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Posted on Wed 24 Mar 2021
Boris, ‘greed’ and the moral case for capitalism
I, for one, was not surprised by the Prime Minister’s remark to his parliamentary colleagues about greed fuelling the race to develop a vaccination for Coronavirus. I well remember some years ago, when he and I…continue reading »
Posted on Mon 15 Feb 2021
Lent Devotion for Ash Wednesday 2021
Joel 2:1-17 & Matt 6:1-21
The Book of Joel begins with a pandemic: there have been successive invasions of locusts which have destroyed the Agrarian economy of ancient Israel. Joel regards this ‘natural’ disas…continue reading »
Posted on Tue 9 Feb 2021
Does the Church of England have a future?
Like many institutions, the Church of England has been hit hard by Covid. Compulsory church closures, and the present limited opening, have emptied both pews and collection plates, even if more people are tunin…continue reading »