In this issue
In this issue
- Second Sunday in Advent: God’s Invitation
- Case against anti-drone protestors collapses
- TUC publishes guide to supporting disabled workers
- No moral case for bombing Syria, says Archbishop of Wales
- ‘One more card’ campaign highlights effect of benefit changes
- Faith leaders fast for action at Paris climate talks
- French Assembly acts against multinational tax dodging
6 Dec 2015
Second Sunday in Advent: God’s Invitation
“Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing”, writes St Paul.
‘Believing’ isn’t primarily a head matter, like assenting to a set of abstract propositions.
Upcoming events
Savitri Hensman Book Launch
January 5, 2016
You are invited to the launch of Savitri Hensman’s new book, “Sexuality, struggle and saintliness: same-sex love and the church”.
Monday 7 December 2015
7 Dec 2015
Case against anti-drone protestors collapses
All charges against 19 anti-drone protestors have been dropped, after the Crown Prosecution Service admitted there was no realistic prospect of conviction.
4 Dec 2015
TUC publishes guide to supporting disabled workers
The TUC has published a good practice guide for workplace representatives to help them support trade union members with invisible impairments, to coincide with the International Day of Disabled People.
4 Dec 2015
No moral case for bombing Syria, says Archbishop of Wales
The Archbishop, Dr Barry Morgan, argues there is no moral case for bombing Syria and warns such action would put civilians at considerable risk and drive more recruits to IS.
7 Dec 2015
‘One more card’ campaign highlights effect of benefit changes
UK Churches are encouraging people to add Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to their Christmas card list and include a personal greeting asking the minister to ensure that every family and child has enough this Christmas.
4 Dec 2015
Faith leaders fast for action at Paris climate talks
Over 20 faith leaders, with youth, political and civil society representatives sat down for a unique lunch at COP21 at a table with knives and forks but no food, in a public demonstration of their hunger for climate justice.
7 Dec 2015
French Assembly acts against multinational tax dodging
Christian Aid and tax justice campaigners have hailed as a “major breakthrough” a vote by the French National Assembly to introduce a new law that will help curb the tax dodging activities of multinationals.