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to think, study, act and protest
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Catrin Harlandreflects
on the divine command.

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The commandment'Love the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all
your strength', from which the theme of this issue ofMovement
'With All Your Mind'is taken, is a very difficult one to comprehend, and
certainly for me because I cannot imagine having -y mind focussed on
one thing at all. It wanders very easily, and the idea of putting all of that
energy and thought into one thing is not something that comes naturally
to me, or, I assume, to anyone. However, putting 'a11 your mind'into the
love of God does not
have to mean that we
lock ourselves away in
solitary confinement,
spending all our time
reading the Bible and
not doing anything else;
although some people
do feel called to do
this, it's not the life for
everyone. We can take
our faith and put it into
action to make a rea1.
difference in the world.
As students, we are
uniquely positioned to do this. We spend our weeks (theoreticaily!)
attending lectures and seminars and writing essays, using our minds for
academic purposes. Many students are also involved in the growing protest
movement, whether that's through occupations, marching against cuts in
their universities and communities, or showing solidarity with striking
public sector workers. In the recent controversy surrounding the'Occupy
LSX' movement, and the spate of resignations from St Paul's cathedral,
one aspect that many journalists and bloggers were writing about was
the protesters whose banners proclaimed 'What would Jesus do?'The
suggestion was, of course, that rather than being with the bankers in the
City of London, or behind closed doors in the cathedral, Jesus would
be camped out in the grounds of the cathedral, talking to, and sharing
fellowship with, the 99010. Rather than merely sitting in our churches or
SCM groups disctrssing what it means to be Christian, we need to take
on the additional challenge that this poses us. We are living
through exciting times, and the world around us is changing.
We can be a part of making that change happen or we can
sit it out and wait. So, to steal the admittedly rather cheesy
and overused phrase, what would Jesus do? And as Christians,
what will we do?
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HAIIII$ A]III FEET
On 28-30 October snldents frorn all over the country
gathered at Hinde St Methodist Church in central
London for SCN4 'No HantJs but Ours'event,:r weekend
of cirnrpaigns workshops iurd time for reflection and
worship.
The Church Urbar-r firnd sent us out onto the bus)'
London streets, encourilging us to w'.rnder, trrke in the
sights and sounds, ensirge with people, experience God
in tl-re busyness ?rround Oxford Street and observe the
huge difl-erences ir-r rvealth in a small aretr.
We enjoyed a talk by Alison Gelder of Hor.rsing Justice.
We rrlso got involved with CAFOD's 'Dont Drop the Ball'
carnpaign as we discussed popular perceptions of climate
change, the realiry.irnd r','hat SCN'I members can do.
The occupation at St P:rr-rl's wirs irlso ver)' mLlch ilr
our rninds, and a group visited the protesters to shorv
solidarinr
There rvere regrlar times of praver irnd worship, and
the congregirtion made us f-eel especialh, welcome as
we led the intercession:rry pr:ryers during their Sunday
morrring service. Je / ly Morga n s.
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Itt been a busy term 1or us
in the SCM office, because
as well as welcoming a new
member of staffto the team,
we've also moved! Our new
office is bigger, brighter and
warmer than the old one,
and we didnt have to move
very far at all - in fact, we've
only moved up two flights
of stairs. Our new address
is on the inside cover of
Movement, so please do
update your address books.
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MEMBERS
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FEE$ DEM(I
SCM members attended
the London anti-fees
demonstration on 9
November. SCM member
Paul Parker said,'This march
was about more than the plans
to consider private companies
running universities. It was
an expression of the wider
opposition to the coalition
government's regime of cuts
and privatisation. The cuts
dorit just affect students
and public sector workers,
they affect the unemployed,
disabled and mentally ill and
all those on benefits. Those
least to blame and least able to
solve the problem are carrying
the biggest weight. Surely
that is notwhat the Kingdom
ofHeaven is about.'
MARCHIIIG
FtlR GTIMAIE
IUSIICE
In October, GC held its
meeting in Manchester so
that it could run alongside
Christian Aid's'Bearing
Witness' climate change
event and protest. As we
marched through the
streets with thousands of
Christians raising awareness
of climate chaos on the eve
of the Conservative Parfy
conference, singing hymns
and praying together, it
was great to feel a sense
of hope and urgency. GC
took this enthusiasm into
our . ..me eting,. . .discussing
SCMt events for next year,
fundraising, and campaigns.
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IREIAIID PUB
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Following the successful
SCM Ireland re-launch
conference in spring 2011,
they are now focusing on
building the movement
in Dublin. Starting in
November, they will be
hosting a monthly series
of pub nights, at which all
students and young people
are invited to come and
discuss a theme important
to them. The first pub night
took place in Dublin on 22
November on the theme of
'Freedom of Speech.'
John Delap
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I rvrite this having just slept fbr rrlnrost ir clav after rrttending
the World Student Christian Federation-E,uropc (WSCF-E)
confcrencc on gendcr irr.rd tl'rc Ettropean Rcgion:rl Asscn"rblv
(ERA),held in Logumklostet,rr smrrll to\\,n in sottthcru Deutnrrrk.
So rvhirt is WSCI':E? Wcll, it's the Europeirn trrnr oi \\/SCF,
an ur.nbrelia body fbr rll thc niltiorlal SCNIs. Thel' hold
trvo conferences etch yerr thlrt the British SCXI c:rr-r sencl
deleeates to.
The qender conferetrce w,ts lIIr amazing opPorttlrtin' t() qet
to knou' people frorr SCNIs rrcross Ettrope. T1-ris rnrttle the
conference nrore socirrble trut also irt tir.ucs r-uore cl.rrrllcrtqing. As
well rrs the occirsionrrl cornmunicrrtion difliculties, there rvere itlsrr
some challeneing and interesting vie'tvs expressecl. The topic of
f-ernale leadership rvithin the church shou'ed this rvl.re r-r ir.r ir smirll
eroup I r,vas told bv rvomen thirt it u':rs wrong fbr f-enrirle s to be irr
1-rositions of leadership.
