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Gay Church blessings and a crisis of faith: Fisking Damian Thompson
2010-03-06 13:21:00 Damian Thompson has written in today?s Daily Telegraph. read more More About: Church , Faith , Blog , Blessings
A tale of two hearings
2010-03-05 18:38:00 Two very different hearings have taken place in Britain today, concerned with questions of peace and war. read more
Siobhain McDonagh MP the 'secularist' ?
2010-03-05 12:44:00 Cranmer has drawn attention to allegations about a Methodist lay minister, councillor George Reynolds, who has been ?deselected as a candidate in the forthcoming local elections not because he objected to canvassing on the Sabbath on grounds of religious conscience, but because, as a pastor of his church, he is obliged to tend for his flock on Sundays?. read more More About: Blog , Donagh
Press Roundup Friday 5 March 2010
2010-03-05 09:28:00 A selection of stories from today's press and other media that relate to Ekklesia's work, produced daily by James Vincent and covering papers such as The Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Guardian, and the tabloids. read more More About: Press , Roundup , Blog , Friday , March
Scaremongering and religious liberty
2010-03-05 00:00:00 There are many words that I could use to describe the front page headline in today?s Daily Telegraph. ?Inaccurate? is one of the most polite, although it rather understates the problem. read more More About: Liberty
Crossing many paths in Ireland
2010-03-04 12:53:00 The third in a series of 2010 Lent blogs from Willard Roth focusing on places of particular spiritual intensity and interest across Britain and Ireland . read more
"It's all about us": Ethnocentrism over religious civil partnerships
2010-03-04 09:37:00 A bit of confusion at the Daily Telegraph today. George Pitcher suggests: Lords vote for 'gay weddings' ? so what? Meanwhile Martin Beckford and Heidi Blake report: Clergy could be sued if they refuse to carry out ?gay marriages?. read more More About: Blog
Press Roundup Thursday 4 March 2010
2010-03-04 09:23:00 A selection of stories from today's press and other media that relate to Ekklesia's work, produced daily by James Vincent and covering papers such as The Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Guardian, and the tabloids. read more More About: Press , Roundup , Blog , March , Thursday
How can I keep from singing?
2010-03-04 02:28:00 Last night's debate on same sex partnerships in the house of Lords was conducted against a backdrop of debates about religious liberty. Nothing was mentioned so often or with such conviction. read more
Tears and fears over same-sex partnerships
2010-03-04 00:36:00 Several members of the House of Lords were probably already in bed by the time their colleagues voted last night to allow the use of religious elements in same-sex civil partnerships. But those of us who have long waited for this vote were wide awake. read more
Press Roundup Wednesday 3 March 2010
2010-03-03 09:18:00 A selection of stories from today's press and other media that relate to Ekklesia's work, produced daily by James Vincent and covering papers such as The Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Guardian, and the tabloids. read more More About: Press , Roundup , Blog , March
Help CAAT following their injunction against BAE
2010-03-02 18:32:00 Yesterday, the High Court granted our friends at Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) an injunction against BAe (one of my co-directors at Ekklesia, Symon Hill, came to us from CAAT and was involved in read more More About: Blog , Peace and War
Information on the Independent Chief Inspector's report on asylum
2010-03-02 16:25:00 The Independent Chief Inspector's report following the thematic inspection on asylum has some interesting findings: read more More About: Information , Blog , Report
Tory proposals would 'turn the clock back 30 years' for disabled people
2010-03-02 13:09:00 I was shocked to discover in the Conservative Party?s draft manifesto on schools the following line (pp 7) pledging to: read more More About: People , Clock , Blog , Back , Disabled
Press Roundup Tuesday 2 March 2010
2010-03-02 09:27:00 A selection of stories from today's press and other media that relate to Ekklesia's work, produced daily by James Vincent and covering papers such as The Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Guardian, and the tabloids. read more More About: Press , Roundup , Blog , March
Israel Apartheid Week
2010-03-02 08:46:00 Yesterday, the 6th International Israel i Apartheid Week (IAW) got underway. read more More About: Blog , Peace and War
?Restorative Justice? ? whisper it quietly
