Fulcrum Newsletters
Fulcrum was founded in 2003. For its founding, see here and for its short history, see here.
I was one of the founders and served as Theological Secretary from 2003-19. I wrote a regular, bimonthly 'Fulcrum Newsletter' from 2005-11. They were modelled on the monthly CMS Newsletters of Max Warren, John V Taylor, Simon Barrington-Ward and Michael Nazir-Ali and aimed to provide in-depth articles commenting on contemporary issues of theology, mission and Anglicanism. The series continued from 2011-13 written by the then Chair of Fulcrum, Stephen Kuhrt.
Moral Journalism, a sermon preached at St Bride's Fleet Street -June 2011
11/06/2011 from Fulcrum Newsletters
Richard Johnson annual sermon preached at St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street, London Tuesday, 7 June 2011 for the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers
A Momentous Day for Sudan on 9 January 2011
23/12/2010 from Fulcrum Newsletters
The Ambiguous Legacy of John Henry Newman: Reflections on the Papal Visit 2010
27/10/2010 from Fulcrum Newsletters
Should Christians Share Christ with People of Other Faiths?
04/07/2010 from Fulcrum Newsletters
Copublished, with permission, with The Times online, 5 July 2010 Should Christians keep themselves to themselves and not share Christ with people of other faiths?
Picturing the Spirit - Fulcrum Newsletter May 2010
21/05/2010 from Fulcrum Newsletters
Copublished, with permission, with The Times online, Faith Central, 21 May 2010 How do you depict the Holy Spirit? Doves, flames of fire, and trees bending in the wind may come to mind. For me, Jonathan Clark’s maquette – a small scale model – of his Ely sculpture, ‘The Way of Life’, is powerfully intriguing. …
Perceptions of the Cross - Fulcrum Newsletter, April 2010
02/04/2010 from Fulcrum Newsletters
Copublished, with permission, with The Times online, Faith Central, Good Friday 2 April 2010. Perceptions of Jonathan Clarke’s six-foot tall sculpture, ‘The Eighth Hour’.
General Synod Motion concerning the Anglican Church in North America
08/02/2010 from Fulcrum Newsletters
Sudan at the Crossroads - Dec 2009
09/12/2009 from Fulcrum Newsletters
The Pope's Anglican Division - November 2009
04/11/2009 from Fulcrum Newsletters
People must come first: there are many ways of being conservative - September 2009:
11/09/2009 from Fulcrum Newsletters
Federation Isn't Enough: Only Communion Properly Reflects the Spirit of the Church - August 2009
05/08/2009 from Fulcrum Newsletters
Glacial Gravity or Opportunist Autonomy? - June 2009
29/06/2009 from Fulcrum Newsletters
Between the Primates' Meeting and the ACC: February to May 2009 – Fulcrum Newsletter 28, April 2009
30/04/2009 from Fulcrum Newsletters
Icons: an Evangelical Anglican Perspective - March 2009
11/03/2009 from Fulcrum Newsletters
Nourishing Unity? NEAC 2008
14/11/2008 from Fulcrum Newsletters
Patience and Urgency: Lambeth Conference 2008
18/08/2008 from Fulcrum Newsletters
Disagreeing Christianly: Unity, Humility and Prophecy - July 2008
14/07/2008 from Fulcrum Newsletters
An edited version of an address given to the Diocese of Lichfield World Mission Conference at Swanwick, Derbyshire, on 8 July 2008.
Reading and Reshaping the Anglican Communion
04/06/2008 from Fulcrum Newsletters
Faith and Fellowship in Crisis - April 2008
29/04/2008 from Fulcrum Newsletters
The Edge: The Episcopal Church - Sept 2007, Fulcrum Newsletter 5
18/09/2007 from Fulcrum Newsletters
In his fifth Fulcrum Newsletter, just prior to the Archbishop of Canterbury's visti to the House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church in New Orleans, Graham wrote about the two extreme 'edges' that the Anglican Communion needed defending against: 'automomous rootless liberalism' and 'independent relentless puritanism'. He drew on the wisdom of Lancelot Andrewes, Richard Hooker and S T Coleridge. It was copublished with the Church of England Newspaper on 21 Sept 2007.
Singapore: Intellectual Centre of a Movement Jan 2007, Fulcrum Newsletter 4
10/04/2007 from Fulcrum Newsletters
After visiting Singapore for a week in early December 2006, as a guest of Michael Poon at Trinity College, and meeting with John Chew, the Archbishop of South East Asia, Graham wrote this article about the Global South Anglican movement for the Church Times, which was republished, with permission, as the fourth Fulcrum Newsletter.
Founding of Fulcrum - Aug 2006, Fulcrum Newsletter 3
29/08/2006 from Fulcrum Newsletters
In his third Fulcrum Newsletter, with a hyperlinked contents page, Graham wrote about the various events leading up to the launch of Fulcrum in 2003.
Shechem, Corinth and Columbus: ECUSA’s Choices - June 2006, Fulcrum Newsletter 8
13/06/2006 from Fulcrum Newsletters
The eighth Fulcrum Newsletter written just before General Convention of The Epsicopal Church of the USA (ECUSA) , which met in Columbus, Ohio, 13-21 June 2006. Graham devloped a 'Quadrant' to help to map the various groups in the Anglican Communion: Federal Liberals, Communion Liberals, Communion Conservatives and Federal Conservatives.
London Bombings: Warnings and Support, July 2005, Fulcrum Newsletter 1
31/07/2005 from Fulcrum Newsletters
Graham Kings' July 2005 reflections written as the first Fulcrum newsletter when he was Vicar of St Mary's, Islington.