John Anderson, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia for 6 years between 1999 and 2005 under John Howard, enjoys a long conversation with Douglas Wilson on culture wars, American politics, what it means to be a Christian, and whether Christians can be nationalists. Doug Wilson is a theologian, minister of Christ Church Moscow (Idaho), ex-Navy,... Continue Reading →
Storm Centres of History: Versailles, Revolution and Enlightenment
BBC Radio Devon – Pause for Thought: Storm Centres During the Pause for Thought recently, I’ve been talking about 7 places I have been to: Storm-centres of history. Today, we will go to the Palace of Versailles, Paris. The place that speaks of kingship, revolution and Enlightenment. Louis XIV’s reign set the events in motion that... Continue Reading →
Storm Centres of History: HMS Victory & Trade and Empire
BBC Radio Devon – Pause for Thought: Storm Centres During the Pause for Thought recently, I’ve been talking about 7 places I have been to: Storm-centres of history. Today, we will go to Portsmouth. Last year I returned with my dad, to the dry-dock in Portsmouth that holds a very special piece of maritime history. We... Continue Reading →
Storm Centres of History: Cambodia
BBC Radio Devon - Pause for Thought: Storm Centres During the Pause for Thought recently, I've been talking about 7 places I have been to: Storm-centres of history. Today, we will go to Cambodia: Possibly my earliest childhood memory of TV news, was seeing the unfolding genocide in Cambodia under the Pol Pot regime between... Continue Reading →
Storm Centres of History: Parliament and Brexit
BBC Radio Devon - Pause for Thought: Storm Centres During the Pause For Thought this week, I’ve been talking about 7 places I have been to: Storm-centres of history. Today, on our final visit, we will go to the British Parliament. On Wednesday 27th March this year, I attended PMQ’s with my father at the... Continue Reading →
Jurgen Moltmann on Complexity, Compromise and Concession in Society
Three years ago I published a post as I reflected on British politics in light of the Brexit phenomena; how words are a power-play and how extreme caution and wisdom is needed to avoid what it turns out, we have not avoided - a fractured country and an advanced political system that doesn't know what... Continue Reading →
Praying for Palestinian Justice
The Wave of Prayer ministry enables local and international friends of Sabeel to pray over regional concerns on a weekly basis. Sent to Sabeel’s network of supporters, the prayer is used in services around the world and during Sabeel’s Thursday Communion service; as each community in its respective time zone lifts these concerns in prayer... Continue Reading →
He Gave Them…..
A brief quote from a brilliant piece by Stanley Hauerwas a few years ago here: "Jesus was crucified because he embodied a politics that threatened all worldly regimes based on the fear of death. And so Easter has profound political consequences... ...He gave them a new way to deal with offenders - by forgiving them.... Continue Reading →
A Palestinian’s Plea to the British Prime Minister
Palestinian theologian and pastor the Rev Alex Awad has been mentioned on this blog before. I met him once a few years ago and he signed a book for me he had written that recounted the terrible events of the 1948 al-nakba through the lens of his own family...the book is a fantastic resource for... Continue Reading →
Boris and Saudi
There is something perverse about the headline BBC News at Six tonight. Sensational - sure. Alarming - yes. Silly - certainly. British Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, brought in by Teresa May because it is better to have enemies and loose canons closer than friends, has said "words" above and beyond his political station. "You got... Continue Reading →
Gralefrit Theology 