Next series:
A Spiritual Toolkit
May 2013

SPACE IN THE CITY

at the United Church, Jewry Street, Winchester
Wednesdays 12:30 – 13:15
16, 23, 30 January & 6 February 2013

Four talks entitled

    If Jesus is the Answer,    
    What is the Question?    

given by

Dr Jane Williams

with time for questions
facilitated by
Debbie Thrower

We are pleased to welcome Dr Jane Williams, author, lecturer and wife of Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012, to give our New Year series of four Wednesday talks for Space in the City.

16 January The new community:  what it means to be human, what it means to be God
Recording of the talk †
Dr Williams’ notes for the talk – not a transcript! (PDF) †
23 January What’s wrong with the world:  the story so far
Recording of the talk †
Dr Williams’ notes for the talk – not a transcript! (PDF) †
 
Today’s prayer:         The God who yearns and waits for us
We are strange conundrums of faithfulness and fickleness.
We cleave to you in all the ways that we are able.
We count on you and intend our lives to be lived for you,
and then we find ourselves among your people
who are always seeking elsewhere and otherwise.
So we give thanks that you are the God who yearns and waits for us,
and that our connection to you is always from your side,
and that it is because of your goodness
that neither life nor death
nor angels nor principalities
nor heights nor depths
nor anything in all creation
can separate us from you.
We give you thanks for your faithfulness,
so much more durable than ours.
Amen.
from Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth: Prayers of Walter Brueggemann
Fortress Press, Minneapolis, 2003. ISBN 0800634608
30 January The death of Jesus:  why does this help?
Recording of the talk †
Dr Williams’ notes for the talk – not a transcript! (PDF) †
 
Today’s prayer:         Victory Is Ours
Good is stronger than evil
Love is stronger than hate
Light is stronger than darkness
Life is stronger than death
Victory is ours through Him who loves us.
Amen.
Desmond Tutu
6 February Is Jesus the answer?  Living in the story
Recording of the talk †
Recordings are now being uploaded to the “Internet Archive”:  the link above opens (in a new window) a page where you may play or download the recording in different ways.  To play, simply click the Play button (white triangle) in the player on the right-hand side.  Alternatively, on the left-hand side under “Listen to audio”, click “VBR M3U”.  To download, right-click on the link to the MP3 file lower down the page, in the box under the heading “VBR MP3” (text shows the size of the file) and choose “Save Target As …”
Dr Williams’ notes for the talk – not a transcript! (PDF) †
 
Today’s prayer:         With you it is never “more or less”
We will be your faithful people –
more or less.
We will love you with all our hearts –
perhaps.
We will love our neighbour as ourselves –
maybe.
We are grateful that with you it is
never “more or less”
“perhaps” or
“maybe.”
With you it is never “yes and no,”
but always “yes” – clear, direct,
unambiguous, trustworthy.
We thank you for your “yes”
come flesh among us.  Amen.
from Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth: Prayers of Walter Brueggemann
Fortress Press, Minneapolis, 2003. ISBN 0800634608


Wednesdays at 12:30
at the United Church, Jewry Street, Winchester
Sandwiches available after each talk
Admission is free, but we rely on donations to fund expenses.

Copyright of each recording or text belongs to the speaker.  Recordings and/or texts are made available here, by kind permission of the speakers, for personal, non-commercial use only.  Texts are not transcripts of the talks.  Speakers often depart from their scripts to amplify, give examples or even add extra points, so the texts and the recordings may differ.

Photo of JW Jane Williams was born in India, one of five sisters, and read Theology at Cambridge University before going on to work in theological publishing and education.  She is a Lecturer at St Mellitus College and St Paul’s Theological Centre, and Visiting Lecturer at King’s College, London.

Jane and Rowan married in 1981 and have a son and a daughter.  They have recently moved to Cambridge where the former Archbishop is Master of Magdalene College.  Jane has written, among other books:  Lectionary Reflections, for SPCK;  Approaching Christmas and Faces of Christ – Jesus in Art for Lion;  and Angels, A Christian Funeral, Special Occasions, and Lost for Words for the Hampshire publishers, Redemptorist Publications, based in Chawton, near Alton.

