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Jon Swales
Jan 33 min read
Climate Breakdown & Cruciform Adaptation: A New Video Teaching Series
'Climate Breakdown and Cruciform Adaptation' is a hard-hitting, prophetic follow-on course to 'Climate Justice: Following Jesus in a World
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Jon Swales
Dec 27, 20243 min read
Cruciform Resistance
We are living in the midst of a profound storm, one that is shaking the very foundations of our civilisation. The crises we...
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Jon Swales
Oct 29, 20242 min read
Fools for Christ
The Jesus follower is a cultural outsider—a misfit who doesn’t conform to the world’s expectations. They stand out, swimming against the...
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Jon Swales
Oct 23, 20242 min read
Missio Dei/Missio Satanas
We hear it often, whether at the vicar factory, in mission books, or from our leaders: Missio Dei—the mission of God. This phrase...
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Jon Swales
Oct 19, 20242 min read
Theology for Liberation
I’ve got a hunch, maybe even a dream, that we as church leaders need to keep on returning to theology—not just the kind that fills books,...
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Jon Swales
Oct 15, 20242 min read
Crutch- God is Dead
Religion is often dismissed as a crutch—a relic of humanity’s superstitious past, something we invented to make sense of a world we once...
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Jon Swales
Sep 1, 20243 min read
A Meditation on Col 1:19-20
A Meditation on Col 1:19-20 ‘For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all...
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Jon Swales
Mar 22, 20243 min read
Exploring the Depths: What is God like?
In the vast expanse of human history, the question of what God is like has echoed through the ages. It resonates in the melodies of...
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Jon Swales
Feb 21, 20241 min read
Transcends: A Poem
God is not confined to text, ink, paper, or papyrus. The divine transcends words. Not bound by a system, nor limited to a story, the...
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Jon Swales
Feb 20, 20244 min read
Rhetoric of Genocide
Reading scripture, whether corporately or individually, as part of daily prayer or acts of public worship, can often be a challenging...
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Jon Swales
Feb 19, 20243 min read
Prayer: A Theological Reflection
A brief reflection on prayer. Prayer, the holy mystery in which flesh communes with divinity, encompasses moments where we present our...
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Jon Swales
Feb 12, 20242 min read
Deconstruction: Necessary and Painful
Deconstruction can be both necessary and profoundly painful. An existential crisis which touches deep within the human soul and...
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Jon Swales
Feb 9, 20243 min read
Almighty God- The Breasted God
A few (controversial) tentative thoughts which welcomes push back. —- Almighty God. I've repeated these words a million times. Whether...
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