by Simon Barrow | Aug 24, 2024 | Update
TWENTY-TWO YEARS after our founding in 2002, Ekklesia will be ceasing its work as a think-tank and a daily provider of news briefings after the week commencing 9 September 2024 – but we are pleased to say that its book publishing operation, a newsletter, and an...
by Simon Barrow | Jul 26, 2024 | Update
WE LIVE in an increasingly information overloaded, mixed belief, diverse and busy world. So how and where do we consciously hear each other? Where do the voices of anticipated difference and unexpected consonance come to us? Is it possible to find common ground or...
by Simon Barrow | Jul 4, 2024 | Commentary
ESPECIALLY in local and regional government across the UK, independent candidates (in reality, some more independent than others) were a strong feature of the landscape for many years. That trend has diminished as the capacity of party machineries, especially in the...
by Simon Barrow | Jul 4, 2024 | Commentary
AS THE 2024 General Election stumbles to the finishing line today, and unless anything truly unexpected happens now, history will surely marvel at how it succeeded in being both a theatrical non-event and politically momentous all at the same time. What we have mostly...
by Simon Barrow | Jun 1, 2024 | Commentary
Romans 8: 12-17; John 2: 1-17. “What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.” (John 3:6) TRINITY SUNDAY has long been known as a graveyard slot for preachers, who find themselves tied up in all kinds of theological and philosophical...
