The Church in Action For some years now the CRES residential has been in Ripon College Cuddesdon nr. Oxford in September. Again we have decided to open up the Friday (1st September 2017) of the residential to day visitors as we have an excellent and very interesting programme. In the …
My Tearfund Prayer Diary for last week included a reminder that July 1st – 9th is the “Speak Up” initiative organised by the Climate Coalition of which JRI is a member. We are challenged in the Book of Proverbs to “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves” (Proverbs …
Well the election roller coaster is nearly over and the media pundits and political leaders pick through the pieces. In 1966 US Senator and soon to be assassinated, presidential candidate, Robert F. Kennedy delivered a speech that included the following: There is a Chinese curse which says: May he live …
What are the things that matter to me? Justice for everyone: sharing with the poor, caring for creation, restraint in the lust for power and wealth. Our care of God’s creation is high on this agenda as it affects the lives of the poorest in God’s world and the damage …
On 8th November 2016 I was in Vaxjo, Sweden as part of an environmental delegation from the Oxford Diocese. Everyone expected that Hillary Clinton would win the US election fairly comfortably. For some reason I woke up in the middle of the night at 3.00am on the 9th and checked …
Well I went! I described the background to the March for Science in my previous blog, and now I want to just give a few thoughts after going on the March in London on 22nd April 2017. I had arranged to meet my sister-in-law, Dr Elizabeth Perry, at the Science …
