Claire continues our series of talks looking at the Sermon on the Mount: Living well in the Kingdom of God - Living well with others. Matthew 7:1-12 Judging others 'Do not judge, for in the same way as you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. ‘Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, “Let me take the speck out of your eye,” when all the t...
Jun 15, 2025•34 min
Steph continues our series on Living well in the Kingdom of God - Lessons from the Sermon on the Mount. Matthew 6:19-34 Treasures in Heaven - “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye...
Jun 08, 2025•21 min
Ralph unpacks Matthew 6:1-18 as part of our series on the Sermon on the Mount Matthew 6:1-18 ~ Giving to the Needy: 1 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 3 But when you give to...
Jun 02, 2025•30 min
Nathan Jones from Oasis Waterloo joins us to give the next in our series of talks about the Sermon on the Mount. This week's topic is: Living well in the Kingdom of God. Lessons from the Sermon on the Mount. Loving as God loves (Matt 5:21-48)
May 11, 2025•30 min
Claire starts a new series of talks based on the sermon on the Mount. Starting with, 'Living well in the Kingdom of God. Lessons from the Sermon on the Mount. Introduction: we’re all included in God’s Kingdom (Matt 5:1-20)'
Apr 05, 2025•29 min
Continuing our series on how to be fully alive, Steph talks about her topic: Pride, from individualism to community and dependence.
Mar 23, 2025•26 min
Kat Agar, who leads Oasis Youth and Community work, continues our series on how to be fully alive. Her topic is envy, from status anxiety to belovedness and shalom
Mar 09, 2025•22 min
Ralph continues our series on how to be fully alive. With the topic of listlessness, from distraction to attention.
Mar 02, 2025•26 min
Jill Rowe from Oasis Church Waterloo joins us to continue our series of talks 'Being fully alive'. Talking about Avarice, from stuffocation to generosity and letting go.
Feb 16, 2025•31 min
Rev Simon Cross from the local URC Church joins us to continue our series of talks 'Being fully alive' by talking about Wrath: from polarisation to welcome and peacemaking.
Feb 09, 2025•27 min
Starting our new series of talks called Being Fully Alive, Claire thinks about what it means to live life in all its fullness, acknowledging that sometimes we mess things up, and how we can use our freedom to pursue a full and meaningful life.
Feb 02, 2025•39 min
Steph joins us for our final talk in the series, looking at Herod and the Wise people.
Jan 05, 2025•14 min
Continuing our series of talks Re-imagining Christmas, Claire talks about the birth Jesus.
Dec 08, 2024•32 min
Danielle Welch from Oasis Church Waterloo joins us as we start our new series of talks where we will be reading the Christmas story using Wil Gafney's womanist translation to help us see the story with fresh eyes.
Dec 01, 2024•25 min
Claire reflects on Mother God and thinks about some of the feminine characteristics of God.
Nov 17, 2024•17 min
We conclude our series of talks about re-imagining our certainties with Claire and John talking about re-imagining worship.
Nov 10, 2024•37 min
Claire continues our series, talking about Re-imagining prayer and thinking about what our questions are about prayer, how it works, how God acts in the world and whether we can change God through our prayers.
Oct 20, 2024•34 min
We welcome Rob Trickey from Bath who continues our series of talks, with the topic Re-imagining the Spirit.
Oct 13, 2024•30 min
Dave Parr, CEO of Oasis UK, joins us as our guest speaker. Dave continues our series of talks about re-imagining our certainties by exploring the topic of having a prophetic voice in the world.
Oct 06, 2024•29 min
Ralph continues our series of talks by "Reimagining healing".
Sep 22, 2024•28 min
Nathan continues our series by talking about 'Reimagining Baptism'.
Sep 15, 2024•19 min
Claire introduces a new series of talks where we think about some of our beliefs and practices and reimagining what we think about those things. The first of these is called 'Reimagining our certainties'
Sep 08, 2024•31 min
Claire talks about 'how we can look forward with hope'. Thinking about our vision and hope for our church, and our community in the coming months.
Jul 07, 2024•34 min
Jo Dolby, Leader at Oasis Church Bath, joins us to talk about toxic relationships.
Jun 23, 2024•22 min
Steve Chalke, founder of Oasis is with us, talking about what Christians think about education.
Jun 16, 2024•40 min
Steve Chalke talks about how faith communities, local charities, and grassroots movements can get involved in transforming our communities for the better. Listen to the conversation about how we may approach a different way of thinking. We need a new social covenant between government and local charities, grassroots movements and faith groups – one designed to create a less bureaucratic, more collaborative and imaginative approach to community development, and transform the life chances of count...
Jun 15, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Claire continues our series of talks with the topic 'What Christians think about poverty'
Jun 09, 2024•31 min
Ralph talks about what Christians think about climate change.
Jun 02, 2024•32 min
Claire talks about the day everything changed.
Apr 01, 2024•13 min
Claire talks about how our theology changes the way we see other people, with a focus on what this means for social justice and activism whilst Kat joins us digitally and talks about the social action projects Oasis is involved in across the UK.
Mar 03, 2024•34 min
