October 18, 2019
I spoke recently in a sermon about the wilful and terrifying nature of blatant, unchecked privilege and entitlement; how fiercely and instinctively we defend what is ours, rationalising and determinedly […]
February 26, 2017
The need to retain power and the desire to win at all costs has been a fight many of us have been watching, commenting on and engaged in to a […]
November 24, 2016
The level of hatred and contempt being shown on social media and in the marketplace as public discourse is increasing both in volume and intensity. Occasionally people share some of […]
November 12, 2016
Recent meetings with the Department for Immigration and Citizenship have highlighted its lack of interest in the impact of the current policies on individuals, families and communities. Any capacity to […]
October 19, 2016
The recent release of the Amnesty Report called “Island of Despair” combined with the Four Corners programme on the stories of children on Nauru – all 128 of them – […]
October 5, 2016
Sunday, 2nd October was the International Day of Non-Violence, in honour of the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. As I was looking at my Twitter feed I was struck how immediately after […]
September 30, 2016
“The holes of oblivion do not exist. Nothing human is that perfect and there are simply too many people in the world to make oblivion possible.” Thus wrote Hannah Arendt […]
August 30, 2016
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants: it is the creed of slaves. William Pitt, Speech to the House of Commons, […]
August 25, 2016
The unimaginable cruelty and deliberate blindness of our governments in recent years to the conditions being faced by asylum seekers and refugees kept in offshore detention is vindictive and amounts […]
March 8, 2016
Today is International Women’s Day where we take the opportunity to celebrate the contribution women make in all walks of life and in all aspects of our social, cultural, economic, […]
February 20, 2016
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other; truth shall flourish out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven (Psalm 85:10-11). I […]
February 8, 2016
Our ability as human beings to inflict harm and injustice on others in the name of a greater good is both terrifying and horrifying. And to do so with certainty […]