The Beautiful Mind?
HTB, London, Friday March 26th 2009
930
Welcome
Graham
Tomlin
935
Worship
HTB Band
945
Keynote 1
Abstract
Title
Biography
Speaker
Time
Activity
Please note, this is subject to change and will be confirmed on the day at Registration.
…is the Principle of St Paul’s Theological Centre,
Dean of St Mellitus College and an author and
Welcome
speaker.
Rob Waller
…is a Consultant Psychiatrist working for the
NHS in Scotland and a Director of Mind and
Soul.
See below
The rooms and venues will be decided nearer
the time once bookings dictate popularity. All
may run twice except Dominic Beer.
Why we do what we
do: Three Irrefutable
Laws!
So important to do well, yet so easy to do poorly
– the placing of emotional health within our faith
needs a firm foundation. Grace not Works.
Discipleship not Diversion. Integration not
Isolation.
Growing up into
Christ: some insights
from psychology"
This talk will look at some contemporary
psychological theories of spiritual growth and
explore some connections with biblical themes.
The areas explored will include spiritual growth
as goal directed behaviour; processes of change,
continuity, and transformation; Christ as model
and guide; spiritual fruits and gifts.
1015 Coffee
1045
Parallel
Sessions
1145 Break
1200 Keynote 2
1230 Q&A
Joanna
Collicutt
For
Keynotes 1
&2
…is an Anglican priest and senior lecturer in
psychology at Heythrop College, University of
London, where she convenes the MA
programme in psychology of religion. For many
years she worked as a consultant clinical
psychologist in the NHS. Her interests include
medical ethics, the spirituality of those with
special needs and pastoral liturgy.
Abstract
Title
Biography
Speaker
Activity
Time
1300 Lunch
1345 Keynote 2
Michael
and Abigail
Lloyd
…is a Tutor in Theology,
at St Paul’s Theological Centre, and
assistant minister of a church in the
City of London. He did his doctorate
on the nature and origins of evil.
He is the Author of ‘Café Theology’.
…is a barrister, until recently specialising in
Commercial Chancery Law. She taught at
Cambridge, and is a frequent speaker at St
Paul's Theological Centre, and Friday Forum, in
the City of London.'
The Purpose-Driven
Life: Why it is ruinous
for mental health
Reflections on the profoundly damaging effect
of aspects of Christian thinking. The need for a
fully immanent, anti-gnostic, unreligious worldview.
Messy Church: The
tension unresolved
Is 21st century church able to hold together the
tension of giftedness and unresolved emotional
and mental health issues. Do we need to be
healed to be useful for the kingdom?
1415 Break
1430
Parallel
Sessions 2
See below
1530 Break
1545 Keynote 4
Will Van
Der Hart
1615 Q&A
For
keynotes 3
&4
1645 Conclusion
Graham
Tomlin
1700 Close
Post1645 conference
time
1745
Last Guests
Leave
…is Vicar of St Peter’s Harrow and a Director of
Mind and Soul. He has a passion to see people
set free from mental health problems and
churches equipped to do this.
Parallel A2
Parallel A3
Parallel A4
Abstract
Title
Biography
Speaker
Time
Activity
Parallel 1
Capturing The
Affections: getting to
the heart of the
problem
In the Word of God we have all that we need to
address the human predicament; not only by way
of analysis, but also by way of treatment. In
Christ and the gospel there is sanity. Problems of
behaviour and emotions are always related in
some way to issues of belief. And that belief
relates to the Word of God, and the promises God
makes to us. That is why we can have confidence
in the Bible to speak directly and effectively to
our lives and circumstances.
Demons: Do they,
Don’t they, What If?
Invariably the passage of Jesus healing the
‘Demoniac’ is used an example of mental illness
in the Bible, however, this raises more questions
than it answers. Was he suffering from
schizophrenia? Do demons really exist? Was it
just a cultural interpretation? If he was demon
possessed, does the deliverance ministry offer
the cure for all mental illness?