The ERA is helcl every r\\,o vcrtrs itnd is u'here votitrg fbr the
cornmittee htp.rpens i.rnd irnv chirnges tr> the col'lstittltioll rlre
made. This r,vas quite irn intellse erperience '.ts it t,its helcl ove r nvtl
drrys. It fe'lt ernporvering to hin'e ir voice rrnd votil'uJ right rrt thc
ERA,. I hirve hrrd :rn ar-nnzit'tg experience irnd rvor-rld rccotntrteucl
rrttending a \VSCF-E evel.!t to e\/er\/olte.
Stephcn Canttittg
Can.qrottrlatians to IJritish SCA4 ntentltcr Liblt.t' Lr*^itt 'i,cho ta.r
clcrtd lo tfu Eurcf>L'un Rcgiottrr/ Cornmittec ds tr.'osttrer. Lihlt_1, tui//
,ter-L'c an the contnittee.fbr 4 yetrs.
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SCM has signed up as one of
many organisations offering
Christian support to the
Occupy London movement.
The statement reads: As
Christians, we stand alongside
people of all religions who are
resisting economic injustice
active nonviolence.
with
The global economic system
perpetuates the wealth of
the few at the expense of the
many. It is based on idolatrous
subservience to markets. We
cannot worship both God and
money'. You can read the full
statement at movement.org.
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of SCM. She has a soft-spor
for dancing. SCM Friend
John Cooper caugbt up .uith
lter after tbe armsfair protests
in East London. You can
read tbe full intervieus at
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Did 1'ou know that your university probably supports the
arms trade? That's right, universities often support the arms
trade by investing in arms companies, taking money from
arms companies for research projects and by allowing arms
companies onto campus to recruit students. If this makes you
angry then now is the time to get involved in the movement
to kick arms companies offcampus!
Students across the UK are campaigning to break the links
between their universities and the arms-trade and have had
some great successes. For example, a persistent campaign by
Disarm UCL led to the university selling its shares in Cobham
plc. This shows just how much our campaigns can achieve.
Students have also been involved in some really exciting
actions against arms companies at careers events. A recent
die-in at a BAE Systems workshop at Manchester University
led to the event being cancelled. Consistent protest at
recruitment events does work; in 2008 actions against energy
giant E.ON led to them abandoning rheir recruitment tour.
It's tirne to do the same with arms companies like BAE!
If youd like to get involved then please get in touch with
Beth at Campaign Against Arms Tiade (CAAT) on
universities@caat.org.uk Let's make this the yearwe kickarms
companies off campus for goodl (universities.caat.org.uk. )
Beth Smith
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C a mp a ign A ga in s t ./lrns Tra de
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sonle of last rveek irr
I-orrdon, clurllenging an
irrnrs firir - 'rvlrirt'.s \\'rong
u'ith the arrns frrir? The
DSEi arms fair trades in
death; it uses British ta-x
payers' money to normalise
the sale of machinery that is
designed to kill. There also
seems to be little regard
given to whom arms are
sold. This year the guest list
included regimes such as
Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
- regimes that have been
known to use weapons
against their own civilians.
\\/hat did \,or.r tlo ro
highlight this) My main
aim was to disrupt the fair
as much as possible, in the
hope that it would spur arms
dealers and traders to think
twice about the nonnaliry of
thet actions and trade. We
went about this in manyway's,
from singing peace songs
or1 the Docklands Light
Railway, surrounded by arms
dealers, to blockading the
main road entrance for about
20 rninutes, to handing
out specialll, produced
newspapers with rnessages
of peace to those entering
the fair.
l)id vour frrith plar,rr rolc irr
taking piu't itr tlris irction,
indeed tlid _r,our llethodist
birckgrotrncl inrpacti My
faith was instrumental to
my participation in the
protests. Jesus is after all
known as the Prince of
Peace. As a young Christian
trying to live out my faith,
I felt that I could not stand
by and let an event that so
actively enables warfare
be surrounded with such
a sense of normality. One
of the key messages of
Methodism in the UK at
the moment is the idea of
discipleship. If I am truly
attempting to be a disciple
of Christ, then I feel called
to oppose and disrupt
activities that are so clearll'
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ACIII|II FllR REFUOEES
STAR (Student Action
for Refugees) is a national
organisation that has $oups
in 34 universities across the
UK. It is a dual-purpose
organisation, volunteering
at local refugee projects and
campaigning for refugee
rights. This ye r one of
STAR's campaigns is called 'Equal Access' (to higher education). There
are currently many barriers for asylum seekers tr)4ng to get into higher
education. Asylum seekers have to pay international fees and are not eligible
for any loans or grants; they are also not permitted to work. As asylum
seekers and some refugees do not have permission to stay for the entirety of
their degree course they fail admissions tests for many universities. Often
it takes many years for people seeking sanctuary to get permission to stay.
So why is this something we should be concerned about? The Joint
Committee of Human Rights in 2007 said 'we have seen instances in all
cases where the Government's treatment of asylum seekers falls below the
requirements of the common law of humanity and international human
rights' law'. Genesis t; 26 says'let us make man in our image and in our
likeness';we all have an intrinsic and equal dignity and value based upon the
image of God. Therefore we should be acting and speaking out on behalf
of people who are discriminated against and treated unfairly, especially if
they are unable to do this for themselves. Asylum seekers are not included
in any statistics and they effectively have no voice in this country, leading
to them being termed'the living ghosts'. As Cfuistians we are to remember
thatJesus set us an example and showed intense concern for those who are
disadvantaged, saying in Matthew 2 5: 4}'ubateuer you didfor one of tbe least
of thue brothers and sisters of mine, you didfor md -
Afshin Airinn is an asylum seeker who has been in the UK for 11 years.
