Having been recruited by a process which is enslaved to managerialism, how can the new Archbishop free the Church of England from its Babylonian captivity to the same? At the exact moment when a drastic change in culture is needed, the same culture seems to have shaped the entire process for selecting its leader
Fergus Butler-Gallie, The Spectator, 12 July
There are many opinions about what should happen to people inside prisons. Maybe even more attention needs to be given to the context into which people are released, and especially on building a society which is resilient to welcome back those who’ve done wrong and want to live differently
Philip North, Bishop of Blackburn, Thought for the Day, Radio 4, 14 July
I cannot help thinking that when you eat, sleep, live, and work in the same small room, a place of beauty and holiness is much more important and much more attractive than it is for a colleague 25 years older with a big house, a big garden, and a labrador
Marcus Walker, Rector of St Bartholomew the Great, London, talking about the quiet revival, Holy Smoke podcast, 14 July
Choral singing even brings health benefits: it exercises the brain, helps relieve pain and is thought to aid the immune system. Imagine what choral singing could do for us individually, for our communities, for the NHS, even for foreign policy. David Lammy, a former boy chorister at Peterborough Cathedral, ought to know
Elisabeth Braw, The Times, 14 July
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