British Methodists partner Africa for development

by | Nov 27, 2007

The Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF) has held its first conference for African partner organisations from 22-26 November 2007. The conference, entitled ‘Strength to Strength’, wss held in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. Representatives from...

Somalia solution must come from within, say churches

by | Nov 27, 2007

A delegation of religious leaders mainly from the Horn of Africa, who have just visited strife-torn Somalia, have stressed that a solution to the crisis there lies within the country and not outside, while Pope Benedict XVI has called for peace in Somalia –...

Voting for a real change

by | Nov 25, 2007

Well, the election results have been declared and Australia has a new Prime Minister. Kevin Rudd is a practicing Anglican, of the Queensland kind, so alive to the tradition of Christian generosity rather than the moralistic parsimony that has overrun other parts of...

Salaam Bethlehem – looking beyond the wall

by | Nov 24, 2007

Salaam Bethlehem (http://www.ridinglights.org/sb/index.html) is now on tour in the UK throughout the season of Advent with performances until 22 December 2007. Back in May 2006 Riding Lights Theatre Company, a professional touring company noted for their eclectic...