Future series
May 2013:A Spiritual Toolkit – the various ways in which Christians support their personal faith journey, with a focus on tools such as the Enneagram personality system, walking a labyrinth, the Myers-Briggs personality type indicator, and the interpretation of dreams;  1,8,15,22,29 May at the United Church, Winchester.
Autumn 2013:“Engaging with God” – aspects of liturgy.  9,12,23 October and 6,13,20 November at the United Church, Winchester.

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Previous series
Autumn 2012:   “Hope Beyond Loss.”  Six talks from eminent speakers who engaged with the subject of loss in a number of its guises – but recognising that beyond loss there is hope to be found.  The programme page has recordings of all the talks, and some scripts.
May 2012:   “Going for Gold:  Spiritual Greats of the Twentieth Century.”  Four talks on great spiritual thinkers of the last century who ‘ran with endurance the race set before them’ (Hebrews 12.1).  The programme page has scripts and recordings of all the talks.
Spring 2012:   Bishop Christopher Herbert:  four talks on Perception, Belief and Ethics.  The programme page has scripts and recordings of all the talks.
Autumn 2011:   “400:  The King James Bible – past, present and future.”  The programme page has recordings of all eight talks.
May 2011:   “The World as Gift?”:  four talks exploring our relationship with the world as a gift from God.  The programme page has recordings of all the talks.
January 2011:   “Pie in the Sky?”:  four talks by Dr Paula Gooder exploring the themes of Life, Death, Heaven and Hell in the Bible.  The programme page has recordings of all the talks.
Autumn 2010:   “Sanctuary”:  eight talks in which various speakers explored their differing experience and understandings of sanctuary.  The programme page has recordings of all the talks.
Spring 2010:   “Aspects of Alfred”:  Four talks by Revd Canon Dr David Scott.  The programme page has recordings of all four talks.
Lent 2010:   “Mammon’s Revenge”:  Four talks by Rt Revd Dr Peter Selby.  The programme page has recordings of all four talks.
Autumn 2009:   “Prophets for our Time”:  Seven talks by different speakers.  The programme page has texts and recordings of all of the talks.
Spring 2009:   “Inspired”:  four reflections on the nature of Inspiration and Place.  The programme page has recordings of two of the talks.
January 2009:    “The Audacity of Hope”:  four talks by Revd Dr Martyn Atkins.  The programme page has recordings of all the talks.
Autumn 2008:   “When I’m Sixty-Four ... A Celebration of the Third Age!”  The programme page has recordings of all the talks.
Spring 2008:   “What can Christianity do for you?”  The programme page has recordings of all the talks.
January 2008:   Four talks by Bishop Richard Harries (Lord Harries of Pentregarth) under the overall title “The Re-Enchantment of Morality: Wisdom for a Troubled World”.  The programme page has recordings of all the talks.
Autumn 2007:   “Spirituality & ...”.  The programme page has recordings of all the talks.
May 2007:   “After Anne Frank”.  The programme page includes the recording of Prof. Michael Taylor’s talk.
May 2006:   Ann Lewin spoke on “Josephine Butler and Sexual Law Reform”.  The text of her talk is here.
Jan-Feb 2006:   Rev. Joel Edwards gave four talks under the general title “Respect”.  The texts of his talks have been made available by the Evangelical Alliance.
New Year 2005:   Four talks by Bishop John Baker (formerly Bishop of Salisbury), “Between Faith and Doubt”:  about God, about Jesus, about Good and Evil and about Life and Death.  The text of those talks is available here.
2004:   Bishop John Baker gave a series of four talks on the Lord’s Prayer.  The text of those talks is here.

Space in the City is an ecumenical venture organised by lay, licensed, ordained and associate members of Winchester’s city churches:  St Bartholomew’s and St Lawrence with St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate, St Peter’s and the United Church.


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