In his April 2015 Presidentialaddress to the Church in Wales' (CinW) Governing Body(GB), the Archbishop of Wales urged people to vote in the then forthcoming General Election:"Archbishop Barry identified one of the tasks of the Church during the run up to the General Election as being to tackle voter apathy by engaging in the democratic process...
Kamis, 31 Desember 2020
Same sex marriage. Cold feet or a return to sanity? Probably neither.
Cake decorations at a gay wedding. Photograph: Hector Mato/AFP/GettyThe above illustration appeared in The Guardian in 2006 under the heading "Gay marriage could improve health". Actually the article was more about civil partnerships which many applauded as a victory for...
Trouble and strife
Unhappily married: Andy and Flo Credit: daily MirrorAndy Capp and Flo are unhappily married. Andy is a working-group figure who never actually...
Rabu, 30 Desember 2020
Interfaith discussions: the big problem
Archbishop Justin Welby with Dr Waqar Azmi (l) and Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones (r) at theMuslim Council of Wales dinner, Cardiff, Wales, 1 October 2015. Photo Credit: Lambeth PalaceIn his address to the Muslim Council of Wales (see previous...
I'm a much much better person than you are...
The illustration may have an American slant but the sentiments are the same in Great Britain where the Anglican Church has becomefractured along the lines of the US Episcopal Church while most of the 77 million people worldwide belonging to the Anglican Communion remain...
Interfaith meeting to aid the spread of Islam
A study undertaken by the Muslim Council of Britain has analysed the 2011 Censusto reveal details of Britain's growing Muslim population. Source: Mail Online"The Muslim Council of Wales, an affiliate of Muslim Council Britain, is an accord of mosques, Muslim...
Selasa, 29 Desember 2020
Muslims need not apply!
"Milk Tray man to swing back into action for new Cadbury campaign." - Reporthere.Marking the centenary of the 'Milk Tray' brand, this could have been a golden opportunity for Cadbury to be up front about their sale of halal products to unsuspecting customers by using an actor in Muslim clothing to emphasise their advancement ofIslamic Shari?Ah.The...
Level playing field?
Church of the Virgin Mary in Tal Nasri, Syria and a Mosque in PeterboroughTwo reports have caught my attention today, from the BBC's Newsbeat,What you can be flogged for in Saudi Arabia, and from ITV News,'Anti-Muslim hate is normal': research reveals impact of Islamophobic...
Senin, 28 Desember 2020
Simply stunning
My thanks to New Liturgical Movement for their link to this video about an "absolutely extraordinarydanquot; devotional object, a tiny portable shrine carved of boxwood, made in the northern Netherlands around 1510. Simply stunni...
PC Plod, the Bishop of Gloucester and Germaine Greer
Police Constable Plod is no longer. Nowadays he would be Officer Plod. We seldom if ever hear references to constables unless he or she is a Chief Constable. All are 'officers' with their unique form of police speak (here).The Home Secretary recently gave the Police Force a...
Minggu, 27 Desember 2020
Physician heal thyself!
Credit: BBC/APThe Archbishop of Wales has criticised former Prime Minister Tony Blair over his 'emphatic defence' of the Iraq war. Blair was 'gung-ho' on Iraq invasion, says the Archbishop. Mr Blair has apologised for mistakes in the conflict but says without invasion Iraq...
"Don't worry, be happy!"
"The first African-American presiding bishop of the US Episcopal Church was instated in a ceremony led by female bishops, openly gay reverends and even a Jewish rabbi. After a spirited opening by a gospel choir, Episcopal leaders filed into the imposing National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., to the sound of guitars guiding a Spanish hymn and a Native...
Something to hide?
Picture Credit: Express/REUTERS?GETTY?APHat tip to Anglican Ink via Anglican Mainstream for this report:On 5 November in the House of Lords Lord Pearson (UKIP) called for a national debate on the nature of Islam. He asked the government whether, as part of their counter-extremism...
Sabtu, 26 Desember 2020
LGB / T
I have been taken to task for being homophobic because I do not support same sex marriage so I was pleased to see this video which strikes back at homosexuals who like to claim that love justifies everything, misquoting the Bible for their own ends. The interviewer claims to be 'normal' because he is gay and 'married', a concept hotly contested by...
Head in the sand
Unfortunately it has taken theatrocities in Paris to concentrate the mind on the nature of Islam. In my entry last Saturday I posed the question 'Something to hide?' after the House of Lords rejected the idea of encouraging a national debate about the nature of Islam.In...
World Toilet Day 2015
Toilet on the outskirts of Lima, Peru Credit: REUTERS/MARIANA BAZOThis toilet outside a family home on the outskirts of Lima Peru hardly...
Jumat, 25 Desember 2020
Thought for the Day
Credit: South Wales Argus"A young man who recently converted to Islam told me that while he loved his new found faith, the worship the prayers and the discipline, one of the worst things about his new life was listening to the Friday sermon. He had yet to hear a sermon which...
Kamis, 24 Desember 2020
In season of warmth, a look at chilling, global war on Christianity
The aftermath of the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians SourceTelegraph/Universal NewsFrom The Rev. John Armstrong, Pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, Columbus, Indiana writing in The Republic:Pope Francis acknowledges it.Justin Welby, the Archbishop of...
Learned but thick?
The King Khalid Foundation domestic abuse advert slogan simply reads: 'Some things can’t becovered – fighting women’s abuse together' ...
Trumped!
I am not a supporter of Donald Trump but I defend his right to say what he thinks so long as he does not incite violence. What he called for in his controversial speech was a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States "until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on", possibly indicating that he is as puzzled...
Rabu, 23 Desember 2020
Quartet
Source: BBC FilmsAmongst the burgeoning diet of murder, violence and intimidation on TV, last evening saw the screening of the BBC's comedy drama, Quartet, a delightful film with a happy ending for a refreshing change. Some of the best comedy lines are repeated in a Review here.Under...
Church in Wales Christmas farce
You could be forgiven for thinking this is a lineup of hopefuls demanding a part in a Church pantomime farce. In many ways it is.Not to be outdone by their sister group, Women and the Church (WATCH), now more popularly known as Women in the Church (WITCH) having achieved their goal of feminizing the Church of England, this group is determined to do...
They still don't get
Memorizing Islamic texts which condemn other religions. Telegraph/Photo: REUTERS"The Education Secretary, Nicky Morgan, has asked officials to review home schooling amid fears that thousand[s] of children are having their...
Selasa, 22 Desember 2020
Just up his street
An announcement has appeared on the Church in Wales web site that Bazzer of Neath has now picked a girl from Neath to be the new Dean of Llandaff. - That must be another morale booster for Church in Wales clergy. An imported Ass Bishop and an imported lady Archdeacon although...
