The Gospel of Dignity: Van Gogh's Black Boots

Vanessa Chamberlin describes finding the 'Gospel', the good news, in the fight for dignity and care.

Nov 26 • 

The Passio Project

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Vanessa Chamberlin

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St Augustine's Exceptions

The necessary paradox of every hierarchical power structure is this: that the person in charge has at least a toe outside the law.

Nov 12 • 

The Passio Project

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David Benjamin Blower

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Rules, Laws, what's the difference?

Is a Rule of Life more or less a microcosm of state law? Or is it more like an art form, that transfigures life into something truly 'other'?

Nov 4 • 

The Passio Project

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David Benjamin Blower

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October 2025

Everything withers without mercy

In order to stay vital, a Rule of Life keeps trapdoors in every room.

Oct 21 • 

The Passio Project

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David Benjamin Blower

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David Mann: "People in East London were considered expendable."

David Mann talks with FaithJustice host Matthew Neville about his life in London, and the history of resistance to the Arms Trade.

Oct 16 • 

The Passio Project

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Obedience as a virtue

Did the 'vow of obedience' appear with the first monastic Rule of Life? What of the wild, autonomous spirit of obedience among the hermits?

Oct 3 • 

The Passio Project

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David Benjamin Blower

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September 2025

Gains and losses in the first Rule of Life

Some things get lost in the first monastic Rule of Life; but the associated gains are pretty compelling.

Sep 9 • 

The Passio Project

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David Benjamin Blower

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August 2025

Organising the monastic community

The first monastic 'rule of life' appeared not that long after the original desert hermits. What do these first steps of formalisation show us?

Aug 27 • 

The Passio Project

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David Benjamin Blower

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Can the practice of pilgrimage sow seeds of peace in the world?

Participants in a Peace Pilgrimage choose to walk, often for several days, to the DSEi Arms Fair — in protest, and reflection, on the arms trade.

Aug 21 • 

The Passio Project

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"I came to bring fire to the earth..."

Luke 12:49-59 — Fire brings associations of passion, warmth, but also destruction. What does Jesus mean by talking about fire here?

Aug 17 • 

The Passio Project

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The troubled days of St Jerome

Or, the reassuring complexity of the 'Patron Saint of Difficult Personalities'

Aug 12 • 

The Passio Project

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David Benjamin Blower

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What if you weren't afraid?

Luke 12:32-48 — Jesus understands that it is fear that underlines the unjust accumulation of wealth; here he sets aim at that root cause.

Aug 10 • 

The Passio Project

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