by Simon Barrow | Jun 20, 2021 | Update
ALTHOUGH Ekklesia does not have any associates in Northern Ireland at present, we are pleased to have policy and political analyst Peter McColl among a number of new and recent contributors to our comment section. Peter wrote a good, short explainer on the situation...
by Simon Barrow | May 6, 2021 | Commentary
WITH THE POLLS shortly set to close on national, regional and local elections in Scotland, Wales and England (plus the Hartlepool by-election, mayoral choices, and voting for police and crime commissioners in England and Wales), most will have cast their ballot or...
by Simon Barrow | Mar 20, 2021 | Commentary
THE QUESTION OF whether, why and how the Church of England should be disestablished (and what this means) may seem a rather quaint one, especially given the other ructions facing the increasingly disunited kingdom we are part of right now. But I believe it still...
by Simon Barrow | Jan 22, 2021 | Commentary
THE WORLD TODAY faces a number of existential or near-existential threats. The climate crisis (which has repercussions in every other area of life, and hits the poorest and most vulnerable hardest) is the most prominent. The current COVID pandemic, the threat of...
by Simon Barrow | Jan 18, 2021 | Commentary
TODAY is Martin Luther King Jr Day in the United States and across the world. The annual event, which marks the civil rights leader’s birthday on 15 January 1929 (and is observed on the third Monday of January each year), has added poignancy in 2021, with the...
