Nobody claps for Jesus
This is the 12th contribution to His Grace’s emergency team ministry during the coronavirus pestilence. It comes from Mike Stallard, who has been in education all his life, and is…
China
Uyghur women thank China for liberating them and making them happier
A letter has arrived at Cranmer's Tower: Dear Archbishop Cranmer, My name is Nur. It was Ayshe, but that name was forbidden by Xinjiang Communist Party, so I changed it. I am relieved that I now have a less…
Sovereignty: why is it good for Kashmir and Hong Kong, but bad for the UK?
News from Hong Kong and Kashmir has continued to dominate the news, and then the Labour Shadow Chancellor and Deputy Leader John McDonnell sowed a degree of discontent in the…
A ‘climate emergency’ demands a Green manifesto more useful that Joanna Southcott’s box
Former US President George W Bush revealed in his book Decision Points that he often broke the conversational ice with visiting heads of state by asking the question: 'What keeps…
The weird cult of Greta Thunberg: she’s not the Green Messiah
The activities of those following the latest fashion in political activism have been disrupting the nation’s capital, and yesterday its unlikely spokesperson and poster child, Greta Thunberg, went to Westminster…
Hunt pledges UK power and influence to stem global persecution of Christians
As promised in December, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has launched his independent review into the persecution of Christians across the globe. Flanked by the Rt Rev'd Philip Mountstephen, Bishop of…
National Secular Society equates Anglicans with Islamists baying for blood
While the Church of England was preparing to lead the nation in a corporate commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day 1918, the National Secular Society issued a tweet.…
Why do we celebrate our inspirational Paralympians, but abort the disabled in the womb?
"Finally, there are some famous words you can find stamped on the bottom of a product," said Lord Coe, in his speech at the closing ceremony of the London 2012…
Same-sex marriage/blessing confronts Church of England with "a structural flaw of fatal proportions"
We have reached Chapter 5 in the great Anglican sexuality saga: 'Church of England parishes consider first step to break away over sexuality'. It isn't clear what the dénouement…
Welby: witness gently for Jesus, and wait until you're asked (most of the time)
There's always a danger when you pick up a comment piece from a newspaper that you glance at a headline and form an opinion from a crass summary of…
Stephen Crabb has no need to be ashamed of his Christian faith
Who could have imagined just 15 years ago at the turn of the century that we would now be living in such unpredictable times? What seems like a permanent…
Marsha Levine – the Cambridge academic who refused to answer Israeli child's question, citing BDS
Dr Marsha Levine was a fellow and senior research associate in the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at Cambridge University, which "serves as an interdisciplinary hub aiming to provide…
Helen Mirren: "I love Israel – I think it's a great, great country"
In 1967, shortly after the Six-Day War, Helen Mirren worked on a the HaOn kibbutz on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. She hitch-hiked throughout Israel, and slept…
Chair of EHRC admits "terrible muddle" over freedom of religion
Theos is a Christian think tank that plays crucial role delving into the sometimes murky relationship between religion and society in this country. It also happens to be an…
The Queen hosts President Xi Jinping, and the Catholic Herald sneers at her hypocrisy
"As the Catholic Herald has constantly stressed, China continues to persecute Christians, and there is evidence that this persecution is getting worse. How ironic, then, that the Supreme Governor…
China abolishes the cross of Christ
China's stock-market has plunged: its GDP has crashed, the yuan has been devalued and economic confidence is in free fall. Another boom-and-bust bubble has burst: Mammon threatens another tidal…
Cecil the Lion – a lesson in animal theology
A dentist called Walter Palmer has killed a lion called Cecil. Cecil the lion is now dead, and never has the world been so united in grief. Well, perhaps…
BDS – the evil of boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel
The narrative surrounding the mere mention of Israel has becomes so toxic that BDS - the global boycott, divestment and sanctions movement - has managed to position itself as…
The Church cannot grow if it will not share the gospel
I stumbled recently across an interesting blog post on the sharing the gospel – or rather the lack of it – by the Rev'd Richard Moy. While visiting five cathedrals over the last…
BBC 'Kill the Christians' – at last, thank God, but please don't leave it there
As regular readers of His Grace’s blog will be fully aware, the plight of Christians around the world is a subject that is discussed frequently on these pages. I…