This is of course a ridiculous headline, but what makes it ridiculous? There are plenty of people who don’t believe in God after all. We make assumptions all of the time and a common one is that our leaders are… Read More ›
Ed Miliband
Poverty Sunday and why foodbanks are not the answer
This Sunday (June 22) has been designated by the Church of England as Poverty Sunday; a day to pray and reflect on issues of poverty in this country and how churches and individual Christians respond. This year, churches are being urged to… Read More ›
A good week for Christianity within the walls of Parliament
“The church is not an NGO with lots of old buildings. It is the Church of God, rejoicing in the realities of cultural diversity in a way never known before: global, cross-bearing, confident and welcoming. The Church holds for the… Read More ›
In our pursuit of justice for the poor we need to avoid the politics of jealousy and envy
Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless. As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their… Read More ›
The C of E goes looking for ‘God-doing’ at the party conferences – and comes away impressed
Today’s post is written by Richard Chapman who is the Church of England’s head of parliamentary affairs. He spends most of his time in Westminster working closely with MPs and peers in the House of Lords. As part of his… Read More ›
Unite’s approach to politics is an utterly bankrupt strategy
For once I’m going to make an overtly political comment. Here goes… The history of the trade union movement in the United Kingdom has been heavily influenced by Christians and Methodism in particular at various points. The leader of the… Read More ›
What has turned so many Christians off voting Labour?
Last week I published a guest post by Dominic Moass on his perceived failings of socialism from a Christian perspective. In the interests of balance, today’s guest post is from a Christian on the other side of the political fence. Graham Burnby-Crouch… Read More ›
Ambivalence towards fatherhood has been a gross and costly error – why do we accept it?
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 ›
Archbishop of Canterbury’s approach to banking continues to win admirers
Who would have believed not so long ago that we’d have politicians praising an Archbishop of Canterbury for his analysis of our economy and the failings of the banking sector in the UK? It goes to show that since Justin… Read More ›
A tale of two bomb attacks
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 ›
This week’s news and links: George Carey and that Nazi comment
In case anyone is concerned after yesterday’s post that I’ve gone all political with my knives out for Labour, I haven’t but sometimes you just can’t ignore party politics. It’s the same with these links today which mainly relate to… Read More ›
God and Politics in the UK 