A Labour ‘Party’ This month we have a delegation of church leaders attending each of the four biggest party conferences, alongside The Salvation Army and Quakers in Britain. This blog is about our visit to Labour conference. Click to read about our visits to the Lib …
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Party Conference Season: LibDems
This month we have a delegation of church leaders attending each of the four biggest party conferences, alongside The Salvation Army and Quakers in Britain. Watch this pace to hear about what we get up to. In this blog Paul Morrison tells us about the LibDem party conference. You can also click …
Having the goodwill of the people: JPIT at Methodist Conference
Lucy Zwolinska spoke at this year's Methodist Conference as part of the President and Vice-President's resourcing session. The theme was on having the 'goodwill of the people' (Acts 2:47), in relation to the work of the Joint Public Issues Team. Watch it here. …
We are all connected
We are all connected The events of the past six months have been truly shocking, haven’t they? It has sometimes felt that we have only just caught our breath from the last disaster, and then the news breaks, and it all starts over again. I can’t recall another time in my life when I have woken …
Discernment in public issues at election times
The other day I was talking to a Catholic Priest friend of mine about secular politics and the role of the Church at election times. He was sharing something about the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola which resonated with me that might help us to avoid being co-opted unwittingly into …
So there’s going to be a General Election…
After the whirlwind year of 2016 it looks like 2017 is set to continue in the same vein. Over the last three years we have seen two referendums (yes that’s a word), one on Scottish Independence, the other on the UK’s membership of the European Union, a General Election and elections for the Scottish …
Local Election Resource: Explore Faith and Politics 2017
On 4 May many of us will go the ballot box and vote for candidates in local council elections. Over the last four years we have seen two referendums and a General Election, and in the midst of all of this it is easy to disengage from local politics. And yet local democracy remains a vital part …
Responding to Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration
Churches in America have responded strongly to President’s Trump executive order on immigration. In a spirit of solidarity and shared concerns we share here a selection of the statements made by our sister Churches. Presbyterian Church …
We are made for goodness
The world feels a bit more fragile today. The news of the murder of Jo Cox MP, coming after the massacre at the gay club in Orlando, feels like a body blow. Jo Cox was about my age, with children slightly younger than mine. Friends of mine knew her. She was obviously a much admired MP, …