He says'I lost mywhole adult life in misery in this country I was not poor
in Iran - I did not come here for your money but I was seeking refuge. I
ask those in the Home Office to think if you were to spend a day in my
shoes how would you like to be treated?'This is similar to the golden rule
of Christianity as Luke 6 v 31 says'do unto others as you would have them
do unto you'.The concept of treating others as you would wish to be treated
drives the campaign of 'Equal Access'. STAR is calling on universities to
remit tuition fees in full for a fixed number of places for asylum seekers each
year, charge'home fees'for all or a quota of asylum seekers, or offer a small
bursary for each place to cover studying costs only. STAR groups across the
country are going to be organising sleep outs and asking for meetings with
their vice chancellors to raise awareness and hopefirlly bring about change.
ST}\Rrecognises that to solve the problem of'Equal Access'serious changes
need to be made in the asylum system. These include asylum seekers being
eligible for student financial supporr, being granted permission to work six
months after an asylum claim is made and being given permission to stay to
complete their university course. In order to make these important changes,
we need more people to be aware
of the issues and to put pressure
on those in power. It is an exciting
time to be campaigning for asYlum
rights as we are currently seeing
big changes in policy. In the last
year alone child detention in
the majority of cases has been
abolished. Being a Christian is
not just about sympathising with
the plight of sanctuary seekers; we
are called to act. STAR is a great
way to make a difference whilst
you are at university and I would
really encourage you to seek out
your university's STAR group. If
your university does not have a
group, then visit the STAR website
to see how you could set one up
w\ilw.star-networkorg.uk We are
called to be God's hands and feet
on earth as James 2 vs 17 says'faith
without works is a lifeless thing'.
Hannah is a second year student at tlte
Uniaersity of Birmingham studying
pbilosopby and tbeologlt. Sbe's the
secretaryrfor tbe Birmingham SD4R
group, and a rnember ofBirmingham
MethSoc. Hannab lortes trartelling
to neu places, cookingfor housemates
and spending time uithfantily.
GTllSE IHE
GAP GAMPAISII
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With government cuts really
taking hold and the downrurn
of the economy looking like it's
here for the long run, you may
have been surprised to hear the
High Pay Commission reporting
that in the last year, the executives
of the FTSE 100 companies
enjoyed a pay increase of 49o/o on
average, compared with just 2.7o/o
for the average employee. The gap
between the rich and poor in the
UK is ever widening.
SCM are partners of Church
Action on Poverty's Close the Gap
campaign. The campaign aims to
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decreirse this disparity by calling
for four key changes: Firir Tiules,
Fair Pay', Frrir Prices and a Fair Say
t0vttExr tssur t{0
The camprrign is currently focusing
on Closing the Tax Gap and
there have been successes already.
Following the hirnd-in of an open
letter signed by nine church leirders
to the Tieirsury the government
has irnnounced that the loophole
allorving retailers to irvoid pal.ing
VAI bv sending goods from
subsidiaries in the Channel Island.;
is to be closed.
There are loads of wiws you carl
get involved in the campaign.
You can pledge to pray, joining
the online prar.er contnrunin' on
Facebook bv searching for'Close
the Glp Praver Comrnuniq," or
dorvnloading the praler c'alendirr
frorn Church Action on Poverty's
rvebsite. You could get vour church
cornmunitf involved with this,
either bv contrrcting CAP for a
cirmpaign pack or bv holding a
service on Pover6'Action Sund.rl'
(5th Feb 2012). Nlore prracticallr,,
1ou cor"rld join your locrrl CAP
group or pledee to prrrticipate in
monthl)' e-actions.
For more information, you carl go
to the Church Action on Povertv
rvebsite:
www. church -poverty. o rg. uk
Hattie Hodgson
Hello! l'm Lizzie and I'm your new
Groups Worker. I found faith at
University and was opened up to
the diversity of Christianity through
SCM. I'm very excited to now be
working for SCM and helping to
build a movement of students ready
to be challenged and open to new
ways of living out and exploring their
faith. My main role at SCM will
be to encourage, train and support
groups, so please feel free to contact
me for any resources you would like.
I'm really looking forward to
meeting everyone and I'm always
h"ppy to just chat and have cups
of tea. I'm organising this yeart
conference 'With A11 Your Mind'
so whether you're a chef; theologian,
poet, knitter, blogger or activist, get
in touch and I'll hook you up with
something exciting to do.
Hello you! Welcome to another
update from SCM's General Council
(GC). GC is an elected group of
students and recent graduates who
make decisions regarding SCM's
activities and policies. The last
few months have been creative
and exciting, with lots going on.
Greenbelt in August was a flipping
awesome weekend, and SCM was on
the programme running fun stufffor
students for the first time ever! There
was a relaxing worship on the theme
of 'God's House', and four Student
Space sessions for people preparing
to leave home for uni. It was great to
see many of you there!
Get involved! GC meets five-ish
times a year to make decisions, and
implement the exciting ideas that
come from its members (that's you!).
At the AGM next July, many of us
on GC are stepping down, and so
we are looking for new people to
take over. If you are interested, but
dorit want to commit yet, you are
invited to come to our next meeting
in March as an observer. We are also
looking for more volunteers to plan
events, and to be on the Campaigns
group. Please think about these
exciting ways to contribute, and
contact me if you have any questions
about this, or about anything else:
generalcouncil@movement. org.uk.
Jrlly
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Manchester SCM had an
evening on Christian diversity
and different denominations
and got to hear about
Anglicans,
Methodists,
Catholics and Cluster churches
as well as from someone from
an Orthodox background.
