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Send us Fan Mail Sermon by Jon Swales, Nov 2018

Send us Fan Mail At the Just Jesus conference, Katie Dowds and Jon Swales talked about Colossians One and the supremacy of Jesus. Although that session wasn't recorded, this recording is very similar. 

Send us Fan Mail A recording from the Lighthouse ‘Just Jesus’ conference arranged by Lighthouse West  Yorkshire.  Sermon by Rev’d Jon Swales

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Send us Fan Mail Words and voice: Jon Swales Music: Chris Sayburn

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Send us Fan Mail Words and Voice Rev'd Jon Swales Backing Music - used with permission 'It pours' by Rev'd Chris Sayburn Father of Creation, The Beginning and the End. As our evening prayer rises before you, So may your Spirit descend, And hold us in your love, To you be all praise and glory. As we face the night, Our hearts are heavy, Knowing that this world of yours is groani...

Send us Fan Mail Music: Free Sad Piano Type Beat- Emotional Piano Instrumental 'Broken - See  A Liturgy for the Morning: Prayers for the Climate and Ecological Emergency.  Father of Creation, The beginning and the end. This day has never existed before in the history of the cosmos, And yet here we are with the fragile, And beautiful  gift of life. To you be all praise, honour and glory. From...

Send us Fan Mail Words and Voice- Jon Swales Music:   Song: Blue Nights Artist: Juan Sánchez Artist’s Website: https://juansanchezmusic.info/ Father of Creation, God of Compassion, We thank you for the fragile gift of life, And the beautiful world that you made. To you be all praise, honour and glory. Father of Creation, God of Justice, You called us to love our neighbours, And tend and keep your...

Send us Fan Mail Words- Rev'd  Jon Swales Music: Alice Brencher Father of Creation, God of Mercy, The rain came down And the floods came up Leaving a trail of desperation, destitution, & destruction. Storm Ian gained ferocity and power Through rising temperatures and rising seas, Having sowed into the wind of unrestrained capitalism  Humanity now reaps the whirlwind. Lord have mercy, Chri...

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Send us Fan Mail A multi-podcast episode talk by Rev'd Jon Swales on Jesus. Music: Alice Brencher and Chris Sayburn

Send us Fan Mail Talk by Jon Swales Music: Chris Sayburn

Send us Fan Mail Talk by Jon Swales Music, Chris Sayburn

Send us Fan Mail WORDS, SWALES MUSIC SAYBURN 'HORIZON' There is a certain kind of religion, An opium for the masses. It, Numbs, Distracts And anaesthetises us from the pain of the world, Into a heavenly world of spiritualising irrelevance. There is a certain kind of religion, An opium for the masses, It  Supports, Benefits. And acts as chaplain to the status quo, Supporting the structure...

Send us Fan Mail By Rev'd Jon Swales as Part of the Justice, Peace, and Reconciliation Course

Send us Fan Mail A talk given by Rev'd Jon Swales as part of the Justice, Peace and Reconciliation Course. 

Send us Fan Mail Words and Voice by Rev'd Jon Swales Music by Santoor and Tabla at Assi Ghat, Varanasi by Samuel Corwin | https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Samuel_Corwin Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ A Prayer for Pakistan (Draft) Father of Creation, God of the Nations, Words fail to describe th...

Send us Fan Mail Words and Voice- Jon Swales Music:  Blue Nights (Royalty Free Music) A Prayer for the Energy Crisis and Rising Costs (Draft) Father of Creation, God of Compassion, We lift up to you the energy crisis. With rising financial costs, Emotional and social costs increase, Anxiety and Fear abound.  Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Father of Creation, God and Father of our Jesus Christ...

Send us Fan Mail Teaching by Katie Dowds. Katie Dowds is Senior Pastor at Lighthouse, a Christian community for those who have been battered and bruised by the storms of life. A contemplative activist and passionate communicator, she sits on the Advisory Board at JustLove and has led seminars and performed spoken word poetry at national conferences such as Soul Survivor, Proximity and ISAAC. She r...

Send us Fan Mail Words by Rev'd Jon Swales Music from Gavin Luke 'Beyond Imagination' https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/2gLylp09Qi/  A Lament for the Summer of 2022: Heatwaves, Water Shortages and Forest Fires (Draft) Father of Creation, God of Compassion, In the beginning, The earth was formless and void, And your Spirit  Hovered over the waters of the deep.  In love you spoke, A...

Send us Fan Mail A lecture on mission from Rev'd Jon Swales This is a sample from the 'Mission, Theology and Ministry for the Margins Course. More details here. https://leeds-school-of-theology.org/mission-theology-ministry-for-the-margins/ Leeds School of Theology are pleased and excited to partner with Lighthouse West Yorkshire in facilitating a dynamic learning community which will se...

Send us Fan Mail Words- Jon Swales except 'Justice is what love looks like' comes from Martin Luther King Music: Chris Sayburn Justice is what love looks like in public, It is, To raise ones head above the parapet of indifference, Singing a song with actions, With melodies so sweet, Captivating  and compelling, To a lost and dying world. Justice is what love looks like in public, It is,...

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Send us Fan Mail An audio sample taken from the 'Justice, Peace and Reconciliation' Course.  JUSTICE, PEACE & RECONCILIATION COURSE REGISTER TODAY This dynamic learning environment aims to equip the church to engage the contemporary world in justice, peacemaking and reconciliation. Through a mixture of live lectures, discussion groups and assigned homework, this introductory course w...