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, 10 July 2025

Let's talk about 'growth' - seriously

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  I started writing this blog post a few months ago. It didn't feel like the right time to publish it. Now does. Newly potted seeds in t...

In the ruins: the beginnings of a conversation

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  On 10th June, I had a wonderful conversation, in public, with Bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani, as part of a day-conference organised by Reconc...
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...
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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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