And finally – a poem

OVER the past 15 years, I have written several hundred thousand words of comment on these pages. My view of a writing life based around journalism is that it begins with reportage, moves to comment, and that comment eventually begins to merge with reflection. None of...

Abundant life (beyond ‘life after death’)

John 6:51-58; Psalm 34:9-14; Proverbs 9:1-6; Ephesians 5:15-20 “I am the living bread that comes from God. Whoever eats this bread will live eternally”  (John 6:51). SOME YEARS AGO, the ecumenical development agency Christian Aid (with whom, I am delighted to say,...

The truth about money can set us free

IN almost everything I have written for Ekklesia for more than a decade, there has been one underlying theme – austerity. Whether it is poverty, hunger, the housing crisis, the state of the NHS or our prisons, roads and schools, the fundamental cause of all the...

Moving beyond a phantom election

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...