Someone re-tweeted this into my timeline today: “This is a test. If you don’t believe in God, share/comment/like this image. If you do believe in God, pray that not one single person likes or shares this image. Let’s see who … Continue reading
There has been a bit of a palaver in the church-y corner of the news recently, with articles saying that most Christians, or at least most Anglicans, “think the welfare budget should be reduced”, see the welfare system as being … Continue reading
Each winter, I help out at the Forest Churches Emergency Night Shelter. This is an ecumenical project, open the five coldest months of the year. Guests (or “clients”) visit different local churches on different nights of the week. They get … Continue reading
I know, I know, no posts for weeks at a time and then they all come at once. It’s amazing how much I can write when I don’t want to tidy up. I have written before on the problems of … Continue reading
Thanks to @DrBattyTowers for the title of this post. I know she’s used it, too; I just couldn’t think of a better one for what I’m going to say later. Image from Miss Music Nerd. Holy Week has been and … Continue reading
Well, that’s a bit embarrassing. For the measure on women in the episcopate to pass, it needed a 67% majority in all of three houses: bishops, clergy and laity. It got 94% in the House of Bishops (Yes 44; No … Continue reading
I’ve commented a few times on Twitter that we in the West do not have a debt problem so much as a usury problem. I won’t say that charging interest is always evil: in the case of someone starting a … Continue reading
I had a bit of a rant on Twitter this morning. I was upset by the government’s continued assault on the poor and vulnerable through the dismantling of the welfare state, and I was frustrated with churches for what seems … Continue reading
I was thinking the other morning about community size, economies of scale, and our perception of other people as human beings worthy of care and respect. In larger communities, where everyone doesn’t know everyone else, the media have quite a … Continue reading
I’m not in London at the moment, and where I am is perfectly safe. St Andrew’s Leytonstone will be open tomorrow from 11am to 3pm for prayer and for discussing concerns and responses to the London riots. I might do … Continue reading