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Faithfulness Matters
Last week I had a phone call from Jon Kuhrt, director of Livability in London. Jon and I met back in February at the National Prayer Breakfast, when we did a joint seminar (along with Theos's Nick Spencer) on Big Society. Jon has recently been involved in campaigning against some of the practices of...
Guy Brandon Posted: 24 October 2011 No comments
Keywords: Sex & Families,
Wales rugby coach: moral high ground or unworthy servant?
Wales rugby coach Warren Gatland this morning admitted that he considered asking one of the team's forwards to fake an injury during the World Cup semi-final against France. The question arose after one prop went off injured and a flanker was controversially sent off. Another injury would have led to...
Guy Brandon Posted: 18 October 2011 No comments
Keywords: Worldviews & Culture,
Where was the Big Society?
There are some in our building (in sister organisations) who relished the start of the party conference season. (Personally, I agree with the Economist that, instead of annual conferences, perhaps quadrennial events before the similarly timed General Election might give them more focus and meaning.)However,...
Alan White Posted: 13 October 2011 No comments
Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs,
Jubilee Lifestyle discipleship course at Newfrontiers' Conference
The launch of the Jubilee Lifestyle discipleship course got off to a good start by featuring prominently at two Christian conferences over the weekend - one in Milton Keynes, the other in Sheffield. I was very happy I attended the Newfrontiers' conference 'Jubilee +' on church social action, led by Martin...
Alan White Posted: 4 October 2011 No comments
Keywords: Christianity & Religion, Lifestyle Issues,
A Cure for Compulsive Consumerism
Over four years ago, UNICEF published its Innocenti report Child Poverty in Perspective: An Overview of Child Well-being in Rich Countries, highlighting how the physical and emotional well-being of British children is the worst among the world's wealthiest nations. For at least some of its authors, the...
John Hayward Posted: 16 September 2011 No comments
Keywords: Lifestyle Issues, Sex & Families, Worldviews & Culture,
Marriage Evidence Prevails
The following statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice Jonathan Djanogly, announcing the Government’s response to the Law Commission’s report 'Cohabitation: the financial consequences of relationship breakdown', is to be welcomed: The Law Commission published its...
John Hayward Posted: 12 September 2011 No comments
Keywords: Crime & Justice, Sex & Families,
Is Savers and Borrowers Gap Good or Bad?
Remember how The Pinch complained about 'how the baby boomers took their children's future – and why they should give it back'? Well, today we learn that mortgage borrowers have gained £51bn owing to low interest rates, while savers have lost out on £43bn. As the Today programme put it this morning,...
John Hayward Posted: 8 September 2011 1 comment
Keywords: Finance & the Economy,
English Riots: A Sign of The Times?
So, Parliament has been recalled in response to rioting in England to allow MPs to 'stand together in condemnation of these crimes and to stand together in determination to rebuild these communities.' Supposedly, the riots were sparked three days ago by the killing on 4th August of twenty-nine-year-old...
John Hayward Posted: 9 August 2011 1 comment
Keywords: Crime & Justice, Government & Foreign Affairs,
Cyber-Bullying: The Latest Evidence
We have noted previously that statistics on bullying are hard to obtain and that the Commons Education and Skills Committee has identified two types of bullying of particular concern: cyber-bullying and prejudice-driven bullying. The following is the latest research on the former from academics here...
John Hayward Posted: 3 August 2011 No comments
Keywords: Education, Lifestyle Issues, Science & Technology,
Holiday Reading: God According to God by Gerald Schroeder
'When we get beyond a superficial understanding of the tangible, material world, we find that the physical and the metaphysical make up a single reality, one world viewed from two vastly different perspectives.' (Gerald Schroeder, God According to God, p.2) The MIT-trained physicist and applied theology...
John Hayward Posted: 2 August 2011 1 comment
Keywords: Christianity & Religion, Science & Technology,
Richard Gunton on 5 May 2013
I found this a really stimulating talk - an excellent start to the afternoon. It went by so fast (or...
ps Yembe Mpeng Jacob on 18 Apr 2013
Now that the world is driven wild by gaining wealth without God, this handbook will help even African...
Bob Simpson on 26 Mar 2013
Yes Harry, we are. But we seem to be talking about it in a context that is thousands of years apart,...