Pablo
Martinez
…is a medical doctor and psychiatrist in private
practice in Barcelona. He has a wide ministry as
a lecturer, counsellor and speaker in more than
30 countries. He has authored three books on
Christianity and emotions
A Thorn in the Flesh:
Finding Strength and
Hope Amid Chronic
Suffering
Understanding and helping when you have a
thorn in the flesh (situations of chronic suffering)
is not an easy task. We need to focus on the light
of hope rather than on the darkness of the trial;
to speak of victory rather than defeat; not to be
paralysed by the thorn’s venom but rather
strengthened by the supernatural antidote of
grace. Victory is forged along a costly road that
ultimately leads to serene acceptance and to
experience the power of Christ that is perfected
in our weakness.
Chris
Gnanakan
…is Director of Training for OTAN [Outreach to
Asia Nationals], an organisation working with
the persecuted church, and was former
Professor of Pastoral Theology and Board
Member of the World Council of Churches.
Mental Health and
Material Wealth: when
prosperity theology
promises emotional
healing
The promises and pitfalls of Pentecostal theology,
illustrated by healers from Christianity and other
faiths in the Indian subcontinent where the
miraculous is commonplace. Implications for the
UK and the world church.
Stephen
Timmis
Jonathan
Clark
…is an elder in The Crowded House, an
international church planting network, and has
a particular interest in Biblical counselling
…is a Director of Mind and Soul and runs
Premier Life, including the telephone and email
support line Premier Lifeline. He has been an
Approved Social Worker and Church Minister.
Parallel 6
Parallel 7
Parallel 8
Tara
Gormley
Kate
Middleton
Dominic
Beer
…is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist in private
practice. Having seen personal transformation
through the work of the Holy Spirit and
psychological interventions, she has a
longstanding interest in the relationship
between Christianity and Psychology.
…is a psychologist working in a Hertfordshire
church, speaker and author. She was also
director of Anorexia & Bulimia Care until 2008.
Her passion is applying psychology to real life,
enabling people to reach their full potential.
…is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Senior
Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry and an
author. He chairs the Christian Medical
Fellowship Psychiatrists Group.
Abstract
Title
Biography
Speaker
Time
Activity
Parallel 5
…is a leading international scholar on the
theology of grace in the English Reformation.
He is also an Olympic Chaplain and author
Ashley Null
of ‘Real Joy: Freedom to Be Your Best’, which
helps athletes get beyond a performance-based
identity.
Perfectionism:
Thomas Cramner’s
Gospel for the
Overachiever
Are we called or driven? Is our identity based on
our performance or the performance of Christ on
the cross? Drawing on the stories of Paul, the
Prodigal Son, the theology of Thomas Cramner
and his work with Olympic athletes, Ashley
challenges our own attempts at self-medication
through achievement and shame-based
motivation. He explores how we can make our
activities reflect God's healing love instead."
Prayer Ministry and
Psychology: The
Relationship and the
Risks
What are the psychological aspects of prayer
ministry? What do you do when prayer ministry
doesn’t work? Can prayer ministry and
psychological therapy work together? What can
go wrong...
‘If we claim to be
without emotion...’
Emotions are crucial to the way our brains
operate. But for Christians some emotions can be
seen as ‘undesirable’; even sinful. This seminar
explains what emotions really are for, and
considers how attempts to suppress them can
itself lead us into sin. What should we change
about the church’s attitude toward emotions?
Mad, Bad or Sad: A
Christian Approach to
Antisocial Behaviour
Is antisocial behaviour driven by psychology, sin
or sickness; by upbringing, social or genetic
factors? Dominic draws on his work with patients
who are in contact both with the NHS and the
Criminal Justice System and suggests ways in
which the church can help. He has edited a
recent book called “Mad, Bad or Sad?: a Christian
approach to antisocial behaviour and mental
disorder”.