This nifty little video from Enough Food For Everyone IF has been released today asking whether eradicating extreme hunger around the world is really such an impossible task. After all, the fact is that the world does produce enough food for everyone. If… Read More ›
Time for a quick review of the new app from Tearfund released this week. Nudge is the sort of thing that I’ve been hoping we’d see for a while now. Tearfund like other NGOs takes lobbying and campaigning seriously, but… Read More ›
Fairtrade Fortnight 2013 (25 Feb – 10 Mar) has now begun! This year we’re being asked to sign Fairtrade’s petition to tell David Cameron to champion a better deal for the world’s smallholder farmers when the UK hosts the G8 summit… Read More ›
Another week, another dose of scandals for the media to gorge over and with today’s resignation of Britain’s most senior Roman Catholic cleric, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, it’s just become a field day. Although the press loves a good scandal, as can be… Read More ›
Oh dear. The British Humanist Association (BHA) have been attempting to stir up trouble again. Given that they employ someone full-time to run campaigns against faith schools, it’s not surprising that they’ve managed to find another way to try to cause mischief…. Read More ›
In the last week two reports on the value of church social initiatives in local communities have received coverage in the national media. On Thursday, Andrew Brown in the Guardian wrote an outstanding article on the role some churches are… Read More ›
It’s only a few months ago that Barclays were taking their turn at being the villains of the banking sector with their Chief Executive, Bob Diamond, resigning following the LIBOR rigging scandal. Given that banks are not exactly the most popular corporations… Read More ›
Chris Huhne could have been leader of the Liberal Democrats. Well that is, if you believe the unofficial stories that during the 2007 Liberal Democrat leadership election he actually received more votes than Nick Clegg. The recorded result shows that… Read More ›
Last year my family followed Christian Aid’s ‘Count Your Blessings’ calendar for Lent which provides daily reflections to remind us of the way we are so blessed in this country and also pray for those in the world’s poorest communities… Read More ›
Even though I know several people who are gay, the biggest problem I have when I talk or write about anything to do with being gay or gay relationships, is that I’m not gay. I can’t get close to explaining… Read More ›
It was hard going following the debate and developments on Twitter and in Parliament yesterday. It was like the final push before election day as everyone gives it their final shot to make their point and influence those who somehow have… Read More ›
The term ‘Religious Right’ is something we come across in the media from time to time. Another description might be ‘religious fundamentalism’. It’s a much more common term when referring to US politics and the relationship between mainly evangelical Christians… Read More ›
Justin Welby, now just days away from becoming the next Archbishop of Canterbury, spoke last weekend of the need for Christians to unashamedly talk openly about their faith. Speaking at Trent Vineyard Church in Nottingham, he said the Church should “grasp the… Read More ›
God and Politics in the UK 