumbrian Collective, a group of friends committed to listening well, thinking deeply and living authentically. The Collective produces podcasts and blogs, and occasionally leads in-person retreats. Julie lives on the Lancashire/Yorkshire border with her husband, Stuart, a GP. In their spare time, they enjoy walking in the countryside, both near home and further afield across the north of England. This week, Eddie, Julie, and Simeon explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 19th July. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 06:42 - Genesis 28: 10-19a 18:13 - Psalm 139: 1-12, 23-24 29:19 - Romans 8: 12-25 38:38 - Matthew 13: 24-30, 36-43 Mentions JPIT’s refugee family reunion campaign – jpit.uk/refugee-reunion Government apology for historic forced adoption practices - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-apologises-for-historic-forced-adoption-practices
This episode of Politics in the Pulpit is hosted by Naomi Oates, and features our special guest, and next host, Eddie Boon! Eddie serves the Thames North Synod of the United Reformed Church as Discipleship Enabler (Special Category Ministry). His main focus is encouraging people, leaders and churches in becoming more intentional in whole-life discipleship as gathered and scattered church. Eddie has served and led URC congregations for over 40 years and has experience of ministry in the Church of South India. He is a massive fan of Everton FC, Hampshire County Cricket and the band The Stranglers. He loves to swim, cycle, walk, go to the theatre, cinema, and art galleries and take part in book clubs locally. This week, Naomi, Eddie, and Thomas explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 12th July. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 05:19 - Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 19:53 - Genesis 25:19-34 32:11 - Romans 8:1-11 35:15 - Psalm 119:105-112 Mentions The Homilies of St john Chrysostom on the Gospel of Matthew - The homilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew of S. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople Isaiah 55 - Isaiah 55 NRSVUE - An Invitation to Abundant Life - Hear, - Bible Gateway ‘Parables’ by Dr Paula Gooder Parables - Paula Gooder Psalm 65 - Psalm 65 NRSVUE - Psalm 65 Thanksgiving for Earth’s - Bible Gateway
This episode of Politics in the Pulpit is hosted by Naomi Oates, and features our special guest Anthony Lees-Smith! Canon Dr Anthony Lees-Smith is Canon Missioner at Chester Cathedral where he oversees the education programme, arts and exhibitions, and community engagement. A former primary school teacher, Anthony has spent most of the past 25 years living and working in religiously diverse communities, an experience which became the focus of his doctoral research. This week, Naomi, Anthony, and Adam explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 5th July. We apologise that there is no video recording from this week’s episode due to technical difficulties. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 03:50 - Matthew 11: 16-19, 25-30 14:29 - Genesis 24: 34-38, 42-49, 58-67 21:45 – Psalm 45: 10-17 23:49 - Romans 7: 15-25a Mentions Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now by Walter Brueggeman Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey JPIT’s resource bank on Artificial Intelligence - https://jpit.uk/ai-faith-and-justice-resources JPIT’s campaigns on gambling - https://jpit.uk/issues/gambling-and-alcohol
This episode of Politics in the Pulpit is hosted by Naomi Oates, and features our special guest Anna Jones! This week, Naomi, Anna, and Erica explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 28th June. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 08:05 - Genesis 22: 1-14 20:22 - Psalm 13 25:55 - Romans 6: 12-23 36:33 - Matthew 10: 40-42 44:48 - Jeremiah 28: 5-9 Mentions The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Desmond Tutu and Dalai Lama Refugee Week 2026 - https://refugeeweek.org/ Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit JPIT’s resources on Christian nationalism - https://jpit.uk/responding-to-christian-nationalism Guest blog from Welcome Churches for Refugee Week - https://jpit.uk/welcome-churches-for-refugees Pope Leo’s encyclical on AI - https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html
