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Missing link in GP consultations
IN HIS book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks tells his story of Jimmie G, the “Lost Mariner”. Jimmie, once a young naval officer, suffered with an unusual dementia. In chapel, however, he became wholly…
the Church of England has lost its way
I HAVE written this piece — and the book from which it is derived — out of heartfelt love of the Church of England and its people. By “its people”, I mean not only the faithful regulars in churches, cathedrals, and…
Christmas is message is that all are welcome
“YOU put your Jesus in, you put your Jesus out.” That’s the summary of Christian discourse this Advent: a painfully perennial argument about the true meaning of the season, given extra bite this year by the efforts of…
Pilgrims can return to Palestine
ON 7 OCTOBER 2023, there were 35 pilgrims at St George’s College. Instead of visiting the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem that day, I informed them that, for safety reasons, we would be staying in the Cathedral Close in…
Jury reforms will not fix the systemic problems
ANDREW MALKINSON stood trial in 2004 accused of rape. He had an unmarked face, although the victim had gouged a deep scratch down her attacker’s cheek, and Malkinson had tattoos on his arms where the attacker was said to have…
Do installations in cathedrals encourage faith?
CATHEDRAL installations are becoming commonplace these days, probably causing delight and dismay in equal measure. For some, they are, at best, tacky distractions, and, at worst, desecrations of sacred spaces; for others,…
Case for reducing child poverty must be made
THE flagship measure of last week’s Budget was, perhaps, the removal of the two-child limit on Universal Credit, which will lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty, and for which the Church of England and…
How churches can be intercultural
THE Church of England’s vision is that every person in England has access to an enriching and compelling community of faith. For clergy, this responsibility is formalised in the cure of souls: a duty of care and mission to…
C of E needs a clear national policy on HIV
WORLD AIDS DAY falls annually on 1 December. As an elected member of the General Synod, I reflect at this time on my own identity as a gay Christian man living with HIV. It is a time for remembering those whom we have lost to…
Israel’s acts are not ‘genocidal’
THE Archbishop of York claims that Israel has committed “genocidal acts” in Gaza (News, 21 November). Since the Archbishop is an expert neither in the ethics of war nor in Middle Eastern affairs, it is unclear why he thinks…
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