Sam McBratneyJul 26, 20216 minThe spaces in betweenFor the last four years, alongside my role at the University of Roehampton, I’ve been working in Circuit in Warwickshire, undertaking a...
Sam McBratneyJan 20, 20214 minWhy I am a trade unionistYesterday, I was elected Vice President of the faith workers’ Branch of the Community trade union. I became a socialist before I became a...
Sam McBratneyJan 20, 20213 minPolaritiesHow did we get here? How is it that a nation defined by its sense of fairplay and reasonableness is now locked in the zero-sum game of...
Sam McBratneyJan 20, 20212 minStill WaitingAdvent has taken on a new meaning for us this year, as we have been involved in the Methodist stationing system. Little did we know that,...
Sam McBratneyJan 20, 20217 minAgonisingIt is nearly 20 years since I entered Circuit (or started travelling, as they used to call it!). Yet this is the first time I have been...
Sam McBratneyJan 20, 20213 minPermission to Wound‘Ordination gives the church a permanent permission to wound.’ I’ve been contemplating these provocative words since they were given to...
Sam McBratneyJan 20, 20211 minLight - Love - LifeWhy is education such a complex topic for British Methodists? Is it because they associate their Church’s involvement in education with...
Sam McBratneyJan 20, 20214 minThe joy of being Methodist - or why I like Anglicans, but don't want to be one!I’ve spent the summer in very good company. From the World Methodist Council to MTSE and IAMSCU, the United Methodist Church, the Oxford...
Sam McBratneyJan 20, 20213 minStuck on BrexitThe public sphere is full of talk of Brexit - hard, soft, chaotic, in-name-only. Yet, among the clamour, the voices of the Churches are...
Sam McBratneyJan 20, 20214 minConference Bites 5 - Why I stood for PresidentElections can be brutal - the people speak and the next day, the removal vans take the belonging out the back door as the new incumbent...
Sam McBratneyJan 20, 20213 minChanging Methodism V: A bit of order?I have been spending the last little while reading and thinking about missional and other forms of Christian community and trying to...
Sam McBratneyJan 20, 20213 minSafe. Legal. Accessible. Rare.The Irish referendum to repeal the 8th amendment of the Constitution took place at the weekend. That is was won by such an overwhelming...