Whatever you think about gay marriage and the current legislation passing through parliament, it is most definitely not boring.  perhaps one a day a film will be made based on all that is happening with its complex plot and plentiful twists and turns.  Once upon a time the institution of marriage was a pretty straightforward […]

Today God and Politics in the UK is one year old!  On November 30th 2011 I published my first post on St. Paul’s and the Occupy protests, which you can read here.  I have to admit that I had no idea what I was letting myself in for when I started.  It’s been a steep learning curve, […]

Now that the Crown Nomination Commission is in full swing tasked with the job of choosing the next Archbishop of Canterbury, there’s plenty being written and discussed on the subject, so I thought I may as well jump on the bandwagon too. If you don’t know who the front-runners are or what their theological leanings […]

I recently had the privilege of spending some time talking with Mark Green the Deputy Director of Barnabas Fund and Emma Brown who works for Barnabas Fund as the International Human Rights Advisor.  During our conversation we spent some time discussing the core aims of Barnabas Fund as well as their advocacy work campaigning for […]

On Wednesday the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) published an update on its ruling against Healing on the Streets (HOTS) – Bath.  Following a single complaint against the Christian group jointly run by churches in Bath who regularly go onto the streets  outside the Abbey and offer to pray for healing for passers-by, they were told […]

Mark Easton is BBC News home editor.  Last week at the Hay Festival during a talk he was giving, he gave some thoughts on economic division in our society.  Journalists who do their job well should be able to take an objective analytical view on the subjects they write and speak about.  Someone in Easton’s position […]

Christian Aid is a praying organisation, and this Christian Aid Week churches and individuals are being asked to stand together in prayer for the world’s poorest communities. To find out how to get involved, go to http://www.caweek.org/pray .

Here are a couple of things I’d like to draw your attention to. The first is Unbelievable: The Conference taking place in London on Saturday the 26th of May.  It’s hosted by Premier Christian Radio.  Here’s the blurb: We live in a sceptical world. Atheism has taken on an evangelistic tone in the UK. Secularists […]

You probably won’t be surprised to hear that News International isn’t exactly my favourite organisation and that I’m not a big fan Rupert Murdoch either.  Those of us who have an interest in the press will have no doubt that newspapers often use dubious tactics to get their stories, but as the Leveson inquiry has progressed […]

Plenty of debate has been stirred up this week in response to the publication of a letter from Christians in Parliament to the Advertising Standards Authority criticising their ruling that Christians cannot advertise the belief that God physically heals.  One of the signatories, Tim Farron who is President of the Liberal Democrats, yesterday posted a […]

You can’t help but feel at least sympathy for Bolton Wanderers player, Fabrice Muamba who collapsed and nearly died as his heart stopped working at Saturday’s FA Cup match.  It always comes as a shock when something like this happens to an apparently fit and healthy person.

Until today Prayers have been said at the start of Bideford Town Council meetings.  This practice has been taking place for around seventy years.  However all this changed today when the High Court ruled: ”The saying of prayers as part of the formal meeting of a council is not lawful under section 111 of the […]

You may have already read about the Advertising Standards Authority’s ruling on February 1st against Healing on the Streets (HOTS) - Bath. HOTS – Bath is a three-year old registered charity run by over 20 churches in Bath and the surrounding area who train volunteers to pray for people particularly in the area of physical healing.  Two to […]

Well the end of the year is almost upon us, but rather than looking back, I want to draw attention to a new initiative that has been developed jointly between 24-7 Prayer and Alpha International.  Its name is Kingdom Come 2012.  Nicky Gumbel, the vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton church in London, sums it up: […]