This is shaping up to be the first new generation, in a very long time, to be making the country more, not less, religious — TikToking digital natives for whom the old world is unfathomable, yet who retrieve now from its analogue wreckage, of all things, Bibles and hymn sheets
Tanjil Rashid, Financial Times, 31 May
“Without a vision, the people perish,” writes the sage. But, contrary to a popular musical, not any dream will do. Some dreams are simply fantasies of power and security rooted in fear. A vision of justice for my neighbour, of love for my enemy, is more challenging. After all, my security is not isolated from the security of my neighbour or my enemy. Uncertainty has to be navigated, because it’s the only certainty we have. Sometimes, indeed, the best maps are limited
Nick Baines, Bishop of Leeds, Thought for the Day, Radio 4, 3 June
Why are you looking up? is the biblical question asked of Christians on Ascension Day. And now, as then, the searching of the skies is a search for meaning, for truth. But now, as then, this searching isn’t isolated from the earth, but intimately connected to human well-being and the hope and suffering of all creation
Lucy Winkett, Rector of St James’s, Piccadilly, Thought for the Day, Radio 4, 29 May
It’s tempting to view recent leadership crises in the Church in Wales as isolated cases — a difficult episcopacy here, strained relationships there. But when considered together, a pattern emerges that reveals deeper issues in how leadership is exercised, accountability functions, and issues are addressed
Mark Clavier, Vicar of St Mary’s, Brecon, Substack, 3 June
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