by Archive | Dec 23, 2014
At Christmas 1914, four months into World War One, British and German soldiers on the Western front laid down their weapons. They exchanged small gifts, sang carols, buried their dead, and some even kicked a football around. At Christmas 1914, four months into World...
by Archive | Dec 22, 2014
‘Panic Saturday’ is behind us. But the panic does not seem to have diminished greatly. The compulsion to buy and the strain of doing so is on almost every tongue. Like many Quakers, I don’t give presents. This makes Christmas both easier and more...
by Archive | Dec 22, 2014
Advent is a time of waiting and expectation, as the possibility of revelation and revolution slowly dawns – the birth of a new era in Christ, challenging the religious, social and political assumptions of the governing empire. Advent is a time of waiting and...
by Archive | Dec 20, 2014
The Epistle set for today speaks of “the peace of God, which passes all understanding, and that will keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of Jesus the Christ.” The Epistle set for today speaks of “the peace of God, which passes all understanding, and...
by Archive | Dec 20, 2014
I’ve been re-reading ‘A Christmas Carol’, and the way it resonates with present day Britain is quite remarkable. As Christmas approaches, Scrooge sits in his counting house, as he does every day, obsessed with his accounts and balancing the books, untouched and...