2010-03-01 19:50:00 ?or don?t mention it at all, if you are Gordon Brown. read more More About: Justice , Blog
Press Roundup Monday 1 March 2010
2010-03-01 09:33:00 A selection of stories from today's press and other media that relate to Ekklesia's work, produced daily by James Vincent and covering papers such as The Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Guardian, and the tabloids. read more More About: Press , Roundup , Blog , March , Monday
Cameron and Gove at odds over role of religion in new 'free' schools
2010-02-28 16:35:00 Michael Gove needs to clarify his party?s policy after he appeared to contradict David Cameron today over whether faith groups would be able to set up the new ?free schools? which the Conservati read more More About: Religion , Schools , Free , Blog
The Chile earthquake - updates and assistance
2010-02-28 03:27:00 Watching a tragedy from afar can leave you feeling helpless. But the facilities of the 'instant media' era are not just voyeuristic - they can make a vital difference - securing information, soliciting donations and assisting prompt and better targeted responses from NGOs and international bodies. read more More About: Earthquake , Blog , Updates , Chile
Strange political sources at The Times
2010-02-27 13:32:00 There have been some very sweeping and unattributed political claims reported by lovely Ruth Gledhill recently. She of course needs to protect her sources, although it is not clear why they wouldn't want to be identified. But it would be interesting to know where they are coming from, because whoever they are, they don?t seem to know what they are talking about. read more More About: Political , Blog , Strange , Times
'Vote for change' ? a message devoid of vision and values
2010-02-27 10:47:00 Yesterday, on the eve of their last conference before the general election, the Conservatives unveiled their election slogan ? "Vote for change". read more More About: Change , Blog , Message , Values
Time to get real on diversity
2010-02-26 20:26:00 In his recent blog on Guardian CIF, Jonathan Chaplain made a very important observation, that workable, mutually respectful compromises need to emerge out of the fog that surrounded the last minute opt-out that Ed Balls inserted into the Children?s Schools and Families Bill, concerning sex education. read more More About: Time , Blog , Diversity , Real
After the Accident
2010-02-26 11:44:00 If you are interested in restorative justice (and even if you're not but like a good play) have a listen to the Friday Play on BBC Radio 4 tonight at 9.00pm, called ?After the Accident ?. read more More About: Blog
Press Roundup Friday 26 February 2010
2010-02-26 09:24:00 A selection of stories from today's press and other media that relate to Ekklesia's work, produced daily by James Vincent and covering papers such as The Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Guardian, and the tabloids. read more More About: Press , Roundup , Blog , Friday
Press Roundup Thursday 15 February 2010
2010-02-25 09:21:00 A selection of stories from today's press and other media that relate to Ekklesia's work, produced daily by James Vincent and covering papers such as The Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Guardian, and the tabloids. read more More About: Press , Roundup , Blog , Thursday
Celtic Christianity revisited
2010-02-24 22:52:00 The second in a series of 2010 Lent blogs from Willard Roth focusing on places of particular spiritual intensity and interest across Britain and Ireland. read more More About: Christianity , Blog
Power 2010 puts prelates in a political pickle
2010-02-24 18:43:00 The Church of England, and in particular its bishops, find themselves in a very interesting position today, with the announcement of the Power 2010 pledge. read more More About: Political , Blog
Why the Prime Minister needs to repent over child migrants
2010-02-24 13:07:00 Gordon Brown?s apology in the House of Commons today is likely to be met with debate and comment about the extent to which a political leader can apologise for the wrongdoings of another government. It has certainly done so in the past over such issues as the transatlantic slave trade. read more More About: Prime Minister , Blog , Child
Press Roundup Wednesday 24 February 2010
More articles from this author:2010-02-24 09:24:00 A selection of stories from today's press and other media that relate to Ekklesia's work, produced daily by James Vincent and covering papers such as The Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Guardian, and the tabloids. read more More About: Press , Roundup , Blog 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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