Listen to our new episode of Politics in the Pulpit with guest Amanda Higgin! Hosted by Joanne Cox-Darling with JPIT's Adam Aucock, they discuss how power, politics, and authority relate to this week's lectionary readings.

Join Joanne Cox-Darling, Simon Jones and JPIT Team Leader Simeon Mitchell as they explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 4th October.

This week, the discussion focused on God's just economy and what the biblical vision of rest, wealth, and responsibility might mean for Christians today.

How do we understand the character of God? Can holy rage and peace sit alongside one another? And what does it mean to be co-creators with God in a world that desperately needs justice and hope?

This week on Politics in the Pulpit, Jo Cox Darling is joined by Simeon Mitchell and Roo Stewart to discuss the lectionary readings for 11th October.

A thoughtful discussion for anyone preparing worship, preaching, or engaging with the week's scriptures.

This week on Politics in the Pulpit, Jo and JPIT's Adam are joined by theologian Anthony Reddie to explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 18 October.

As churches across the UK mark Black History Month, the conversation reflects on liberation theology and the colonial realities of the world Jesus inhabited. Together, they discuss what it means to speak truth in an age of political polarisation, how Christian faith calls us towards sacrificial love, and remembering that God's purposes do not depend on us alone.

Join us for a thoughtful conversation on faith, justice and hope.

Listen to our latest episode of Politics in the Pulpit to hear Joanne & Simon discuss faith, politics, and God's economy of grace

Host Eddie Boon closes the season with new host Revd Dr Joanne Cox-Darling and Roo Stewart from JPIT, exploring the lectionary readings for Sept 13 (Exodus 14, Psalm 114, Romans 14, Matthew 18).

The episode examines themes of justice, the danger of power, debt and forgiveness, and how worship and preaching can respond to climate disasters, social inequality and communal discipleship.

This episode of Politics in the Pulpit is hosted by Eddie Boon, and features our special guest Dr Coco Parkinson-Huggins!

Dr Coco Parkinson-Huggins is a researcher and writer currently based at Theos Think Tank. She recently completed her PhD on UK benefit policy at the University of Cambridge, where she also lectured on issues ranging from the role of media and culture in policymaking, to the NHS and public health, insecure work and the gig economy in the Department of Geography. Her current research at Theos includes Christianity, nationhood and “Christian Nationalism” in the UK, as well as global experiences of motherhood. This is alongside her work on policy and impact.

This week, Eddie, Coco, and Thomas explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 6th September.

Timestamps

• 00:00 – Intro
• 07:11 – Exodus 12:1-14
• 12:21 – Psalm 149
• 21:53 – Romans 13: 8-14
• 29:22 – Matthew 18: 15-20

Mentions

Better Story, JPIT, Christian Aid and Fellowship of Reconciliation’s ‘Love Thy Neighbour’ conference (October 2026) - https://jpit.uk/love-thy-neighbour-conference-2026

Eddie’s volunteering in Kosovo was with the NGO Smile International - https://www.smileinternational.org/

1 John 4 – ‘God is Love’ and Ephesians 6 ‘The Armour of God’ - Mentioned by Coco as helpful companion passages https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%204&version=NIV

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%206&version=NIVEphesians 6 NIV - Children, obey your parents in the - Bible Gateway

The poem ‘Forbearance’ by Samuel Taylor Coleridge – Holding on to bitterness – the opposite to the Matthew passage! - https://www.poetry.com/poem/34248/forbearance

The life of Edith Cavell – her famous quote ‘It is not enough love one’s own people, one must love all men and hate none’ as a reflection on the bitter hatred of the First World War - https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/story/26080

This episode of Politics in the Pulpit is hosted by Eddie Boon, and features our special guest Denise Dobie!

Denise worked in the NHS for 30 years, 27 years of that as a GP and was involved in educating and training medical students and GPs. She met her husband Donald at Medical School, and they have raised three, now grown up, children together.

In 2017, Denise stepped back from medicine as her primary vocation to train as a Baptist minister and worked bi-vocationally until 2023. She was ordained in the car park of Darkhouse Baptist Church during the COVID19 pandemic and serves that church as half-time minister.

Denise is a half-time Regional Minister for Heart of England Baptist Association (HEBA) serving the Baptist churches in Staffordshire and Shropshire and with a remit to lead in supporting HEBA in responding to and implementing the commitments to action resulting from Project Violet, (a multi co-researcher, practical theological piece of research into the experience of women in Baptist Ministry in the UK.) Denise chairs the HEBA Justice Hub core team, having been a member of the HEBA Justice Hub since its inauguration in 2020. Denise enjoys walking, singing, cooking and visiting coffee shops whenever she can!

This week, Eddie, Denise, and Adam explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 23rd August.

Timestamps

• 00:00 – Intro
• 08:40 - Exodus 1: 8-2: 10
• 24:10 - Romans 12: 1-8
• 33:50 - Psalm 124: 1-8 and Matthew 16: 13-20

Mentions

Baptist Union’s Project Violet - https://www.baptist.org.uk/Groups/363245/Project_Violet.aspx

A Nazareth Manifesto: Being with God by Sam Wells

Christ and Culture by H. Richard Niebuhr

Praying Through the Psalms by Yohanna Katanacho

The Message translation by Eugene Peterson (Romans 12) - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%2012&version=MSG