RealityBites’ lively new theatre-in-education project plans to bring Christian perspectives and a focus on worldviews to GCSE and A-Level Philosophy, Ethics and Religious Studies students. Building on the rich resources Mark Roques has developed over many years, we aim to take actors and workshop leaders into schools and colleges to Read more…
For some time I’ve been thinking a lot about how to reach sixth formers with the Christian faith. We are talking about 17 and 18 year olds who dislike ‘religion’. I am reflecting on what I learned when I taught Religious Education (RE) and Philosophy A level in a high Read more…
Yesterday I delivered my conference on Lottery Winners, Money and Religious Faith in a school in Doncaster. I was delighted that Joel Cribbin, a gifted youthworker came with me to observe the conference. I had to squeeze a 90 minute conference into 55 minutes which was very challenging. During the Read more…
Trying to redeem the humble ‘tract’: saying something important in just 400 words. How do you Make Sense of Evil and Suffering? I’m sure you’ve noticed all the evil and suffering in the world. Ponder the wars, rapes and murders that we hear about on a daily basis. It’s probably Read more…
It was very encouraging meeting up with Piet Murre who is a Professor of Education at Driestar Christian University, Gouda in the Netherlands. I met him in 2009 in Holland. He came with another lecturer from Driestar and four students who are training to be teachers. We spent a good Read more…