A weekly series for preachers, ministers and worship leaders, discussing the dimensions of justice present in the Bible readings explored by many churches each Sunday, and reflecting on how they connect with current affairs and our calling to be justice seekers.
Episodes
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
In this week’s episode of Politics in the Pulpit, host Michael Wakelin chats to Revd Dr Helen Paynter. Helen will take over as our podcast host in our Summer series, beginning on 9th July.
Helen Paynter, PhD, is a minister accredited by the Baptist Union of Great Britain, who now serves as tutor in Old Testament at the Bristol Baptist College. She is the founding director of the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence.
Michael and Helen discuss preaching on the lectionary readings for Sunday 23rd June, which are:
1 Samuel 17:(1a, 4-11, 19-23), 23-49
2 Corinthians 6:1-13
Mark 4:35-41
Psalm 9:9-20
‘Politics in the Pulpit’ is JPIT’s weekly lectionary resource, helping to equip preachers, ministers and worship leaders to unpack justice and peace issues in the pulpit. You can join in the conversation on Twitter/X at @publicissues or using #PoliticsInThePulpit, or on our Facebook community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1001084297426200
Friday Jun 14, 2024
Friday Jun 14, 2024
In this week’s episode of Politics in the Pulpit, host Michael Wakelin chats to Dr Lisa Adjei.
Dr. Lisa Adjei is an international speaker and writer who holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry & Physiology from the University of Surrey in Guildford, where she was also a church leader for many years. Lisa is the founder of Sankofa Collective, an ecumenical racial justice and reconciliation community for Christians. Dr Lisa Adjei currently works for Christian Aid as a British Church Relations Manager, her role seeks to support denominational leaders across the United Kingdom in justice & mission. She also sits on Churches Together England’s Board of trustees, their Racial Justice Working Group as the chair of their Theology sub-group and on their millennial leader’s forum, Emerge, for the Pentecostal & Charismatic forum – their work seeks to look at intergenerational reconciliation and legacy within the forum. Dr Lisa is the chair of a global climate youth community, Climate YES, a movement of young activists engaging in political and societal transformation. Lisa is currently an active member of Trinity Baptist Church and serves in their young adult’s ministry, Impact.
Michael and Lisa discuss preaching on the lectionary readings for Sunday 16th June, which are:
1 Samuel 15:34-16:13
2 Corinthians 5:6-10, (11-13), 14-17
Mark 4:26-34
Psalm 20
‘Politics in the Pulpit’ is JPIT’s weekly lectionary resource, helping to equip preachers, ministers and worship leaders to unpack justice and peace issues in the pulpit. You can join in the conversation on Twitter/X at @publicissues or using #PoliticsInThePulpit, or on our Facebook community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1001084297426200
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
In this week's episode of Politics in the Pulpit, host Michael Wakelin chats to Revd Dr Tim Judson.
Reverend Doctor Tim Judson is a theologian and Baptist Minister passionate about the intersection of theology, arts, and social justice. He explores how beliefs shape lives, engaging with liberation theologies to challenge systemic inequalities. As one of the few White members of Baptists Together's national racial justice hub, he contributes to research on equality and diversity, particularly in reimagining Whiteness in theology. Tim's interests span Black theology, music, Bonhoeffer, Aquinas, and environmental ethics. With ministerial experience in various UK locations and international missions, including Uganda and Thailand, he draws on diverse contexts for reflection and song writing. Tim holds theology degrees from Bristol, Durham, and a PhD from Aberdeen, focusing on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theology of lament. At Regents Park College, he serves as a Lecturer in Ministerial Formation and author of "Dark Weeping and Light Sleeping" and "Awake in Gethsemane."
Michael and Tim discuss preaching on the lectionary readings for Sunday 9th June, which are:
1 Samuel 8:4-11, (12-15), 16-20, (11:14-15)
2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1
Mark 3:20-35
Psalm 138
‘Politics in the Pulpit’ is JPIT’s weekly lectionary resource, helping to equip preachers, ministers and worship leaders to unpack justice and peace issues in the pulpit. You can join in the conversation on Twitter/X at @publicissues or using #PoliticsInThePulpit, or on our Facebook community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1001084297426200
Tuesday May 28, 2024
Tuesday May 28, 2024
In this week's episode of Politics in the Pulpit, host Michael Wakelin chats to Revd Dr Jo Cox-Darling.
Joanne Cox-Darling is Superintendent of the Wolverhampton Methodist Circuit, Chair of the Mission Committee, and trustee of the Southlands Methodist Trust. A lifelong proponent of holding the space for both justice and evangelism, Joanne continues to help the church notice what God is up to. Author of 'Finding God in a Culture of Fear' (featured in this month's Methodist Theology Book Club) and regular on BBCR2's Pause for Thought, Joanne seeks to help folk make connections that matter: in life and in faith.
Michael and Jo discuss preaching on the lectionary readings for Sunday 2nd June, which are:
1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20)
2 Corinthians 4:5-12
Mark 2:23-3:6
Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18
‘Politics in the Pulpit’ is JPIT’s weekly lectionary resource, helping to equip preachers, ministers and worship leaders to unpack justice and peace issues in the pulpit. You can join in the conversation on Twitter/X at @publicissues or using #PoliticsInThePulpit, or on our Facebook community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1001084297426200
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Tuesday May 21, 2024
In this week's episode of Politics in the Pulpit, host Michael Wakelin chats to Revd George Pitcher.
