If only the Trump Twitter feed had more soft words and gentle answers
There is a time to keep silence, and a time to speak, observes Qoheleth, the voice of the Book of Ecclesiastes (3:7). Proverbs talks about the wise man using words with…
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Trump’s UN “hate speech” tells the world a few home truths
UN Secretary-General António Guterres doesn't like divisive political discourse: he prefers consensual dialogue about climate change; exhortations to build bridges rather than walls; measured denunciations of Israel rather than the combined armies of the Islamic world driving Jews into the…
Charlottesville: white supremacists are fundamentally anti-American and anti-Christian
Charlottesville has gone downhill a bit since The Waltons: the town where John Boy negotiated his first bank loan, Jim-Bob learned about his dead twin brother, and grandma and grandpa…
The abuse and intimidation of members of the CofE’s General Synod
There is a Westminster Hall debate in Parliament today led by Simon Hart MP on the abuse and intimidation of candidates and the public in UK elections. A briefing pack…
Bishop “ashamed” that the UK voted to leave the EU
Bishop David Gillett was the Bishop of Bolton for nine years, and before that he was Principal of Trinity Theological College in Bristol for 11 years. He is now an…
Momentum drops commitment to nonviolence: how can CofE clergy be permitted to join this group?
"Momentum is wholly committed to working for progressive political change through methods which are inclusive, participatory and nonviolent," the Momentum code of ethics used to state. But not any more.…
London Bridge terror attack: they shouted “This is for Allah!”, as the Holy Spirit descended for Pentecost
Just as the nation was crowning techno-pianist Tokio Myers the winner of Britain's Got Talent, a few more Islamists decided to stage their own version of the show on London…
Justin Welby is not a heretic, he’s a very faithful Anglican
In the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Westminster there is a list of Archbishops of Canterbury which chronicles the centuries of communion between the popes of Rome and the chief pastors…
Félicitations, President Macron – Vive la Faux Révolution!
As the victorious President-elect Emmanuel Macron appeared in front of Le Louvre to address the Fifth Republic, it was conspicuously to the strains of Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy' – the…
Julia Hartley-Brewer: it’s “bloody stupid beliefs” like prayer which help create acts of terrorism
Even as Tobias Ellwood MP was trying to get the blood to flow once again through PC Keith Palmer's heart, tweets of blame and judgment were flying about like a…
EU withdrawal Bill clears the Commons: will the Bishops vote for Brexit?
It is the stuff of which our Island history is made. The House of Commons has voted overwhelmingly to give the Prime Minister leave to invoke Article 50 of the…
The first British monarch to celebrate a Sapphire Jubilee – God Save The Queen!
65 years ago today, King George VI put his hand into the Hand of God, which was better than light and safer than a known way. And in that very…
Same-sex marriage: what does Athens have to do with Jerusalem?
This is a guest post by the Rev'd Dr Gavin Ashenden, sometime Chaplain to the Queen. ___________________________ ‘Archbishop Cranmer’ has written a balanced and generous analysis of the House of…
Bishop of Burnley: CofE’s agenda is set by academia, moneyed elites, and sections of the secular media
The Rt Rev'd Philip North, Bishop of Burnley, decided to celebrate his 50th birthday with a splash in the Church Times, which has become a veritable flash in the Daily…
Remembrance Day: there’s a long, long trail a-winding..
A long trail of prophets and dark prophecies precedes the apocalypse. When you're dead, you don't care. When you're partly living with no eyes, one leg and half a mind,…
“Is Justin Welby not showing the world Jesus?”
Here follows Adrian Hilton's response to Martyn Percy's first letter: Dear Martyn, Thank you for your letter. I appreciated the account of your conversation with the “senior commentator on religious…
Welby ponders the problem of suffering: “I’m not a good enough theologian”
"How can there be a God when there is so much suffering in the world?" probed broadcaster and journalist Jeremy Vine in discussion with Justin Welby in the Diocese of…
UNESCO eradicates Jews and Judaism from the history of Temple Mount
UNESCO – where the 'E' stands for 'education' and the 'C' for 'culture' – is the "intellectual agency" of the United Nations, charged with "a commitment to peace-building, mediation, conflict…
Lichfield Cathedral hosts anti-Semitic conference which bars Zionist Jew from asking questions
"The daily life of the Cathedral is the responsibility of the Dean", explains the Lichfield Cathedral website. And the Dean of Lichfield Cathedral is the Very Rev'd Adrian Dorber, who…
The Spectator brands Justin Welby “liberal left” – for seeking Islamist understanding
Spectator columnist and associate editor Rod Liddle sometimes sounds like he's channeling the EDL, or at least supping with Ukip, but he is, in fact, a fully paid-up member of…