We mourn for each of the victims, and their families, of the Christchurch shootings, but more than this to work with all our energy, to build united, inclusive, integrated communities where all are welcomed and celebrated regardless of their ethnicity, gender identity, religion, sexuality or disability.

“There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.” Martin Luther King

I like the comments made by the Archbishop of Canterbury concerning the NHS – that the NHS was “the most powerful and visible expression of our Christian heritage…because it sprung out of a concern that the poor should be able to be treated as well as the rich.2 Do you agree?

‘Lent is not for the faint-hearted, it demands that we get close to Jesus. Lent is a journey towards the cross, a journey of enlightenment. Lent can be an opportunity to explore what is the nature of the promised Kingdom of God on earth’. These words are from ‘Lent is not for the faint-hearted – by … More Lent 2018