Spaces of Hope
@spacesofhope.bsky.social
Rooted locally in north west England, curating spaces globally - sharing stories, dialogues & hope to inspire leaders - curated by Dr Matthew Barber-Rowell FRSA - new book out now with SCM Press
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· Mar 29
Great to see our new book being picked up by people!
We’re in the top 3 best sellers at @scmpress.bsky.social for March!
There’s still time to get 20% off your copy. Offer ends 31/3
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
To encourage you, we’ve included support from a leader near Washington DC!
We’re in the top 3 best sellers at @scmpress.bsky.social for March!
There’s still time to get 20% off your copy. Offer ends 31/3
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
To encourage you, we’ve included support from a leader near Washington DC!
Many thanks to Peter Shelby for this generous review!
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Reviewing it in the @churchtimes.bsky.social this week, Peter Selby enjoys Curating Spaces of Hope.
'The book displays enormous erudition, as well as passion'
Read our blogpost interviewing the author Matthew Barber-Rowell (@spacesofhope.bsky.social) here: scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/blog/an-inte...
'The book displays enormous erudition, as well as passion'
Read our blogpost interviewing the author Matthew Barber-Rowell (@spacesofhope.bsky.social) here: scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/blog/an-inte...
An interview with Matthew Barber-Rowell
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Many thanks to Peter Shelby for this generous review!
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Thanks for the invitation @gracerethomas.bsky.social we’re really looking forward to being there and to sharing what Curating Spaces of Hope is about
July 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Thanks for the invitation @gracerethomas.bsky.social we’re really looking forward to being there and to sharing what Curating Spaces of Hope is about
We began as a side hustle - then, 10 years later, we launched an international search for hope, from a core institution shaping the public square in the UK
williamtemplefoundation.org.uk/success-as-c...
@emmalbriant.bsky.social @gracerethomas.bsky.social @scmpress.bsky.social
williamtemplefoundation.org.uk/success-as-c...
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May 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
We began as a side hustle - then, 10 years later, we launched an international search for hope, from a core institution shaping the public square in the UK
williamtemplefoundation.org.uk/success-as-c...
@emmalbriant.bsky.social @gracerethomas.bsky.social @scmpress.bsky.social
williamtemplefoundation.org.uk/success-as-c...
@emmalbriant.bsky.social @gracerethomas.bsky.social @scmpress.bsky.social
Great coverage of our new release by @scmpress.bsky.social this week. We’re still in the top 3 best sellers this month, 2 months after publication which is amazing!
May 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Great coverage of our new release by @scmpress.bsky.social this week. We’re still in the top 3 best sellers this month, 2 months after publication which is amazing!
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It was a genuine pleasure to be able to share something about 'brave spaces' at the conference. And it was great to hear so many other contributions and have such rich conversations
#SpacesOfHope #RadicalHope
#SpacesOfHope #RadicalHope
It was a great word wasn’t it - an old English contrast to despair - we learned about brave spaces from you! Thanks so much for your contributions @gracerethomas.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It was a genuine pleasure to be able to share something about 'brave spaces' at the conference. And it was great to hear so many other contributions and have such rich conversations
#SpacesOfHope #RadicalHope
#SpacesOfHope #RadicalHope
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Learned a new word today at the @spacesofhope.bsky.social conference:
Respair
Means 'fresh hope' or 'a recovery from despair'
Definitely one to hold on to
#Hope #Respair
Respair
Means 'fresh hope' or 'a recovery from despair'
Definitely one to hold on to
#Hope #Respair
April 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Learned a new word today at the @spacesofhope.bsky.social conference:
Respair
Means 'fresh hope' or 'a recovery from despair'
Definitely one to hold on to
#Hope #Respair
Respair
Means 'fresh hope' or 'a recovery from despair'
Definitely one to hold on to
#Hope #Respair
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This week marks 80 years since the death of hugely influential theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer at the hand of the Nazis.
We publish a range of his works translated into English and are offering 20% off these and related titles this month scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/features/die...
We publish a range of his works translated into English and are offering 20% off these and related titles this month scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/features/die...
