Category - cross

A Twitter of a Passion Play

Simon Barrow — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:59:33 +0100

This year, you can travel the Stations of the Cross online via cell phone, Blackberry, iPhone, or other Internet connection – for what may be the world’s first twitterised Passion Play...

New York church performs Passion Play on Twitter

staff writers — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:41:12 +0100

For Good Friday, a New York church has been circulating the story of the Passion, the biblical narrative leading up to Jesus' crucifixion, on the popular social networking site Twitter.

Crucifixion and Abu Ghraib

Jennifer Halteman Schrock — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:41:54 +0100

The crucifixion reminds us that God is well acquainted with places like Abu Ghraib, says Jennifer Halteman Schrock. May the suffering that Christ endured while on trial as a “terrorist” fill us with compassion.

Putting an end to scapegoating

Giles Fraser — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:15:05 +0000

Easter is not about some nasty death cult where a blood sacrifice must be paid to appease an angry God, says Giles Fraser. The crucifixion reveals human death-dealing at its worst and the resurrection offers a new start, refusing the logic of scapegoating.

Death and resurrection is to be lived, says Methodist leader

staff writers — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:22:20 +0000

Today's world "lives with death and resurrection in many ways and in many places", says the president of the Methodist Conference in Britain. The duty of the church is to be with them in this and to point to the hope of the gospel.

Staring death in the face

Giles Fraser — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:09:31 +0000

"Know that you are dust and to dust you shall return", the church says in its liturgy. Where else do we speak of such things in public? asks Giles Fraser, reflecting on our cultural habit of shrinking from the reality of death.

BA worker was not discriminated against over cross ban

staff writers — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:11:35 +0000

A British Airways worker has lost her case for religious discrimination over wearing a gold jewellery cross to work. It is the latest in a spate of recent cases where Christians have claimed to be discriminated against, and courts have subsequently ruled that they have not.

Churches used financial leverage to change BA uniform policy

staff writers — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:14:27 +0000

Churches used financial leverage to force British Airways to change its uniform policy, according to a new website aimed at making the investment activities of churches in the UK more transparent. The Church Investors Group has combined assets of £12 billion.

Hate letters to the Dean of St Albans

Simon Barrow — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:04:24 +0100

Responding to the news of hate letters sent to the Dean of St Alban's over his Holy Week talk on the cross, Ekklesia co-director Simon Barrow commented:

Dean's atonement talk resulted in abuse and obscenity

staff writers — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:12:17 +0100

Jeffrey John's Holy Week talk on the cross produced a torrent of abuse from many who had not heard it. ut his argument against a vindictive atonement theory is mainstream Anglican teaching.