Latest Thought for the Week

Of all the failings of the church – and there are so many – perhaps the greatest is its historical attitude to the Jews.

As a young man I can vividly remember pondering, probably on a Trinity Sunday, the belief that there is only one God and God is equally Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

I want to do something very un-English today.

The UK is expecting 300,000 Hong Kongers to migrate to the UK from 31 January this year, up to 3 million Hong Kongers are eligible for this BNO (British National Overseas) Visa.

This is the start of Christian Aid week, which focusses this year on Climate Justice, in Kenya and beyond.

Our HeartEdge friends at St John’s Waterloo have their annual Arts Festival in May and June before closing for a major restoration, their first since 1951.

It’s fair to say we’ve been thinking a lot about the nation state recently.

This Eastertide I’ve decided to take a deep honest look at my prayer life, which has felt a bit battered and bruised from this disorientating pandemic.

Having been in lockdown in one way or another for the last 12 months or so, our story to varying degrees has had moments of the heroic, tragic and comedic.