George Pitcher is a visiting fellow at the LSE and an Anglican priest. He's a journalist and writer by background, an occasional broadcaster and a former senior adviser to Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. He recently completed 10 years of rural parish ministry in Sussex.
Michael and George discuss preaching on the lectionary readings for Sunday 26th May, which are:
Isaiah 6:1-8
Romans 9:12-17
John 3:1-17
Psalm 29
‘Politics in the Pulpit’ is JPIT’s weekly lectionary resource, helping to equip preachers, ministers and worship leaders to unpack justice and peace issues in the pulpit. You can join in the conversation on Twitter/X at @publicissues or using #PoliticsInThePulpit, or on our Facebook community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1001084297426200
Tuesday May 14, 2024
Tuesday May 14, 2024
In this week's episode of Politics in the Pulpit, host Michael Wakelin chats to Paul Kerensa.
Paul is a British Comedy Award-winning writer, working on TV shows including Miranda, Not Going Out with Lee Mack, Top Gear, and many more. As a comedian he’s performed over 3000 gigs, from Montreal Comedy Festival to London’s Comedy Store, via countless churches and Christian festivals. He’s author of ten books, a broadcaster on Radio 2’s Pause for Thought and Radio 4’s Daily Service, a broadcasting historian, and an Occasional Preacher in his local Anglican church.
Michael and Paul discuss preaching on the lectionary readings for Sunday 19th May, which are:
Acts 2:1-21
Romans 8:22-27
John 15:26-26, 16:4b-15
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b
‘Politics in the Pulpit’ is JPIT’s weekly lectionary resource, helping to equip preachers, ministers and worship leaders to unpack justice and peace issues in the pulpit. You can join in the conversation on Twitter/X at @publicissues or using #PoliticsInThePulpit, or on our Facebook community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1001084297426200
Tuesday May 07, 2024
Tuesday May 07, 2024
In this week's episode of Politics in the Pulpit, host Michael Wakelin chats his brother, Revd Mark Wakelin.
Revd Mark Wakelin is a Methodist Minister in Chessington, in Greater London. Mark has been a Methodist Minister for over 40 years and was President of the Methodist Conference 2012-2013. He is currently Chair of Trustees of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. Mark enjoys gardening, singing and walking.
Michael and Mark discuss preaching on the lectionary readings for Sunday 12th May, which are:
Acts 1:15-17
1 John 5:9-13
John 17:6-19
Psalm 1
‘Politics in the Pulpit’ is JPIT’s weekly lectionary resource, helping to equip preachers, ministers and worship leaders to unpack justice and peace issues in the pulpit. You can join in the conversation on Twitter/X at @publicissues or using #PoliticsInThePulpit, or on our Facebook community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1001084297426200
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
In this week's episode of Politics in the Pulpit, host Michael Wakelin chats to Deacon Eunice Attwood.
Deacon Eunice Attwood is the Church at the Margins Officer for the Methodist Church. Eunice brings over twenty years’ experience of ordained diaconal ministry from a variety of contexts, including theological education and city- and town-centred ministry amongst marginalised and vulnerable communities, where she helped start and grow many fresh expressions of church. Building on the biblical connection between evangelism and social justice, Eunice is helping to start a movement of new Christian communities led by people experiencing economic marginalisation.
Michael and Eunice discuss preaching on the lectionary readings for Sunday 5th May, which are:
Acts 10:44-48
1 John 5:1-6
John 15:9-17
Psalm 98
‘Politics in the Pulpit’ is JPIT’s weekly lectionary resource, helping to equip preachers, ministers and worship leaders to unpack justice and peace issues in the pulpit. You can join in the conversation on Twitter/X at @publicissues or using #PoliticsInThePulpit, or on our Facebook community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1001084297426200
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
In this week's episode of Politics in the Pulpit, host Michael Wakelin chats to Revd Hayley Young.
Rev Hayley is currently the Regional Minister: co-team leader of Southern Counties Baptist Association. In 2022-2023 she was President of Baptist Together, she has a passion for encouraging churches to out hospitality at the heart of their mission and ministry.
Michael and Hayley discuss preaching on the lectionary readings for Sunday 28th April, which are:
Acts 8:26-40
1 John 4:7-21
John 15:1-8
Psalm 22:25-31
‘Politics in the Pulpit’ is JPIT’s weekly lectionary resource, helping to equip preachers, ministers and worship leaders to unpack justice and peace issues in the pulpit. You can join in the conversation on Twitter/X at @publicissues or using #PoliticsInThePulpit, or on our Facebook community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1001084297426200
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
In this week's episode of Politics in the Pulpit, host Michael Wakelin chats to Rev Naomi Nixon.
Naomi is CEO of the Student Christian Movement which has been at the forefront of putting progressive theology into action for over a century. As an Anglican priest, in addition to parish ministry, she has worked in clergy training, college chaplaincy and is currently assistant pioneer minister at St Clare’s at Coventry Cathedral.
Naomi is a qualified teacher, mediator and holds advanced degrees in theology and feminist biblical studies. She is currently working on her PhD investigating a tentative theological approach to moral and spiritual development.
Michael and Naomi discuss preaching on the lectionary readings for Sunday 21st April, which are:
Acts 4:5-12
1 John 3:16-24
John 10:11-18
Psalm 23
‘Politics in the Pulpit’ is JPIT’s weekly lectionary resource, helping to equip preachers, ministers and worship leaders to unpack justice and peace issues in the pulpit. You can join in the conversation on Twitter/X at @publicissues or using #PoliticsInThePulpit, or on our Facebook community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1001084297426200