Stephen Mitchell is a retired Anglican priest and founder member of the Sea of Faith network. He helped organise its first conference and was the first Steering Committee chair. He’s always seen the network as common ground between atheists, agnostics and people of faith. Even the most fundamental of believers will acknowledge the human and creative side of faith. He’s explored and worked out his faith through writing a few books – Agenda for Faith, God in Bath, Past Perfect – and a recently created blog www.canonfodder.co. Before becoming a priest he taught music and he continues to arrange, compose and make music in retirement. As a priest he ministered in schools, cathedrals, and village churches. He recently rejoined the Steering Committee and is keen to see the network grow through the enthusiasm of its new members, and the development of its impressive website, magazine and educational activities.
Stephen Mitchell reviews David Gee’s Hope’s Work, a non-religious book on hope in an age of crisis, drawing on peace campaigners, refugees, climate protesters and the Palestinian idea of sumud.
Stephen Mitchell argues that ‘acts of God’ make no sense in classical theology or non-realism, rejects claims that Covid is divine punishment, and offers solar living as an answer.
Stephen Mitchell reviews Don Cupitt’s The Last Testament, essays in the form of Gospel and Epistles presenting a plain, humanitarian religion for the last days, and asks how such a message can reach people outside...
Stephen Mitchell preaches on George Herbert’s ‘The Call’, set by Vaughan Williams. Plain language can speak of God, so the line between believer and unbeliever and between sacred and secular is thinner than assumed.
