Call not for peace in the Holy Land, call for justice so that peace may root itself deeply and flourish.

Guest Blog2023, A question of, BeachcomberFX, Justice, Politics, Sin, Sunday@thePub Leave a Comment

Hi All, This week we will be meeting in the Enigma Tap at 7:30pm – looking forward to seeing those of you who can join us there.  This weeks blog is a guest blog from David Hardman. The following is a little introduction to who he is and what he does. The Methodist Liaison Office & Revd David Hardman The …

Who owns the Pond?

Guest Blog2022, Food, Lifestyle, Politics, Poverty, Sunday@thePub Leave a Comment

This weeks blog comes a friend of ours called Tracey Hume who is a deacon in the Methodist Church and currently works as the Newcastle Methodist District’s Community Engagement Enabler. She has also been pivotal in setting up a Poverty and Truth Commission in Gateshead. We all know that the cost of living is going up. Fuel bills, cost of …

Walter Brueggemann

David Wynd2020, bible, Human, Imagination, Influencers and Prophets, Old Testament, Politics, Sabbath, Sunday@thePub, Walter Brueggemann Leave a Comment

Born in Nebraska in 1933, Walter Brueggemann is an Old Testament theologian, St Louis Cardinals fan and for some, one of the most influential Old Testament scholars of the last 40 years or so. He uses a practice called rhetorical criticism (basically looking at the meaning behind words, phrases, images, gestures, performances, texts, films etc that people use to communicate) …

Shared Interest…

Guest Blog2019, Community, Politics, Shared Interest, Sunday@thePub Leave a Comment

Hi folks, this week we are meeting at Hugos in Tynemouth, meeting from 8.00pm. This weeks reflection comes from Martin. Shared Interest: the Art of Enabling  Hot topics’ in recent years in the news have included: The environment and threats to it. A decade of austerity after the Lehmans-triggered crash (we’ll leave a critique of free capitalism for now!) The …