Walthamstow Learning Hub

16/09/2026

https://leprachaun.wordpress.com/2026/09/16/wesley-meets-beau-nash-religion-versus-the-society-of-bath/

Bath, June 1739 By 1739, Bath was no longer simply a place where people went to drink medicinal waters. It was becoming one of the great social capitals of Georgian England. And at the centre …

08/09/2026

https://walthamstowlearninghub.wordpress.com/2026/09/08/john-wesley-as-marriage-counsellor-do-as-i-say-not-quite-as-i-did/

29/08/2026

https://walthamstowlearninghub.wordpress.com/2026/08/28/wesley-on-being-called-a-heretic/

There is a wonderfully Wesleyan piece of mischief in this line. It comes from his 8 February 1772 letter, where, after insisting that he believes the Bible “as far as I understand it” and is “ready…

05/08/2026

Reviewing McNamara

Patrick McNamara’s The Cognitive Neuroscience of Religious Experience: Decentering and the Self (2nd ed., 2022) deserves serious engagement from anyone interested in a theology of dementia. A…

28/06/2026

https://walthamstowlearninghub.wordpress.com/2026/06/28/wesleys-general-deliverance/

Cognitive Restoration within Cosmic Redemption This is one of Wesley’s later sermons, preached during his late seventies, in a stage of life in which his preaching was widening, to reflect on…

23/06/2026

https://walthamstowlearninghub.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/the-revealing-of-dementia/

Dementia does not simply reveal a person’s “true self.” The disease itself alters personality, impulse control, emotional regulation, memory, and social awareness. Yet there are t…

18/06/2026

15/06/2026

https://walthamstowlearninghub.wordpress.com/2026/06/15/reviewing-kevin-halls-wesleys-disabling-fall/

Kevin Hall’s article, “Wesley’s Disabling Fall” is one of the most important disability-critical engagements with Wesleyan theology. It deserves careful attention from anyon…

03/06/2026

NINE week course starting Thursday 8pm

Theme: The End as Fulfilment, Not DestructionKey Texts: Luke 17:20–21; 1 Corinthians 15:24–28Duration: Approximately 60 minutes Opening Prayer God of all times and seasons,You are th…

15/04/2026

https://tithebarn.wordpress.com/2026/04/15/naming-the-captivity-when-emotions-become-prisons/

Reflecting on Luke 4:16–19; Isaiah 61:1 Jesus walks into the synagogue, unrolls the scroll, and reads what can only be described as a manifesto for the emotionally exhausted: “The Spirit of the Lor…