Edinburgh Halfway House,
who meet at Old St Pault
Church, hosted a 'God and
Sex'panel debate together with
the University Chaplaincy. It
prompted a spin-off discussion
group on Christian sexual
ethics. TheyVe also been
helping get SCM Edinburgh
offthe ground.
Bristol Christian Connexion
enjoyed a visit to the pub
with members of the Atheist,
Agnostic and Secular Society.
Warwick Christian Focus have
had some great speakers this
term including Chris Howson
and Symon Hill, and triPs to
Coventry Prayer house and a
Greek Orthodox church.
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EXTIER MTIHAIIG
SllCIETY
A warm welcome to Exeter
Methodist . and Anglican
Society, who've just joined the
movement. MethAng describe
themselves as'a group of PeoPle
from all areas of universitY
life who meet regularly for
discipleship, fellowship, Bible
study and plenty of fun with
ample amounts of tea drinking
and biscuit eating!'They meet
every Monday from 7.45 -
9pm at the Chaplaincy rooms.
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Southampton SCM kicked
off the new term with an
evening with Chris Davis
MBE, the founder of the anti
poverry charity SCRATCH.
Chris talked about issues
of poverty in SouthamPton
and what strategies are being
used to tackle them. TheY
also welcomed Symon Hill
to give an interesting and
inspiring insight into his
'Walk of Repentance' against
homophobia. A national SCM
workshop resource provided
the basis for an evening of
engaglng debate on the issue of
peace in our world. WorftshoPs
on communities and how to
Iisten well were both thought
provoking and challenging.
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Brighton and Sussex SCM
have had a busy term, with
weekly meetings, usuallY
involving food, a visit to
Occupy Brighton, Bible studY
and even a trip to visit
Nottingham SCM! They met
up with students and members
of Lenton Methodist Church,
had a look around the city and
the universiql shared a meal
and watched a film. SCM
Brighton member Heather
Lythgoe said 'It was a reallY
good weekend and we look
forward to having the
Nottingham crowd down to
visit us sometime in the new
yearJ
Brighton and Sussex SCM
meet every week at Dorset
Gardens Methodist Church,
or nearby. The group is open
to students from Brighton and
Sussex Universities.
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SGM REP...
Hello, I am Paul Parker, the
SCM student rep for Bangor.
I am a 3rd year theologY
student. Throughout mY time
here I have valued Christian
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learning from each other.
I am an SCM rep to keep
that communiry going.
My involvement with
SCM thus far has all been
a bit haphazard! I came
across SCM entirely by
accident and then became
a rep by accident too. Since
my first interactions with
SCM I have loved their
ethos and inclusivity.
What a great way of
sharing faith and life
together, and of expanding
the Kingdom of Heaven! I
happily raved about SCM
to my Christian friends,
but shied away from being
a rep, (it sounded scary and
time consuming), until a
time when Bangor didn't
have one and needed one
so I just jumped in - and it
has been great! Goodness
only knows why I was
reluctant, I just get to rave
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involved. We are currently
offering workshops on
'With all your mind',
'Christianity and Justice',
'Prayer and Worship',
'Reading the Bible', and
An intro to SCM'. We
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groups rpsource pack. If
you haven't got a copy yet
then get in touch. Email
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SHAIIE GTAIBIIRIIE
Movement talks to Shane Claiborne,founding partner of
The Sirnple Way - a radicalfaith cornmunity in Kensington,
North Philadelphia and autltor of books including
' Tlt e Irce sis ti b I e Rea o lution'.
ln20l2 our annual conference has the theme'With
All Your Mind'. It's taken from Jesus's greatest
comr4andment in Matthew 22 You shall love the
Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind'.
How can we love God with all our heart, soul and
mind? You know, I love the scripture in John's epistle
where it says no one has seen God but if we love one
another then God lives in us.We can see God through
that. So I think that's why the commands are bound up
in each other. I think a part of the way that we show
our love for God is by loving the things that God loves;
people, creation, justice and mercy. I think there is a
part of the romance with God that is a litde mystical:
You spend time adoring God
and who God is, in reading
God's story and the scripture
and seeing how God works
through history and so a part
of the liturgy and the way that
we pray is to remember what
God has done and what God
is like, in the hope that we
become more and more like
that.I asked one of my activist
friends how he sustains the
work for so many years and
he said'every morning I crawl up into a little ball and
listen to God whisper how much He loves me and that
gives me the energy to do the justice work again'. So
a lot of the people that I admire through history have
had a very deep and wonderful romance and love for
God that fuels their work for a better world.
How do you sustain and replenish yourself? We
have a really wonderful rhythm of prayer within the
community. We pray in the mornings together and we
have evening pnyer. We have created a book called
Common Prayer dnd that's the tool that we use. We
have midday prayels. And there are ways that I pray
lJ niversity was catalytic.
That's where the spark
that lit the fire came
from for us, when we
were students. We had
huge dreams... For me it
was an incredible gift.
during the day; I like to pray the Lord's Prayer, theJesus
Prayer,the Beatitudes and the fr'uits of the spirit' I fill
my day trying to pray with some of those things. We
took a cue from God about the Sabbath thing,which is
a great idea, that we rest one day.The land needs to rest.
People need to rest. We try to do that within a regular
rhythm just as God did and that's a part of how rare
sustain things in our community too.
Community.itself is a part of how we keep our
fire alive; just like coals on a fire we burn brighter
together. Living in community is a way that \Me carry
the burdens and they get a litde bit lighter as we do
it in communiry. We also play
hard! We have a good time,we
like to laugh and goofaround.
I think that's pretty important
in justice work. One of the
things I like about a lot of the
grassroots movements in the
UK is that they are playfirl and
imaginative.I like how Emma
Goldman said'If I cadt dance
it's not my revolution. That's a
good line.
