Spring Episode 9 - Grace Thomas (8th March)

This episode of Politics in the Pulpit for Spring 2026 is hosted by William Gibson, and features our special guest, Grace Thomas! Grace is the Canon Missioner at Manchester Cathedral, as well as Diocesan Environment Officer and Associate Tutor at Luther King Centre. Grace's publications include a chapter on ecological grief in Words for A Dying World (Malcolm (ed), 2020, SCM), a chapter about female clergy wellbeing in Female Faith Practices (Routledge, 2023), a co-edited book Chaplaincy – Contemporary and Global Perspectives (SCM, 2024) and a co-authored Grove book entitled Climate Action as Mission. Grace is passionate about justice, especially in areas of climate, ethnicity and poverty. She is the chair of the charity Greater Together Manchester and is the Northern Province Clergy Rep for AMEN, which seeks to support Anglicans of Minority Ethnic Heritage. Grace regularly presents Radio 4's Daily Service. This week, William, Grace and Thomas explore the lectionary readings for Sunday 8th March. Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 04:50 - Exodus 17: 1-7 09:24 - Psalm 95 14:13 - Romans 5: 1-11 21:56 - John 4: 5-42 Mentions Words for A Dying World: Stories of Grief and Courage from the Global Church edited by Hannah Malcolm (SCM, 2020) Female Faith Practices: Qualitative Research Perspectives edited by Nicola Slee et al (Routledge, 2023) Chaplaincy: Contemporary and Global Perspectives by Grace Thomas and Kim Wasey (SCM, 2024) Climate Action as Mission: How to Link the Gospel with Safeguarding Creation (Grove Books, 2021) https://www.unicef.org/wash/water-scarcity A Million Acts of Hope campaign - https://millionactsofhope.org/ The Women in the Gospel of John: The Divine Feminine by Judith Kaye Jones (Chalice Press, 2008) Women of the Passion by Margaret Ives (Canterbury Press, 1998)