Mother’s Day/Mothering Sunday is regularly a joyous affair in the media. There’s plenty of talk of what flowers and presents we should be giving our mothers along with various individuals including celebrities telling us how wonderful and inspiring their mothers… Read More ›
Last night’s news of the explosions in Boston was truly horrendous. Within moments of it happening my Twitter feed went into overdrive with every picture and piece of video flying round the world as it was hastily retweeted. Even though… Read More ›
I can barely believe that it’s already three weeks since we found out that Barack Obama had won the US presidential election. Following the race from a distance I frequently struggled to get my head round the way that some… Read More ›
I’ve had a few discussions recently about the US presidential elections with a number of people and one thing has been blatantly obvious. Everyone wants Obama to win. Maybe this just reflects the people I know, but I suspect that’s… Read More ›
Things are hotting up in the US over the issue of same-sex marriage that make our situation in the UK appear somewhat straightforward. On Tuesday voters in North Carolina approved a state constitutional amendment that bans same-sex marriage and civil… Read More ›
Yesterday was the National Day of Prayer in the United States. According to my good friend Wikipedia, the National Day of Prayer is an annual day of observance held on the first Thursday of May, designated by the United States Congress,… Read More ›
Yet again I’m failing to stick to my blogging break, but having posted David Cameron’s Easter Speech yesterday, I thought it would be good for comparative purposes to post the transcript of Barack Obama’s Easter speech he gave today at… Read More ›
God and Politics in the UK 