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The Conversion of St Paul’s
It looks like the conversion of St Paul’s wasn’t exactly a Damascus Road experience after all. The delayed publication of the latest report by the St Paul’s Institute shows that, even if the City was...
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Democratic deficit
We live in interesting times (again). Italy now has a government without a single elected politician in it. And Italy might not be the last. Europe has considered itself to be the cradle of democracy –...
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That language thing (again)
I know I bang on a bit about the linguistic incompetence of the English, but toady I read something on the train to London that pushed all my prejudice buttons. In today’s Guardian Jonathan Freedland...
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Who rules the world?
Abba thought it was all about money. The MC in Cabaret sang that ‘money makes the world go around’. And Der Spiegel poses the key question on its front page this week: money rules the world… but who...
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This and that
The last three weeks have seen me in Kazakhstan (interfaith conference), Brussels (round-table with Herman van Rompuy), then Dresden (preaching at the Frauenkirche). All good gigs, but all it does is...
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Taxing questions
A few days away last week coincided with IT trouble back home. I pay tribute to my wonderful colleagues who had to deal with major hassle while I was enjoying a relaxing break. Fantastic live music has...
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Missing the point (again)
This is the text of an article in Public Servant magazine. I would like to have written something more substantial, but the word limit (which was perfectly reasonable) was limited. As it were. Paying...
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1000 days to go
Today a letter has been published in the Financial Times and, probably, other newspapers around the world, signed by 80 of the world's religious leaders and urging G8 governments not to drop the...
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Milk snatching
Sometimes I lose the will to write anything. A full and demanding diary doesn't exactly help, but then a pile of events coincide to leave me wondering if anything is worth saying. Say something –...
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All you love is need
Why do I keep banging on about poverty? Good question – and one I have been asked several times recently in relation to this blog and other writings. One answer goes back to that haunting verse in...
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1848 and all that
Going to university back in 1976 opened a new world to me. Never really having the confidence to read widely or expand my interests beyond finding intellectual endorsement for my evangelical faith, I...
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But, what’s it for?
Both before and since the welfare row that blew up recently – and with a minor excursus into who allows whom to contribute to the public discourse – I have been bothered by a missing question in most...
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Who rules the world?
Abba thought it was all about money. The MC in Cabaret sang that ‘money makes the world go around’. And Der Spiegel poses the key question on its front page this week: money rules the world… but who...
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Taxing questions
A few days away last week coincided with IT trouble back home. I pay tribute to my wonderful colleagues who had to deal with major hassle while I was enjoying a relaxing break. Fantastic live music has...
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Missing the point (again)
This is the text of an article in Public Servant magazine. I would like to have written something more substantial, but the word limit (which was perfectly reasonable) was limited. As it were. Paying...
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1000 days to go
Today a letter has been published in the Financial Times and, probably, other newspapers around the world, signed by 80 of the world's religious leaders and urging G8 governments not to drop the...
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Milk snatching
Sometimes I lose the will to write anything. A full and demanding diary doesn't exactly help, but then a pile of events coincide to leave me wondering if anything is worth saying. Say something –...
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All you love is need
Why do I keep banging on about poverty? Good question – and one I have been asked several times recently in relation to this blog and other writings. One answer goes back to that haunting verse in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
1848 and all that
Going to university back in 1976 opened a new world to me. Never really having the confidence to read widely or expand my interests beyond finding intellectual endorsement for my evangelical faith, I...
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But, what’s it for?
Both before and since the welfare row that blew up recently – and with a minor excursus into who allows whom to contribute to the public discourse – I have been bothered by a missing question in most...
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