Christian learning resources

An academic seminar titled 'Contemplation in the city: some modern approaches to prayer in the urban landscape' in which Rowan Williams talks about about Madeleine Delbrêl. Part of the Koinonia lectures for 2022-23, co-organised by the Diocese of London, St Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey, which offer an opportunity to engage with the latest research from a wide range of theological and ecclesiological thinkers.

Biblical scholar Paula Gooder says that stories and storytelling make all the difference to our understanding of the New Testament. In this conversation with Bishop Helen-Ann Hartley she talks about her new book Lydia, her second narrative exploration of a woman in the early church, which opens up life as a Christian in first-century Philippi and Paul’s letter to the new church there.

Etty Hillesum was a young Jewish woman living in occupied Amsterdam in the 1940s who chronicled both what was happening around her, and her own deepening spiritual life and refusal to hate or to hide. Patrick Woodhouse introduces her story, her thinking, what we might learn from it today, and reads from her writings.

Canon Chancellor, Dr Paula Gooder, reflects on dying well as we mourn the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Bishop Graham Usher reflects on how we can listen to the Voice of Creation in a time of climate change.

Graham Usher explores why so many of us encounter the presence of God in landscapes, and also key moments in the Bible where people encounter God in the natural world. In particular, he talks about what mountains mean to him and what they signify in the Bible: places where heaven and earth meet.

An online retreat for those who are active in serving in their local communities in the name of Christ: those who are championing social action and social justice. Based upon a daytime retreat held in November 2021.

Dr Paula Gooder and Dr Kate Coleman explore the Holy Spirit’s actions in the Bible and in the world today, and ask how we can attend to what the Spirit is doing in our own lives.

Rowan Williams explores the light and joy, as well as the darkness and strangeness of the Christmas story.

The Revd Richard Coles’ moving, funny, profound talk about his conversion to Christianity and his life as a parish priest. He talks with Mark Oakley about how faith has changed his life, how to pray, what it’s like to be gay in the Church of England, where he finds hope and joy, and much more.

How can London can be a place of flourishing for all people – culturally, economically, justly - as we move forwards from the pandemic?

Intrepid explorers can use this map to find various animals around the Cathedral.