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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April 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
This week marks 80 years since the death of hugely influential theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer at the hand of the Nazis.
We publish a range of his works translated into English and are offering 20% off these and related titles this month scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/features/die...
We publish a range of his works translated into English and are offering 20% off these and related titles this month scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/features/die...
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Book review: The English tradition is well introduced here, Hilary Pearson finds
Book review: A Pilgrimage of the Heart: Walter Hilton and the English mystical tradition by Kevin Goodrich
The English tradition is well introduced here, Hilary Pearson finds
www.churchtimes.co.uk
April 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Book review: The English tradition is well introduced here, Hilary Pearson finds
👀 we’re in the wild…!
April 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
👀 we’re in the wild…!
Really looking forward to hosting you @emmalbriant.bsky.social
I'm delighted to be speaking at this event in London on 30th April: 'Communicating Radical Hope in an era of poly-crisis' www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/communicat...
Communicating Radical Hope in an era of poly-crisis
We will map the 21st Century public square and cocreate a new vision for curating a movement of radical hope in an era of poly-crisis
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Really looking forward to hosting you @emmalbriant.bsky.social
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Just spent time at the site of Arkwright's 1st cotton mill
2 yrs ago Pope Francis addressed a group I was part of. He reminded us Manchester was at the heart of changes brought by the industrial revolution, and could be at the heart of ecological change now
Words that rung loud in my ears today
2 yrs ago Pope Francis addressed a group I was part of. He reminded us Manchester was at the heart of changes brought by the industrial revolution, and could be at the heart of ecological change now
Words that rung loud in my ears today
April 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Just spent time at the site of Arkwright's 1st cotton mill
2 yrs ago Pope Francis addressed a group I was part of. He reminded us Manchester was at the heart of changes brought by the industrial revolution, and could be at the heart of ecological change now
Words that rung loud in my ears today
2 yrs ago Pope Francis addressed a group I was part of. He reminded us Manchester was at the heart of changes brought by the industrial revolution, and could be at the heart of ecological change now
Words that rung loud in my ears today
Great to see our new book being picked up by people!
We’re in the top 3 best sellers at @scmpress.bsky.social for March!
There’s still time to get 20% off your copy. Offer ends 31/3
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
To encourage you, we’ve included support from a leader near Washington DC!
We’re in the top 3 best sellers at @scmpress.bsky.social for March!
There’s still time to get 20% off your copy. Offer ends 31/3
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
To encourage you, we’ve included support from a leader near Washington DC!
March 29, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Great to see our new book being picked up by people!
We’re in the top 3 best sellers at @scmpress.bsky.social for March!
There’s still time to get 20% off your copy. Offer ends 31/3
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
To encourage you, we’ve included support from a leader near Washington DC!
We’re in the top 3 best sellers at @scmpress.bsky.social for March!
There’s still time to get 20% off your copy. Offer ends 31/3
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
To encourage you, we’ve included support from a leader near Washington DC!
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1 week left to order this with 20% discount!
NEW on the SCM Press blog: an interview with Matthew Barber-Rowell of @spacesofhope.bsky.social on his new book, Curating Spaces of Hope
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/blog/an-inte...
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/blog/an-inte...
March 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
1 week left to order this with 20% discount!
A look back to our visit to the mall in summer 2024 including the Martin Luther King Jr Monument. It offers the inspiring quote,
“Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope”
“Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope”
March 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A look back to our visit to the mall in summer 2024 including the Martin Luther King Jr Monument. It offers the inspiring quote,
“Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope”
“Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope”
Oh @emmalbriant.bsky.social you’re commentary on this fiasco is 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
“I just talked to Elon on the way here. We’ve got the best technical minds looking at how this happened.”
March 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Oh @emmalbriant.bsky.social you’re commentary on this fiasco is 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
History can tell us so much about who we are & where we’re from!
This unprecedented hoard found in North Yorkshire is a game changer for understanding of the north of England!
“Curators feel this is the discovery of a lifetime”
Dig deep and who knows what you find!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This unprecedented hoard found in North Yorkshire is a game changer for understanding of the north of England!