How do you feel your university education has
impacted on yorr faith and what you're doing now?
University was catalytic. That's where the spark that
lit the fire came from for us, when we were students.
We had huge dreams and were learning about racism,
injustice and inequality. As we were learning about
all those things, I think there's something about the
university experience that gives you this unique space
to dream and study and to do it with a lot of other
people from different backgrounds. For me it was an
incredible gift, to be somewhere like Eastern University.
I like how Karl Barth said'we need to hold the Bible
in one hand and a newspaPer in the other'. To see that
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complete in tl"re body and that our vision is rnade bigger
in commr"rnity.There is a truth in the prorniseJesus gave
us, that where two or three are gatl-rered God is there
with r.rs. So I think we all see through a glass generally,
but when we come together as communiry we have
more eyes than our own and more gifts and perspectives,
that enrich our spiritual vision, our capitcify to dream
and our ability to see the things that are wrong with the
world. The more diverse that comrnunity is, the sharper
our vision can become. The spirit works through and
speaks through communiry. I think God is personal
but I also think there is something to sharpening our
vision and eyes as we surround ourselves with people
who dream of the world we want to see and who risk
their lives trying to build it.
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I think Jesus is pointing us to new possibilities in the
Sermon on the Mount, in the way he lived and even
in the way he died. He died forgiving, he died loving
and he died crying out for mercy even on those who
were hurting him. He loved evildoers so much that he
died for all of us. I think that has something deep to
teach us. I found the way to crack the walls is through
friendships. I went to Iraq invited by friends and I
went with a Muslim friend of mine named Sammi
who started the Muslim Peacemaker teams. So we
worked together - Muslim peacemakers and Christian
peacemakers. We've also launched a movement this
year called 'Friends Without Borders'. One of the
goals is simply to allow the space for friendships and
relationships to happen, to enable high school students
in the United States to have
pen pals in Afghanistan. For
folks to do Skype calls with
kids in Kabul and Iraq, all on
the phone together building
friendships. That's exacdy
the kind of work we need,
because there are people who
have distorted all the images
of human people on the
news. Some Iraqis have seen
Christians as folks on A1-
Jazeera that burn the Qrran and that's not who we are.
We've seen images of Muslims that have done terrible
things. So I think the solution to a lot of that is to have
real friendships and real relationships where we can get
to know each other. Jesus was the master of that, of
tearing down walls and creating a banquet table where
you could have a Roman tax collector and a zealot
revolutionary that are eating together, and former
enemies learning to become friends and learning to
become a new creation.
How do you build comrnunity that is grounded in
wisdom and knowledge? How do you skill share? Part
of it is that we celebrate from the very beginning that we
are communal beings and we are created in the image
of a God that has been living in intentional community
for a long time. When God makes the fust human,
it's not really good until theyie together helping each
other. I think there's something there to begin with by
recognising that all of us are created for community and
in the image of community.W" all long to love and be
loved.We should continue to make space for that in our
lives. So there are some things we need to cut out, like
television and things that are obstacles to communify
rather than cultivators of it. We need to make space for
having meals together, plapng games together, prayrng
together and going for walls and on retreats, to do
things in the neighbourhood and plant community
gardens. We need to work those communal muscles.
For a lot ofus in industrialised countries, our communal
muscles have sort of atrophied, because we have been
taught other values such as independence rather than
interdependence. I find in poor folls, community comes
much more naturally because it's how theyVe survived
and been able to carry the burdens they have. So we have
to become learners of community again and even just
learn to share things.
We threw our hands
up in the air and said
'God why don't you do
something?' and we felt
God say'Well I did do
something, I made you!
I think what we have to do is start really small and
not have some utopian dream, but actually to start with
what we have and to love a
few people well and to do a
few meals well. Maybe start to
share a little bit of money, but
not everything at once.
We live in a world where
everybody has a car, everybody
has a washer, everybody has
everything they need and dorit
feel like they need community.
We're some of the richest folks
in the world but have the highest r'ates of depression
and loneliness and suicide. You know as Jesus said,
'weVe gained the whole world but we've lost our souls'.
We have everything we need or we think we need but
we've lost love and community and intimacy.
So what's coming up for you next? I'm excited about
a couple of things. I'm co-writing a book with Tony
Campolo, he's a good friend of mine and an old Baptist
justice andJesus guy.He was my sociology teacher, but
he's now a really great friend and spiritual grandfather.
The book is an inter-generational conversation on what
it means to take Jesus seriously today. Locally, we're
doing an aquaponics system this year and we hope
to do a litde urban farming. I've been collaborating a
lot with Ben Cohen, the founder of Ben &Jerries ice
cream.We're beginning to raise the question of military
spending and nuclear weapons. We've done an event
calledJesus, Bombs and Ice Cream. We're going to tag
team a few places around that theme of imagining a
world with fewer bombs and more ice cream.
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Tim Stacey is a recent graduate and SCM member who works as an intern for the
Methodist Church's pubtic policy team.
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At first glance the statistics on
university applications for this
year look grim, with a drop of
72.90/o \n completed UCAS
applications compared to this
time last year, but it's not as
bad as it appears. The number
of applicants only looks bad
when compared to last year and applications this
ye r are actually at a similar level
to this time in 2010. This could be
explained by people not taking gap
years in order to avoid the fees and
applying last year instead of waiting
to apply this year. A similar (albeit
far smaller) drop was seen when
tuition fees were first introduced in 1998 and then
again when they were increased in 2003, but after a
year applications continued to grow again. What is
slighdy more worying than the drop in applications
is the groups whose applications have decreased, with
women, mature students and people from deprived
areas showing the biggest drops.
