‘Self-disconnection’ and the invisibility of poverty

by | Jan 4, 2018

If a winter storm leaves a community in the UK without electricity it makes the national news, and we get frequent updates until supplies are restored. If a winter storm leaves a community in the UK without electricity it makes the national news, and we get frequent...

Liminality: New Year, art and the rumour of Divinity

by | Jan 2, 2018

The strange betwixt-and-between period which separates Christmas from New Year is over. The strange betwixt-and-between period which separates Christmas from New Year is over. We have stepped through the exit of the old year and stand, uncertain, perhaps with hope,...

A Christmas message from Ekklesia: working for change

by | Dec 24, 2017

All involved with Ekklesia send their warmest seasonal greetings for Christmastide – thank you so much for your interest, engagement and support in so many ways. All involved with Ekklesia send their warmest seasonal greetings for Christmastide – thank you...

Twelve social justice points for Christmas

by | Dec 24, 2017

As homelessness, rough sleeping, child poverty and destitution grows, there are repeated attempts to shift responsibility from government policy and economic injustice, and on to individuals – as i As homelessness, rough sleeping, child poverty and destitution grows,...

Reflections on Qatar’s National Day

by | Dec 24, 2017

I am not from Qatar nor, for that matter, am I from the Gulf region. I have never worked in this region and so do not qualify as an expatriate resident either. I am not from Qatar nor, for that matter, am I from the Gulf region. I have never worked in this region and...