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Seeking Europe's Shalom
Seeking Europe's shalomWhen Judah was taken into exile to Babylon, God's instruction to the Jews through Jeremiah was to seek the city's shalom, or well-being and harmony. What then might God's word to us be today as 'exiles' in what many see as a post-Christian, secularised Europe? Surely it is also...
Jeff Fountain Posted: 21 May 2013 No comments
Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs, Sex & Families, Worldviews & Culture,
The relational cost of unemployment
Guest contributor Ruth Garvey Williams shares a story from Ireland about how unemployment is much more than being out of work...Take a look at the statistics and you'll know that Ireland is in trouble. A national rate of 14% unemployment seems bad enough. But in certain parts of the country this figure...
Ruth Garvey-Williams Posted: 17 May 2013 2 comments
Keywords: Finance & the Economy, Government & Foreign Affairs, Sex & Families,
The Chancellor's budget: one week on
From guest writer Matthew Gray, an Independent Financial Advisor and church leader.Having listened to (and now read the transcript of) the Chancellor's Budget speech, my thoughts would be in general that there is much to commend it. Certainly this budget, in its general ethos, is better than the old...
Matthew Gray Posted: 28 March 2013 No comments
Keywords: Finance & the Economy, Government & Foreign Affairs,
It’s not fair!
Justice... or mercy?'A future fair for all.' 'Building a fairer Britain.' 'We're all in this together.' Since the scale of the economic challenges facing the country became clearer in the run-up to the last election, the question has repeatedly arisen: who will suffer most when times are tough? Each...
Guy Brandon Posted: 8 January 2013 6 comments
Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs,
Jubilee Handbook
A biblical roadmap for the 21st centuryThe way we think about our culture's political, economic and social problems is flawed and confused. Society is not made up of distinct elements we can treat in isolation from each other. How we view one idea - the state; property ownership; the economy; the...
Guy Brandon Posted: 26 June 2012 2 comments
Keywords: Crime & Justice, Finance & the Economy, Government & Foreign Affairs, Sex & Families, Worldviews & Culture,
But you promised....!
There have been a number of news items recently that are about people making promises and then being accused of breaking them.We have the Syrian Government's ceasefire and withdrawal undertakings to Kofi Annan being described as 'relatively respected' - by which is meant that government forces have stopped...
Alan White Posted: 13 April 2012 No comments
Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs, Lifestyle Issues,
More religion and politics
Having been criticised for failing to offer any answers for the country's economic problems, Church leaders have in recent days come to the fore. On Monday a group of bishops tabled an amendment in the House of Lords that called for child benefit to be excluded from the proposed £26,000 cap on benefits,...
Guy Brandon Posted: 25 January 2012 4 comments
Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs,
Our response to 'Border Control'
The head of the UK border force, Brodie Clark, has resigned and is claiming constructive dismissal, suggesting that he had been unfairly blamed for relaxing immigration controls.Back in July the Home Office said that checks on EU nationals could be reduced in certain circumstances. However, checks were...
Guy Brandon Posted: 9 November 2011 2 comments
Keywords: Government & Foreign Affairs,
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,
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,
Jamie on 21 May 2013
This is heartbreaking. Families should not be torn apart like this. Thank you for sharing this important...
Mike Causey on 17 May 2013
Wow - thanks Ruth, for writing about this. I did not know about the high numbers emigrating, and it really...
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...