by Archive | Nov 30, 2015
On Saturday, my husband Chris and I joined the thousands of people outside 10 Downing Street, urging the government not to bomb Syria.As we stood listening to speaker after speaker remind us that David Cameron’s plans lack coherence, that bombing...
by Archive | Nov 30, 2015
Advent and Christmas 2015: Room at the Inn Advent and Christmas 2015: Room at the Inn Throughout Advent Ekklesia will be opening a daily ‘window’ onto our Christmas appeal theme – ‘Room at the Inn’: how to make room in our hearts, our churches, our lives and our...
by Archive | Nov 29, 2015
Advent, the season of expectation, begins todayIn biblical times it started with an unexpected messenger (angel) announcing an ordinary event in an unlikely place to a lowly person. Advent, the season of expectation, begins todayIn biblical times it started with an...
by Archive | Nov 26, 2015
When George Osborne said in his Autumn Statement that the government would ‘extend the same support and conditionality we currently expect of those on JSA to over 1 million more benefit claimants