Sheffield Cathedral choral music

Aug 13, 2020 by

Letter to the Church of England Newspaper, August 14 The recent developments around Sheffield Cathedral Choir have become a national story. May I make a positive suggestion? A crisis presents an opportunity. Sheffield has at least three...

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The Poly-Parent Households Are Coming

Aug 13, 2020 by

by Debora L Spar, New York Times: Consider the following scenario: Anna and Nicole, 36 and 39 years old, have been close friends since college. They each dated various men throughout their 20s and 30s, and had a smattering of romantic...

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‘Conversion therapy’ BBC News report ‘misled viewers’

Aug 13, 2020 by

from Christian Concern: Core Issues Trust (CIT) has responded to a portrayal in a BBC News at 10 report in which the organisation is caricatured as offering so-called ‘conversion therapy’. Last month, the Prime Minister proposed to outlaw...

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What Is “Systemic Racism”?

Aug 13, 2020 by

by Joseph Pearce, The Imaginative Conservative: It is no doubt true, of course, that racism still exists in individuals in police departments and other institutions, but it does so in spite of the systemic anti-racism which does exist and...

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Eat, drink, and say a prayer

Aug 13, 2020 by

from The Conservative Woman: ON Monday, Julian Mann wrote in TCW about enjoying a pub lunch at The Wheatsheaf in Beetham, south Cumbria. He complimented the staff for their sensitive and unobtrusive handling of the government’s Covid...

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A thin gruel for the soul

Aug 12, 2020 by

by Canon Phil Ashey, AAC: The following is a review by the Rev. Canon Phil Ashey of the book, What Do Anglicans Believe? (Anglican Consultative Council, 2020): The great Christian philosopher and theologian, Dallas Willard, once wrote...

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The Future of World Christianity Is African

Aug 12, 2020 by

by Philip Jenkins, The Gospel Coalition: Stories published in the sober British medical journal The Lancet don’t normally inspire sensational headlines. But one recent piece on current and future trends in global fertility has called...

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Church of England minister Lee Gatiss receives vitriol online after leading national church service

Aug 12, 2020 by

by Cara Bentley, Premier: Evangelical Anglican minister Lee Gatiss has reported a tweet that came across violent to the police but received many more of a similar nature after he spoke at the Church of England’s online service on...

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Allowing illegal migrant boats to cross the Channel is false compassion

Aug 12, 2020 by

by Harry Phibbs, Conservative Home: The media narrative, as so often, has portrayed the story as toughness versus tenderness. Those who are idealistic and caring are on the side of welcoming the beleaguered refugees crossing the Channel...

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BBC children’s television: home of the sexual diversity fairy tale

Aug 12, 2020 by

by Ann Farmer, MercatorNet: Children’s network CBBC has defended the airing of a lesbian kiss, saying it is important to ensure that all children are properly represented on its channels. The BBC children’s network CBBC has defended...

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