23 Dec 2015
Advent Reflection – 23rd December
“And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” And they all marvelled.” (Luke 1.63)
Upcoming events
Savitri Hensman Book Launch
January 5, 2016
You are invited to join us at the launch of Savitri Hensman’s important new book, “Sexuality, struggle and saintliness: same-sex love and the church”.
Symon Hill Book Tour
January 20, 2016
We are delighted to be hosting the London leg of Ekklesia associate Symon Hill’s new book “The Upside Down Bible” which is published by Darton, Longmann and
Wednesday 23 December 2015
22 Dec 2015
Happy Christmas from all at Ekklesia!
The Ekklesia staff team would like to wish all our readers a very Happy Christmas and all the best for 2016.
Thank you for all your support of our work in 2015, whether financially, spiritually or practically. We really appreciate all you do for us and are grateful that so many of you share our desire to transform belief and politics for a fairer, juster world.
The office will now be closed till 4 January.
23 Dec 2015
TUC analysis shows around 900,000 will work on Christmas Day
As many workplaces prepare to shut down for the Christmas break, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) urges everyone to spare a thought for the hundreds of thousands of people who will be working this Christmas Day.
23 Dec 2015
Verdict against Chinese human rights lawyer a ‘gross injustice’
The three-year suspended prison sentence handed down against human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang yesterday (22 December) is a deliberate attempt by the Chinese authorities to shackle a champion of freedom of expression, says Amnesty International.
22 Dec 2015
Burying bad news: game-playing to the detriment of democracy
On the afternoon of 11 September 2001, an unknown political advisor used a phrase which has become part of the political and cultural lexicon.
In the immediate aftermath of the attack on New York’s Twin Towers, Jo Moore, who worked for the then Transport Minister Stephen Byers, sent an email to the press office of her department which read “It’s now a very good day to get out anything we want to bury.”