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'Count your blessings' C of E tells 'hopeless' in financial meltdown

Dave Walker's take on the press release

I am sure that it is really well intentioned, but the headline above is how I fear that many will interpret a well intentioned press release from the Church of England today.

Submitted by Jonathan Bartley on 20 April 2009 - 9:50pm.
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You gotta love Damian Thompson

A source of quiet amusement to a number of us at Ekklesia are Damian Thompson’s agitated rantings about us on his blog at the Daily Telegraph.

Submitted by Jonathan Bartley on 14 April 2009 - 9:23am.
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Yours 2 Share - experiments with a greater sense of 'sharingness'

The Easter Sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury about leading by example (particularly in the economic downturn) reminded me of someone I met last weekend whilst doing the BBC 1’s Big Questions in Canterbury.

Submitted by Jonathan Bartley on 13 April 2009 - 8:28am.
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Cut up yer season tickets

I see John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, has tried to score a late winner this morning.

Submitted by Jonathan Bartley on 12 April 2009 - 7:40am.
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United with the Daily Telegraph

It isn't often that the Daily Telegraph and Ekklesia find themselves singing from the same hymn sheet let alone the same terraces.

Submitted by Jonathan Bartley on 8 April 2009 - 10:08am.
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An Ethiopian Odyssey

March 22 is the UN's World Water Day, so I wanted to mention a remarkable book by a good friend of Ekklesia (and an Ekklesia Partner) Annette Allen, which she is using to help raise funds for clean wa

Submitted by Jonathan Bartley on 19 March 2009 - 12:34pm.
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Pete Broadbent, the Bishop of Willesden, and ‘constituency envy’ (Pete Broadbent)

Pete Broadbent, the Bishop of Willesden, is keen to compare the size of his…er…’constituency’, with Ekklesia.

Submitted by Jonathan Bartley on 23 February 2009 - 9:01am.
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Theos highlights discrimination against Atheists in public life

Well done Theos! The think tank set up by the Bible Society did a survey the other day which I had missed until I came across it just now.

Submitted by Jonathan Bartley on 24 November 2008 - 1:34pm.
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The parable of the talents - a subversive children's reading

It was a great joy to find myself taking the Sunday school at our local Anglican church this morning, particularly as the story we were looking at was the Parable of the Talents.

Submitted by Jonathan Bartley on 16 November 2008 - 11:52am.
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Damian Thompson gets a (nonviolent) mauling (Damian Thompson's our friend)

I see that Damian Thompson from the Daily Telegraph has been on the receiving end of a (non-violent) mauling on his blog (Holy Smoke) after he attacked white poppies on Remembrance Day.

Submitted by Jonathan Bartley on 13 November 2008 - 3:31pm.
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