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  • 12 Aug 2009
    Give Ekklesia a good kicking (at Fantasy Football)

    We know there are a few people around who like to put the boot into Ekklesia (particularly in the more right wing press and media) but here's a golden opportunity to give Ekklesia's staff a good kicki

  • 24 Jul 2009
    Living without a goal?

    If watching football is a waste of time with redeeming moments, much the same could be said about prayer, says Simon Barrow. In a world over-attached to achievement, we lose sight of the fact that what is really 'worth it' is often not conventionally 'productive'.

  • 26 May 2009
    Sports charity gifts – give the gift of play

    Few recognise how important play can be – particularly a team sport such as football. This has all changed since the major charities set up charity gift schemes.

  • 16 Apr 2009
    Minister backs enquiry as thousands remember Hillsborough tragedy

    Thousands of people took part in a united memorial service on Merseyside yesterday, remembering 96 Liverpool football fans killed 20 years ago in the Hillsborough tragedy.

  • 12 Apr 2009
    Cut up yer season tickets

    I see John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, has tried to score a late winner this morning.

  • 10 Apr 2009
    Getting all cross and bothered

    Good Friday is a day to reflect on the power of redemptive love confronting the crucifying forces in our world. Not that you'd know this from the preoccupations of some church leaders.

  • 8 Apr 2009
    United with the Daily Telegraph

    It isn't often that the Daily Telegraph and Ekklesia find themselves singing from the same hymn sheet let alone the same terraces.

  • 7 Apr 2009
    Off on the wrong foot(ball) for Easter

    Church leaders are "angrily" criticising the Premier League in England for holding football matches on Easter Sunday, a prime Bank Holiday in the UK. Simon Barrow argues that a more imaginative response is needed.

  • 7 Apr 2009
    Easter, the Archbishop and the footie
  • 25 Mar 2009
    South African anti-racism conference postponed over Dalai Lama row

    The organizers of a South African anti-racism conference in the run up to the soccer World Cup have postponed the gathering after protests about its refusal to grant the Dalai Lama a visa to attend the event.