This episode of Politics in the Pulpit is hosted by Naomi Oates, and features our special guest Kathy Bevan! Kathy is the Evangelism & Justice Enabler for the Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Methodist District and also a student Deacon, studying part time at Queens Foundation. Her work across the District involves supporting churches to consider how they might partner with their communities in the work of social action and social justice; and encouraging and enabling them to share their stories of lives transformed by relationship with Jesus. This week, Naomi, Kathy, and Thomas explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 21st June. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 03:18 – Psalm 86: 1-10, 16-17 10:27 - Romans 6: 1b-11 21:50 - Matthew 10: 24-39 39:09 - Genesis 21: 8-21 Mentions Refugee Week 2026 - https://refugeeweek.org/ BBC Sounds podcast – In Detail (Viraj Mendis’s story seeking sanctuary) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0m2zr57 Open Doors charity - https://www.opendoorsuk.org/ Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl Pope Leo’s encyclical on AI - https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html#can_all_do_our_part JPIT’s Future of Arms work - https://jpit.uk/issues/peacemaking/futureofarms Just a Sister Away: Understanding the Timeless Connection Between Women of Today and Women in the Bible by Renita Weems Sisters in the Wilderness by Dolores S. Williams
This episode of Politics in the Pulpit is hosted by Naomi Oates, and features our special guest Matt Ceaser! Matt is the 18-35s Development Coordinator for the Baptist Union, working to make space for a new generation of leaders in Baptist life. He was previously a JPIT intern (and producer of this podcast) before working on Methodists for Ukraine and then joining JustMoney Movement, a Christian charity with a vision for a world where money shapes a fairer, greener future. He is passionate about equipping people for action and seeing them grow in confidence as they learn how they can exert agency in the world, and he lives in East London where he serves as a deacon at his local Baptist church. This week, Naomi, Matt, and Simeon explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 14th June. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 08:12 - Romans 5: 1-8 14:36 - Matthew 9: 35 – 10: 8 (9-23) 28:50 - Genesis 18: 1–15 37:20 - Psalm 116: 1–2, 12-19 Mentions JustMoney Movement - https://justmoney.org.uk/ Baptist Union NextUp learning community for 18-35s - https://www.baptist.org.uk/nextup Tommy Sharpe’s blog reflecting on the Tommy Robinson counter-demonstration - https://tommysharpe.substack.com/p/the-need-to-see-one-another-lessons Refugee Week 2026 - https://refugeeweek.org/
This episode of Politics in the Pulpit is hosted by Naomi Oates, and features our special guests Charlotte Naylor Davis and Simon Hall! Charlotte Naylor Davis is a part-time minister and academic based in Leeds. her church community, Revive, is small, meeting in houses, teaching is discursive and inclusive - meaning it's often challenging but valuing everyone's voice in the room. She has a PhD in biblical studies, specifically bible translation, and research expertise in the history of interpretation of biblical texts, particularly in subcultures, and from the hermeneutical perspective of gender and disability. She also is the president of the International Society of Metal Music Studies and writing a book on the Bible in heavy metal culture. She has ME so doing any of these things takes three times as long as healthy people but Revive are very kind and let her be herself, that's how she came to be doing a podcast with Simon on sex and church this last year. Simon Hall is a Baptist Minister who divides his time between supporting pioneering, podcasting with Charlotte at A God We Could Believe In and as part of The Northumbrian Collective, and writing a graphic novel about St George and English Nationalism. He lives in Leeds with his wife Anna, a TV Documentarian. This week, Naomi, Charlotte, Simon and Erica explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 7th June. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 05:02 - Genesis 12: 1-9 13:52 - Romans 4: 13-25 21:40 - Psalm 33: 1-12 26:39 - Matthew 9: 9-13,18-26 Mentions A God We Could Believe In podcast, hosted by Simon and Charlotte - https://open.spotify.com/show/4IlVQQJ7Qz6B88XRGqAD7f?si=cac74298fb8848e6 Live: How Would Jesus ‘Unite the Kingdom’? - A God We Could Believe In with Helen Paynter https://open.spotify.com/episode/0EoWbY1DSDaFVmt12baDML?si=e9c8ee2170d54845 JPIT’s refugee family reunion campaign - https://jpit.uk/refugee-reunion How to Have an Enemy: Righteous Anger and the Work of Peace by Melissa Florer-Bixler JPIT’s resource bank for responding to Christian nationalism - https://jpit.uk/responding-to-christian-nationalism Better Story - https://www.betterstory.info/ The Bible and Disability: A Commentary edited by Sarah Melcher, Mikeal C Parsons and Amos Young Environment Sunday resources - https://jpit.uk/issues/environment
