Newspaper calls for non-religious voices on radio faith slot

The Guardian newspaper has joined a growing list of people calling on the BBC to open its Radio 4 Thought for the Day slot to non-religious as well as religious voices. TFTD is broadcast on the flagship Today programme at 07.50 each day. The liberal newspaper was...

Hospitality challenges our restricted vision

Earlier this year, on a trip to the UK, I participated in a talk on hospitality at St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace in London. I thank them for their gracious welcome. That talk and the subsequent discussion got me thinking about ways in which...

Annapolis: Hope or scepticism for Israel-Palestine?

According to my handbook, Annapolis is a city located in central Maryland on the south bank of the Severn River, near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. It celebrates this year Annapolis Alive! which consists of a yearlong series of events sparked by the 300th...

Anglican ‘reach of enmity’ condemned

The first Inclusive Church conference opened at the Hayes Conference Centre in Derbyshire today (Thursday) with an attack on the damage done by the growing tendency to exclude, within the Anglican church. The main address was given by Dr Jenny Plane Te Paa, a member...