“Curators feel this is the discovery of a lifetime”
Dig deep and who knows what you find!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
March 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
History can tell us so much about who we are & where we’re from!
This unprecedented hoard found in North Yorkshire is a game changer for understanding of the north of England!
“Curators feel this is the discovery of a lifetime”
Dig deep and who knows what you find!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This unprecedented hoard found in North Yorkshire is a game changer for understanding of the north of England!
“Curators feel this is the discovery of a lifetime”
Dig deep and who knows what you find!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Just me holding a ten thousand year old slither of ice from Antarctica, full of tiny gas bubbles that reveal so much about the atmosphere back then.
Flawed by the incredible beauty and fragility of our planet
Flawed by the incredible beauty and fragility of our planet
March 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Just me holding a ten thousand year old slither of ice from Antarctica, full of tiny gas bubbles that reveal so much about the atmosphere back then.
Flawed by the incredible beauty and fragility of our planet
Flawed by the incredible beauty and fragility of our planet
Our founder was privileged today to be at @bas.ac.uk reflecting on the scale of & responses to the climate crisis.
Q arising:
how far back do we need to go to understand the roots of the issue?
what kind of resources should we draw on to achieve spiritual and cultural change?
Q arising:
how far back do we need to go to understand the roots of the issue?
what kind of resources should we draw on to achieve spiritual and cultural change?
March 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Our founder was privileged today to be at @bas.ac.uk reflecting on the scale of & responses to the climate crisis.
Q arising:
how far back do we need to go to understand the roots of the issue?
what kind of resources should we draw on to achieve spiritual and cultural change?
Q arising:
how far back do we need to go to understand the roots of the issue?
what kind of resources should we draw on to achieve spiritual and cultural change?
Such a timely initiative from @clubofrome.org
Our Contribution to this debate on the limits to hope can be found here with thanks to @scmpress.bsky.social
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
Our Contribution to this debate on the limits to hope can be found here with thanks to @scmpress.bsky.social
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
March 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Such a timely initiative from @clubofrome.org
Our Contribution to this debate on the limits to hope can be found here with thanks to @scmpress.bsky.social
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
Our Contribution to this debate on the limits to hope can be found here with thanks to @scmpress.bsky.social
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
When crisis hits, new spaces always open up.
To sustain them, it requires leadership that inspires hope and channels that want to get the message out
Great job on that @jay.bsky.team @bsky.app
To sustain them, it requires leadership that inspires hope and channels that want to get the message out
Great job on that @jay.bsky.team @bsky.app
Bluesky on Jeopardy, cab ride edition
Surreal seeing this irl in a cab ride
March 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
When crisis hits, new spaces always open up.
To sustain them, it requires leadership that inspires hope and channels that want to get the message out
Great job on that @jay.bsky.team @bsky.app
To sustain them, it requires leadership that inspires hope and channels that want to get the message out
Great job on that @jay.bsky.team @bsky.app
Author copies of the Curating Spaces of Hope book are here!
You can order your own copy now from @scmpress.bsky.social now with 20% off this month
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
You can order your own copy now from @scmpress.bsky.social now with 20% off this month
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
March 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Author copies of the Curating Spaces of Hope book are here!
You can order your own copy now from @scmpress.bsky.social now with 20% off this month
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
You can order your own copy now from @scmpress.bsky.social now with 20% off this month
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
What does Curating Spaces of Hope: Transformational Leadership for Uncertain Times have in common with @arsenalfc.bsky.social
We’re both second in the league
@plnews.bsky.social @scmpress.bsky.social
We’re both second in the league
@plnews.bsky.social @scmpress.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
What does Curating Spaces of Hope: Transformational Leadership for Uncertain Times have in common with @arsenalfc.bsky.social
We’re both second in the league
@plnews.bsky.social @scmpress.bsky.social
We’re both second in the league
@plnews.bsky.social @scmpress.bsky.social
Great cover photo and profile art here from @scmpress.bsky.social
20% off the book if pre-ordered in March
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
20% off the book if pre-ordered in March
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
March 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Great cover photo and profile art here from @scmpress.bsky.social
20% off the book if pre-ordered in March
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
20% off the book if pre-ordered in March
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...