Part of the deal between tlte government and
universities that allowed them to increase their tuition
fees to d9,000 a year was that these universities would
in return broaden the range of students studying
there. In order to do that, most of the universities who
have just increased their fees have put aside a portion
of money into bursaries and fee waivers. However,
the problem with this is that the evidence seems to
suggest that bursaries dont actually work. The limited
research that there has been on the subject seems to
show no relation between the bursaries offered by an
institution and the amount of applications received
from people from economically disadvantaged
backgrounds. Meanwhile, other research shows that
applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds are less
likely to succeed than those from more privileged
backgrounds with similar A level grades. These
studies were both conducted before tuition fees were
raised. Now that the costs are higher, it is possible that
bursaries may become more effective at appealing to
people from poorer backgrounds. However, it is still
unlikely to aftract people who wouldnt have applied
beforehand.
Up to this point, university applications from people
with lower socio-economic status have gone up as the
total number of university places has increased. With
the current government's dismissal of the previous
government's targets on universiry aftendance, not to
mention the current spending crisis, total university
places are not likely to increase any time soon. This
means that if we believe that more people from low
income families should go to university then we need
to find better ways of achieving this. We can't let
universities off by just letting them throw money at
the problem to counteract the massive fee increases.
Universities have to do a much better job of making
their application processes more accessible and spend
more time reaching out to schools in disadvantaged
areas. The government promised that if universities
failed to broaden their access they would not be
allowed to charge higher fees. We need to ensure
that the government holds them to this and judges
universities by their results. Unless universities
genuinely fear that they may lose their funding, they
are unlikely to take the radical action that is needed
to broaden access.

THE GIFI llF STUI|Y
Catrin Harland reflects on ashether the divine command to
study is a challenge, a comfort or a call to abandon ltope...
As a long-term PhD student, I must confess that my despaired at the number of highly intelligent, highly
enthusiasm (or lack thereof) for my research affects educatedindividuals,whoseemtofeelthattheirlackof
greatJy whether at any given moment I hear the divine ordination disqualifies them from doing theology.A"d
command to study as a challenge, a comfort or a call to in case theology sounds like a big, scary word, which is
abandon hope. Either way, such a command appears best left to tweed-wearing, bespectacled boffins in ivory
to be part of Jesus' understanding and teaching of towers,let'sdoaquickspotofGreek,bywayofwarming
Scripture: One of the scribes ... asked him, 'Which our minds up, ready for the firll-on exercise regime of
commandment is the first of all?'Jesus answered,'The loving God. Theology comes from two Greek words:
first is,'Hear, O Israel the Lord our God, the Lord is
one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your
heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind,
and with all your strength.' (Mark t2:28-30, NRSV).
Jesus is, of course, referring here to the first of the Ten
Commandments, set out in
theos, meaning'God', and logos, meaning'word'. So it
is, literally, words (or speaking) about God. Which is
something the whole church needs to be equipped to
do, ifwe are not to be an introspective, irrelevant clique,
whose faith is disconnected entirely from our lives.
But if we are to be able to speak of the God whom we
love, we need to be able to
Deuteronomy (6:5); a text Wg Seek tO Sefyg the WOfId, reflectonGod-whatkind
soimportanttothewriter ,-, ,,. , , ofaGodisitthatwelove?
of Deuteronomy that--it and the world is not served wiu, -ut "s
our faith real
appears twice more (70:72; by Unthinking pfejUdiCe, and relevant to us? What
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that the Deuteronomy abq1t OUf faith, OUf GOd, Of
if it does make a difference,
version makes no mention t t t.t. F ,.? people will notice, and will
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of God - only our hearts, upon to be theologians -
souls and strength. So why does'mind'find its way into those who speak about God. All Christians are called
.the NewTestament interpretation, and what difference to apply their minds to thinking (and perhaps even
should it make to our lives?
reading) about their faith, about God, about the Bible,
In fact, it is there in Deuteronomy, but well hidden. We
about worship - in other words, they are called to apply
their minds to their love of God.
owe our perception of the heart as the home of emotion
to Greek thought; the ancient Hebrews thought of it as But Christian education is not limited to the explicidy
the location of will, thought, reason - in short, as what theological; if we are to love God with all our minds,
we would understand as 'mind'. Perhaps the Gospel is that must surely encompass a responsibility to be
concerned that we should not lose the emphasis which informed about the world in which we live, so that we
wouldbethereintheHebrew;thecallinDeuteronomy can bring our Christian faith to bear on the whole of
is to love God with our reason and will, as well as with life. We seek to serve the wodd, and the wodd is not
our soul, life and emotions, and with our strength. We served by unthinking prejudice, based on a failure to
are to love God with our whole, complete being, and think about our faith, our God, or the realities of life.
that means not leaving our brains at the door of the Nor, for that matter, is it served by well-intentioned
assumptions, based on a failure to seek out the truth.
church.
This last point is crucial. In my time in ministry I ve
The world is a complex and varied place, and an ever-
changing one, and we need to learn to listen to the
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voices of those all-ected [r,, particul:rr situirtions, to hear ber-reficiaries of our labour, will say sornething about
the absence of certirin voices, to birl:rnce conryeting our cornmitment to lile and to the world.The skills we
nlorillities, to face up to dillicult issues, rrnd sornetirnes ircquire, well used, will make the rvorld a better place.
to accept thrrt rve mal. be
And those of us fornrnate
wrons or olrt of datc_ in AS a Highef EdUCatiOn
enough ro hirve received
our understandine. With , .- . , - :rn education surely have a
no apologies for rrr.rorher Chaplain, / see daily the ,.rpo.'riliir, ,. lr-f",gt
Greek lesson: the \
capacity of education to
and rvork lbr educatio'al
we translate .r,..n.r,1,1J3,
in the New resra.rent is change lives - and not just ::.t:'.'ilT:::jf,*#::
metanoia, rvhich literallv the life Of the pef11n beinq
who crnnot afford to send
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tl.rerefore caught in the
able to remain unch:rnged,
same cl,.cle of poverfl'.
