Developing an awareness of the interplay between New Testament and Hebrew scriptures with regards to literary and narrative links can open our eyes to fresh ways of understanding the biblical text for our world.
PressRed Podcast with Janey Lawry-White
Press Red In Conversation With Janey Lawry-White
Rosemary Hack from Press Red chats to Janey Lawry-White, COO of WTC. They chat about Janey’s faith, gender inequality, and leadership. This is a fascinating listen, giving us a bit of background into the life and experiences of our brilliant COO.
“I was an 18 year old with a very strong sense of social justice, and seeing a society where women were definitely second-class citizens really impacted me very strongly.”
Listen to the Interview below:
Find out more about the amazing work with and for women around the world by Press Red HERE.
Janey Lawry-White joined the staff team at WTC to lead the Operations team in summer 2018 and completed the Graduate Diploma in June 2019. This role is quite a change from her previous ones – working on gender-based violence in humanitarian situations with the UN and international charities, running small businesses and working with the BBC. She loves working for an organisation which equips people to make a real difference in their community and church through studies.
Her own theological study was life-changing, significantly deepening her understanding of God’s Kingdom, how he engages with his people, and how this changes her perspective on herself and the world. Within the staff team, she works as Chief Operating Officer with Lucy and the rest of the Exec to provide strategic leadership for WTC, overseeing partnerships, consultancy, communications, IT, finance and HR, and generally trying to ensure that all the non-academic areas of WTC function as smoothly and effectively as possible.
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Fast fashion – Megan James
Fast fashion: a term used to describe a business model based on producing masses of clothes extremely quickly and at a ridiculously low cost. This blog post was written by Megan Cooper, a WTC student.
The value of friendship in the Christian life – Andy Hudson
A while ago one of our students, Andy Hudson, submitted an essay on the value of friendship in the Christian life with specific reference to male friendships. Here he highlights the need for openness, honesty, love, and burden-bearing.
God and Female Imagery – Jasper Knecht
We often get asked in the WTC Theology classroom about the practice of using feminine pronouns and female imagery for God. Why do some people think it’s okay to use ‘she’ and ‘her’ for God when the Bible uses only masculine terms?
Bridging the funding gap for deaf students – Janey Lawry-White
Until a year ago at WTC, we had no idea just how tough it is for deaf students to study at tertiary levels. “Everything is a battle for us,” one of them told us.
God and Humanity – Mary Douglas
Christ, fully God and fully human, reconnects humanity to God within His person, bringing us back to life. Christ’s human will fully aligns with His divine will, restoring integrity to humanity.
An Unlikely Student – Lucy Peppiatt
Meeting Darren that day in 2013, and watching him blossom and flourish while with us as a student, convinced me that WTC should work to become a place that welcomed people who had been disadvantaged in one way or another by their circumstances.
A little reflection on (self) deception – Lucy Peppiatt
I don’t know much about the process of deception in general. I do know it’s easy to be deceived. I don’t recall ever feeling…
On God’s Mother – Lucy Peppiatt
God’s Mother… When one of my boys was little he announced, ‘I know why God was mean in the Old Testament and nice in the New…