by Archive | Apr 22, 2014
The long religious and secular weekend is over. The Bank Holiday draws to an end and the liturgical celebrations of Easter reached their climax the day before yesterday. As Quakers do not keep these ‘times and seasons’, I find myself caught in a...
by Archive | Apr 21, 2014
A former close associate of Indian prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has reportedly urged that Muslims be forced out of ‘Hindu areas’. This follows other threats by leaders of the far-right Bharati Janata Party (BJP), intensifying fears about what might happen...
by Archive | Apr 20, 2014
In Holy Week, as the Prime Minister grew ever more vocal about his personal faith and the importance of Christian values, the Daily Express brought us the glad tidings that the PM’s colleague Iain Duncan Smith is ‘Winning the War on Benefits’. That’s a war on...
by Archive | Apr 18, 2014
During Holy Week, the church remembers the final days of Jesus’ life and ministry. But we often forget how he got the religious authorities so angry to begin with. During Holy Week, the church remembers the final days of Jesus’ life and ministry. But we...
by Archive | Apr 18, 2014
Two friends of Ekklesia will be appearing on BBC Radio Scotland at 8.05am on Easter Sunday morning (20 April 2014), in a programme intriguingly entitled ‘Bayonets and Green Blades’. Two friends of Ekklesia will be appearing on BBC Radio Scotland at 8.05am...
