by Simon Barrow | Jan 17, 2021 | Update
EKKLESIA IS PLEASED to be launching its new website for a new year – our twentieth in operation as a pioneering think-tank (and now change network) on beliefs, ethics and politics. This is the fourth redesign since we appeared on the web in 2002. It also marks a...
by Simon Barrow | Feb 2, 2025 | Commentary
Luke 2: 22-40, Hebrews 2: 14-18, Malachi 3: 1-4 Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, just and devout… and the Holy Spirit rested upon him (Luke 2: 25). ACCORDING TO TRADITIONS that go back to the fourth and fifth centuries in the Eastern church, it...
by Simon Barrow | Dec 25, 2024 | Commentary
Isaiah 9.2-7; Psalm 96; Luke 2. 1-14 “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light” (Isaiah 9. 2a)… “And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth” (Luke 2.7). WHAT DOES Christmas mean for you? We will each have our own...
by Simon Barrow | Dec 1, 2024 | Commentary
Luke 21: 25-26; Jeremiah 33: 14-16; Psalm 25: 1-10. “When you see these things taking place, you will know that the kingdom of God is near.” (Luke 21:31) WELCOME TO ADVENT, the season of deep expectation and intense preparation. So what is that we are anticipating and...
by Simon Barrow | Oct 27, 2024 | Commentary
Hebrews 7: 23-28; Mark 10: 46-52 “[Christ] has no need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins and then for those of the people; this he did once for all when he offered himself.” – Hebrews 7: 27. SOME YEARS AGO I was involved in a fascinating...
by Simon Barrow | Sep 8, 2024 | Update
IN LETTING GO of Ekklesia’s think-tank, regular commentary and news service activities after heading towards a quarter of a century, we are not quite saying ‘that’s it’. Our publishing continues, several online newsletters are being planned (including my own...
by Staff Writer | Sep 7, 2024 | Briefing
THE Center for Peace Theology at University of Hamburg, Germany, together with the Mennonite Congregation in Hamburg-Altona, has given the international Menno Simons Preaching Award to Riki Neufeld, pastor at the Evangelical Mennonite Congregation Schänzli in Muttenz...
by Staff Writer | Sep 7, 2024 | Briefing
LAUDATO SI’ ANIMATORS, who are trained by the Laudato Si’ Movement to promote Pope Francis’ message about care for the Earth as our common home, and who come from all parts of the United Kingdom, have in this Season of Creation written an open letter to the Prime...
by Admin | Sep 7, 2024 | Update
GRATITUDE is a vital component of hope. It is the food that sustains us in good and tough times alike. So we are immensely grateful to all who have contributed to the activity, work, thought and provocations of Ekklesia over the past 22 years, both paid and (mostly)...
by Simon Barrow | Sep 7, 2024 | Update
IMPORTANT: Ekklesia Network X/Twitter updates on Gaza and Israel Palestine continue, though this page ceased activity on 7 September 2024. ——————————————— IT HAS long been said...
by Iain Lothian | Sep 6, 2024 | Commentary
I RECENTLY SUPPORTED a Palestinian doctor who was arrested and charged at a rally while peacefully protesting against the war on Gaza. Outside the court I talked to his wife. She asked me what I did. I told her I was a priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church, and then...
