This estate we're in

Reflections from a parish priest, dad and so-called theologian, living on an urban 'outer estate' in the West Midlands, on day-to-day life, faith, 'community', politics... and whatever else happens to turn up!

Thursday, 6 February 2025

"Burn it down": responses to/within the polycrisis in the CofE

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I remember all-too-well those first few days of the COVID pandemic. As a team locally, with oversight of our youth and community-building wo...

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Wednesday, 4 December 2024

Why we need an anti-growth coalition in the Church of England

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I'm delighted to host this guest post from Revd Angela Sheard. Angela and I had a conversation a few weeks ago in which we discovered we...

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Simpler, Humbler, Bolder? Towards an anti-growth coalition in the Church of England

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This article is reproduced from the July 2024 issue of Crucible: The Journal of Christian Social Ethics, which was titled 'Simpler, Humb...

Thursday, 10 October 2024

When 'being interrupted' is not enough

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The trigger for this piece was an article by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Or, to be more accurate, a letter in the Independent by a new fri...

Sunday, 16 June 2024

coming out from patriarchy: beyond 'the line' and 'the box'

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I was invited by a neighbouring parish to kick off their service series exploring their commitment to being an Inclusive Church, with a serm...

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Revd Al Barrett: Firs & Bromford Estate, East Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom; Since September 2010 I've been Anglican priest ('Vicar' to the rest of the world) for the parish of Hodge Hill, East Birmingham. Among other things, that means being 'present' around the place, making friends, listening lots, helping others reflect, and nurturing a church community that is committed to 'growing loving community with all our neighbours'. In 2017 I finished a PhD developing a 'radically receptive' political theology / missiology in the urban margins (now published as 'Interrupting the Church's Flow') and in 2020 I co-wrote 'Being Interrupted: Re-imagining the Church's Mission from the Outside, In' with Ruth Harley (SCM Press). I'm continuing to write, and also do bits of facilitating, speaking and listening in the wider world beyond Hodge Hill.

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