AlterNATIVITY: Advent and the re-directed gaze

Early Quakers held a ‘Testimony against times and seasons’. Although this is not observed with as much rigour in our own day, we still hold to the belief that as all life is sacramental, so all times are holy and none should be marked as more holy than...

Second Sunday in Advent: God’s invitation

“Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,” writes St Paul in the Epistle set for today in many churches. “Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,” writes St Paul in the Epistle set for today in many churches....

Cuts: tough choices, or ideology?

The scale of public spending cuts proposed by UK Chancellor George Osborne is shocking, but we shouldn’t be surprised. Not because such savage cuts are necessary, but because to many in government they are desirable. The scale of public spending cuts proposed by UK...

Thinking about inheritance: BBC Radio Scotland, 7 December

Tomorrow morning (Sunday 7 December) I am taking part in a discussion on BBC Radio Scotland unpacking the ethics of inheritance, how it touches our heads and hearts, and how it relates to issues of social justice for this and future generations. Tomorrow morning...