so if we love God *itt.,'.ri hearts means to make the
our mind, then rve will be mOSt Of eVery edUCatiOnal 1:rdt
is both a basic
rviiling to recognise rvhere ? , Clrristian calling and a
we may ha'e gor things oPPortunity, formal Or pr..io.,, gift, and through
wrong, and to repent. infOfmal, Sa that the WOfld
it, rve may love God more
As a Higher Education
Chaplain, I see daiit' the
capacitv of educirtion to change lives - and not just the
life of the person being educated. So I would suggest,
finally, that to love God with all our hezrrts means
to make the most of everv educational opportunin;
formal or informal, so that the rvorld mav be changed
by us. In this, our minds may be opened, but also our
abiliry to have an impact within our chosen professions
is greatly increased, and therefore our efFectiveness
within the world. Our commitment to the teams we
will work with, to the clients we will serve, to the
may be changed by us
ftrlly-withallourmind'
Catrin Harland is a Metbodist
Minister and Chaplain to Sbffield
University, ruhere she spends her life
drinking cofee and refecting on God
and life tuith students. She is ako
attempting to fnish of a PhD in
Biltlical Studies, and in tphat little
free tinte she has, enjoys drumrning and climbing (badly),
uatching cricket and Formula 1 (moderately utell), and
relaxing tuith a good beer and live cornedy.
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As we seek to love God today, we are constandy
required to make use of our mind. It allows us the
capacity to think and reason, to be aware of the wodd
and our experiences, and to feel.
In using our minds to think and reason we pursue
knowledge and understanding. Just before Jesus
ascended into heaven he'opened [the apostles] minds
to understand the scriptures'(Luke 24:45). We too are
invited to grow in understanding of the scriptures
and through this we can hope to come to know God
more clearly. We also have a great deal to learn from
the thoughts and reasoning of other Christians. Our
experiencei may resonate with the
words of Brother Roger of Taiz6
'uhat I do not understand of the
is understood by otbers rubo are
faith
livingfron it.'We can learn much
from the Christian community,
and within many styles of worship
is offered the opportunity to listen
to the Word of God and to ponder
what it means for us.
Since joining a Jesuit Volunteer Community a few
months ago, I have begun discovering Ignatian
spirituality. The Jesuits, following the Ignatian
tradition, have a wonderful prayer for the end of the
day - the Examen - which encourages refl.ection on
the experiences of the day and the movements of our
heart, to help reflect on where we have encountered
God, and where the spirit may be leading us. The
pr^yff encompasses what it is to love God with all
our mind as it draws together our experiences of
the world with delight and thanksgiving, as well as
allowing a still space to explore our desires and talk
openlywith God.
To love God with all our mind involves being in
the world, paying attention to, and rejoicing
in the beauty of all God's creation - both the
things that appear naturally beautiful to us,
and those things which have a more hidden
beauty.
The theologian Keith Ward reminds us that '#e
pursuit of knoutledge is not just the accumulation of rnore
and morefacts. It is a continual delight in understanding
the zuorld in all it\ beauty and complexiry. Thus to love
God with all our mind involves being in the world,
payrng attention to, and rejoicing in the beauty ofall
God's creation - both the things that appear naturally
beautifirl to us, and those things which have a more
hidden beauty. Through this we can begin to glimpse
God and discern where His spirit is at work. After
all, God is an incarnational God - who chooses to be
in the world and at work among us. Out of love God
sent His Son into the world to live among us, and
tbday God continues to be present to us through His
Spirit (Matth ew 28:20)..
In using our mind to feelwe are reminded that to love
God with all our mind is not an isolated command.
It sits alongside loving God with all our heart, soul
and strength. Our mind can help us to experience
emotions, and to get to know God more intimately
as \Me pay attention to the spirit living within us.
It is therefore imperative to take time for prayer
and contemplation,'a prayn uthich is not on$ in the
mouth but springs upfrom the bottom of the hearf (John
Chrysostom) to give space to allow the work of the
spirit within. To help with this, the words of the
psalmist come to mind:'be still and know that I am
God (Psalm 46.10). For when we become still we can
allow the prayer of the spirit within us to rise up. In
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the stillness we can love God with our heart and mind
by simply delighting in beipg in His presence, in much
the same way that we are able to show our love to those
who we care about by simply being with them. And so
when we take the time to rest in God's love it is two
way: we show our love to God, and through resting in
God's unfailing love we may be renewed in strength to
love others.
Our mind can hetp us to experience emotions,
and to get to know God more intimately as
we pay attention to the spirit living within us.
For me resting in God's love has been a great source of
strength and encouragement. Initially a long period of
illness led me to spend much time resting, and through
this I began meditating, by focusing my mind on an
image - an image of a person held in a hand, pictured
on a card that said '1 ru ill notforget you, I have held you in
. tbe palm of rny hand. This allowed a deep thankfulness
and stillness within, as I knew God was holding me.
Since then I have discovered other ways of meditating
and value meeting with others at a group linked to
the World Community for Christian Mediation. We
silently recite a mantra, 'maranatha', to help focus
the mind on God - and as distractions come we are
encouraged to try and put them aside - and allow the
prayer of the heart to rise up. Through meditation the
words of Isaiah have rung true: 'in stillness and guiet,
there lies your strengtb' (Isaiah 30:15).
