Video

Homily for 29th Sunday

In 2020, James Alison started a project exploring the ways of worshipping and Christian living in the Covid-related lockdown. For this project, he records Gospel readings and homilies for Sundays and main festivities of the liturgical year.
1 min read

YouTube playlist

YouTube playlist of James Alison’s materials made available by various organisations, projects and people.
1 min read
The Root & Branch Synod logo

Belonging and being Church: what’s Catholicism all about?

Belonging matters more than life or death. It gives us our approval, who we are to be. It is the hardest thing in the world to receive your approval and thus your sense of belonging from “Your Father who is in Heaven” rather than from those who can give you a quick fix.
16 mins read

Priceless Podcast Interview

James talks to the Priceless Podcast about his journey to becoming a priest and what is happening within the church.
1 min read

Interview to More Christ

James Alison revisits the main themes of his writings in his extensive and lucid interview
1 min read

Praying Eucharistically

Many Christians are unable to attend Church services for the moment, for reasons of COVID-19. Rather than film myself celebrating Mass for my friends, and sharing the video [...] I felt that it may be time to try something a little bolder.
1 min read

Reading Scripture and the LGBT question

How do we begin to understand the ways religion is used to marginalize the LGBTQ+ community? What are thoughtful ways to move out of the binds around faith and a desire to be affirming?
1 min read