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For those who have winter but no Christmas!

Reading this article by Fraser Nelson about his conversation with a SAGE advisor and seeing responses like the one below reminded me of a recent discovery. Archaeologists in Nineveh came across a stone tablet reporting events following Jonah’s visit to the City. The text says: One sceptical wise man went out of the city to… Continue reading Just in from Nineveh …

COVID update -Omicron optimist or pessimist?

I’ve been following the cases in South Africa and the headlines are that it does look like cases may have at least begun to peak there, although there is always the risk of a false dawn. Before we get too excited, it is worth remembering two things. First that South Africa may not offer a… Continue reading COVID update -Omicron optimist or pessimist?

First Look 4: The end … or is it?

Discussion Starters What do you fear the most? If you knew that you had six months left to live, would you change anything about your plans and your daily routine? A look at the Bible Today we arrive at the part of the story which Luke gives most attention to. A biographer usually spends most… Continue reading First Look 4: The end … or is it?

What are we afraid of?

Throughout COVID I’ve seen a particular line of argument from some of my fellow Christians to the effect that the response to the pandemic marks out a society that is afraid of death. Apart from the feeling that this comes combined with suspicion of interventions to mitigate against the virus and a little bit of… Continue reading What are we afraid of?

How likely is the worst case scenario?

There’s been much social media discussion about this article from Fraser Nelson in the Spectator reporting a conversation he had with Prof Graham Medley the chair of SAGE. In the conversation, Medley indicates that SAGE tends to model the worst case scnarios because those are the ones that if they turn out to be true… Continue reading How likely is the worst case scenario?

Weakness

Our church have been running a series of podcasts during Advent looking at aspects of the Christmas story and this week’s were all about values that arise out of it. Today I contributed a short podcast on “weakness.” You can listen to the podcast here – and do be sure to check out all the… Continue reading Weakness

COVID and Omicron – what’s the mood?

Yesterday I ran one of my little surveys via twitter. Remember, these are not intended to give is a scientific analysis of the exact proportions of people that hold specific positions. Rather, they operate like a kind of focus group or dip check. That’s not a high number of votes and I expect proportions would… Continue reading COVID and Omicron – what’s the mood?

Human Rights and Christian Responsibility

Do we have bodily autonomy? Can we depend on Human Rights legislation as the foundation for our liberties?

COVID and Omicron responding to the current situation

In today’s post I want to update on risk assessment and risk management. I’m aware that a lot of churches will have big decisions to make this weekend about how to respond to the current new wave of cases driven by the Omicron variant. My advice as things stand would be as follows. Continue to… Continue reading COVID and Omicron responding to the current situation