There are many different ways to love God with all our
mind, drawing together the rich and varied experiences
of different traditions and scripture,
from the world around us, and from
feelings within us, and each ofus may
discover different ways to do this. I
am thankful to have encountered so
many different ways to love God with
my mind, through studying scripture,
rejoicing and refl.ecting on my experience along with
spiritual friends, and through meditation. Through all
of this we become open to
seeking God's presence and
to discerning where the spirit
is moving. Eac[ of us are
invited to find a way to make
this a reality in our lives: our
challenge is then to five out
this love in our context today
- towards ourselves, those
around us, and the created
world - and so towards God.
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Atmighty God, we thank you
for the ca[[ you have placed
on each and every one of our
hearts; a ca[[ to be a tight in
places of darkness, hope in
places of anguish and care in
places of sorrow. Equip us,
Heaven[y Father, with a1[ that
we may need to futfit that
which you have called us to.
We commit our lives to you
With a[[ our mind.
Remind us of your great love
for your blessed creation.
May we, in a broken world,
be your hands and your voice
forever working for peace and
reconciliation where we so
often find violence and unrest.
May our hearts be broken, O
Lord, for the things that break
your heart.
We commit our lives to you
With a[[ our mind.
Keep us on the path of
righteousness, Gracious God,
when we so often sway from
it. Defend us from a1[ that
wishes to pervert your wil[.
Grant us humitity to admit our
wrong'doings so that we may
be called into your evertasting
Kingdom, graciously named as
your children.
We commit our lives to you
With a[[ our mind.
Send your Holy Spirit to
us afresh. Kindte within us
a passion for your name,
for your glory and for your
Kingdom.
We commit our lives to you
With a[[ our mind.
Through the merits of your
Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ,
Amen.
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Film
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HilaryTbpp
Taking Root documents
the inspiring life of Nobel
Peace Prize winner Wangari
Maathai. Wangari grew up in
rural Kenya, and attended a
convent school, before going
on to study in the United
States at the height of the civil
rights movement in the 1960s.
She founded the Greenbelt
movement, which encouraged
rural women to plant trees, to
help protect the environment.
The simple act of planting
trees brings women together
and they start to realise their
own power to change lhrgs,
and challenge their comrpt
government.This is a beautifirl
and inspiring film, and also
a surprising one. You think
you're going to watch a film
about trees and conservation,
when really it's a film about
power, politics and human
rights, and how the actions of
very ordinary, and seemingly
powerless women, can really
make a difference.
Music
GU]IGI|R .
cH0sI$ uPllll
EARIH Lizzie Gauen
Gungor's latest album'Ghosts
Upon Earttt' has once again
pushed the boundaries of the
worship music scene. Unlike
any other worship album,
Gungor have managed to
infuse emotional depth,
classical instrumentals and
indie rock into a beautifrlly
moving piece of spiritual
imagery. Gungor are a
relatively unknown gem and
their album 'Beautifirl Things'
took worship music from its
comfortable 90s pop/rock
state into new areas.'Ghosts
Upon Earttt' is not a typical
congregational album and
the majority of songs are
more suited to personal use.
This album is sincere and not
showy and for that reason
alone it is brilliant. Highly
recommended.
Book
GtlUIITERPIITIER
BY IIM GEE
Sam Slatcher
One month after Occupy
Wall Street hit the global
scene, and with the Arab
Spring revolution nearly
elapsing a year, Tim Gee's
Counterpower is certainly a
timely read. Gee's overriding
message is this: h new recipe
for revolution is emerging...
altering the way that the world
thinks about social change'.
Understanding how power
persists in ' unjust systems,
corporations and governments
is paramount to exploring
effective campaigns that call
for an end to injustice,securing
human rights and freedom.
Gee offers the concepts of
'Economic Countdrpower',
'Idea Counterpower' and
'Physical Counterpower' to
effectively cpunter the elite
power of the'haves'.
Campaigns, for Gee, follow a
general path of 'consciousness',
toordinatiori,'confrontatiori
and 'consolidatiori. Aware
that there is no one 'theory'
of a movement, Gee offers
these themes to guard against
the temptation for instant
change, higtrlighting the
different stages in a'successfirl'
campaign.
A final chapter gives an
interesting account of how
the Egyptians overthrew
their president. To most of us
following the news Egypt's
revolution erupted from
nowhere. In contrast, Gee
takes us right back over a
decade to trace the formation
of the undercurrents that
would' ignite the mass
demonstrations of the
Arab Spring in 2010. The
idea , of 'Counterpower' is
developed firther through
the case of Egypt, and how
contemporary modern
tactics of social networks and
internet campaigning is used
to mobilise radical collective
action.
For all the credit
Countelpower deserves
however,I cant help thinking
his argument is too anarchistic
in places, as though the place
of protest is the only legitimate
side to be on. Surely todayb
overwhelming challenge is
how we adopt an inclusive
movement, recognising the
skills of all of us, whether we
are the revolutionaries, or those
withiri, guiding public policy.
However, this criticism aside,
Counterpower does justice
to the creative ingenuity of
the global justice movement,
one that persuades us, using
King's words, that'power at its
best is love, implementing the
demands ofjustice'. SCM,as a
faith inspired movement, will
do well to heed the remarks of
a faithfirl and radical extremist
for love. Counterpower will
gain in its potency as we
follow with eager anticipation
the unfolding narrative of
the world's current social
movements.

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6. Signs of extrerne boredorn on backwards tin road (5)
9. Low, endless feeling (3)
10. Compression point bone turns me around (7)
11. French one half-tilted before (5)
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13. Accident ruined 75%o of pashmina (6)
14. Business degree inserted into ear hole causes back pain!
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16. Dodgy headless moment (4)
17. Chorus on roll... er, it's not right (9)
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22.Like I failed? Yeah, right! (2,2)
25. Imaginary she-monster (7)
26. It's instrumental, mosdy loving one awkwardly (6)
27.Sit back for old-fashioned affirmation (3)
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31. A party with trouble (3)
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