This episode of Politics in the Pulpit is hosted by Naomi Oates and features our special guest John Goddard! Revd John Goddard has been an ordained Baptist Minister for almost 30 years. Having served churches in rural Oxfordshire and industrial South Cumbria, he has been the Minister of Saffron Walden Baptist Church in Essex since 2013. Married to Karen, they have 2 adult sons and a shared love for wildlife and remote Scottish islands. John grew up in a Methodist family in the Derbyshire High Peak, and began training as a Methodist Local Preacher at the age of 16. Themes of inclusion and welcome are prominent in his theology and preaching, with a particular emphasis on the Biblical imperative for the full inclusion and affirmation of LGBTQ siblings within the Body of Christ. Much to everyone's surprise, not least his own, the last couple of years has seen a growing interest in running and he is a regular participant in Parkrun. This week, Naomi, John and Paul explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 31st May. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 05:18 - Genesis 1: 1 – 2: 4a 18:20 - Psalm 8 26:00 – Matthew 28: 16-20 and 2 Corinthians 13: 11-13 Mentions A Million Acts of Hope campaign (13-20 May 2026) - https://millionactsofhope.org/about
This episode of Politics in the Pulpit is hosted by Naomi Oates and features our special guest Hannah Fremont-Brown! Hannah has recently come back to the Methodist church as the Justice Seeking Church Officer. She previously coordinated Let’s End Poverty, a movement of people united behind a vision of the future where poverty can’t keep anyone down. She is passionate about supporting churches and Christians to campaign and walk alongside our communities for justice. She is a member of Hinde Street Methodist Church, and has just completed an MA in Theology, Mission and Ministry. She is a great friend of JPIT, having been an intern and Campaigns & church engagement officer with us! This week, Naomi, Hannah and Paul explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 24th May. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 06:00 - Acts 2: 1-21 16:24 - 1 Corinthians 12: 3b-13 26:00 - Psalm 104: 24-34, 35b 32:35 - John 20: 19-23 Mentions Mentions Addressing Anti-Judaism in Lent, Holy Week and Eastertide: Updated Lectionary Recommendations (The Methodist Church) - https://www.methodist.org.uk/for-chur.. . Trussell - https://www.trussell.org.uk/ Trussell’s Walking Humbly Bible study resources - Walking_Humbly_Bible_Studies.pdf
This episode of Politics in the Pulpit is hosted by Naomi Oates, and features our special guest June Love! June Love is a Baptist minister based in Norfolk, serving at King’s Lynn Baptist Church. She is also the ecumenical officer for the Baptist Church in Norfolk & Waveney, and chairs Churches Together in King’s Lynn, working closely with other denominations and local organisations. June is passionate about helping people engage deeply with Scripture in ways that connect with everyday life, and is actively involved in community initiatives including the local foodbank and creating spaces for public conversation such as election hustings. She is particularly interested in how faith speaks into issues of justice, community, and wellbeing. This week, Naomi, June and Steve explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 17th May. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 05:00 – Acts 1: 6-14 11:15 – Psalm 68: 1-10, 32-35 23:53 – John 17: 1-11 31:20 – 1 Peter 4: 12-14; 5: 6-11 Mentions A Million Acts of Hope campaign (13-20 May 2026) - https://millionactsofhope.org/about Mentions Addressing Anti-Judaism in Lent, Holy Week and Eastertide: Updated Lectionary Recommendations (The Methodist Church) - https://www.methodist.org.uk/for-chur.. . Churches Together in England - https://cte.org.uk/
This episode of Politics in the Pulpit is hosted by Erica Lees-Smith, and features our special guest and new season host, Naomi Oates! The Revd Naomi Oates is a Methodist minister in the North Kent Circuit. She works with four churches and one Methodist community without a building. She loves cycling between her churches through the beautiful Kent countryside, which is thankfully fairly flat. In her spare time, she enjoys baking with her two young daughters, wild swimming, and reading Agatha Christie books, although not necessarily all at the same time. She loves that social justice lies at the heart of Methodist identity, and is particularly interested in issues relating to immigration and asylum, the criminal justice system, homelessness, and equality. This week, Erica, Naomi and Alex explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 10th May. Don’t forget to vote in your local or devolved elections on 7th May! TW: this episode briefly mentions sexual assault at 34:05-15. Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 06:27 - Acts 17: 22-31 and 1 Peter 3: 13-22 16:30 - Psalm 66: 8-20 30:20 - John 14: 15-21 Mentions Addressing Anti-Judaism in Lent, Holy Week and Eastertide: Updated Lectionary Recommendations (The Methodist Church) - https://www.methodist.org.uk/for-chur.. . Together Alliance - https://www.togetheralliance.org.uk/ Sign your church up to our Constituency Action Network to form a positive and purposeful relationship with your MP – jpit.uk/can Watch our new CAN film (April 2026) - https://youtu.be/SPkQq3Oj81A?si=XvIPn2kzDPW2WHnK Right to protest faith leaders letter – https://cte.org.uk/churches-warn-over-right-to-protest/ Compassion UK prayers for elections - https://www.compassionuk.org/blogs/prayers-for-elections/
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