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European Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast - 40th Anniversary
Today in Strasbourg Members of the European Parliament will gather to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the prayer breakfast. This has met monthly in Strabourg and should not be confused with the...
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Faith and politics: lessons from America
Mike Ion, a Labour Party colleague from Shropshire has written a very challenging article in Prospect. Mike writes in the light of the hugely sucessuful visit of Pope Benedict, and says "the visit of...
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Not an easy weekend......
It has not been the most easy of weekends. Number two has flown the nest off to another ancient institution of tertiary education. The house felt really empty last night. Much of the weekend was spent...
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Beware of this charity
Just in case you get stopped in the streets or are asked to loan Methodist premises to the charity "Soldiers off the street" read Harry's Place first.Update 09/10/10: I had a phone call yesterday...
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Losing faith that people of faith can live peaceably together
I was reading in the Jewish Chronicle an interesting account of the meeting between Pope Benedist anda selection of faith leaders during the recent papal visit.Lord Sacks, the chief rabbi, came out...
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Progress in Fiji
Latest news from Figi is encouraging , where it is almost a crime to be a Methodist:The Fijian government has dropped most of the charges against leaders of the Methodist Church in Fiji. Fijian...
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There goes my chance to win £82m
Anyone who has braved the rain and popped into a newspaper shop today will know that for someone Friday 1 October 2010 is going to be a special day.Just in front of me this morning, in one of...
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No pressure, no not much
Last year I was described as an "arse" because I dared to question whether climate change was down to human activity (this sentence has been updated, see footnote* see footnote **). At the time I...
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Calm before the storm
The Tory conference opens just down the road tomorrow. Can't say that I'm pleased to have the place crawling with triumphant members of the "coalition".We decided to get out of town for the afternoon...
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Would you buy a mobile phone service from O2?
I dropped a line to O2 pointing our that they were financing the disgusting video produced by the nasty pressure group 10:10.This was their pathetic reply:Hi DavidI'm sorry if you felt offended. We...
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Methodist Church faces legal challenge over discrimination
The Methodist Church is to face a legal challenge over its discriminatory campaign against Israel. The Sunday Telegraph reports that lawyer Paul Diamond will argue that the Methodist resolution passed...
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Methodist church launches ebook
Good to see that the Methodist Church is busy promoting one of the denominations distinctive features and one that drew me into the Methodist family. A press release from Connexional headquarters...
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From the Methodist morning hate mail.....
Sunday's story about the Methodist preacher who is mounting a legal action against the Methodist churches' discriminatory campaign against the Jewish community in Israel has provoked a torrent of...
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Lots of love
Those who have been following this blog in recent days will know that I've come in for a lot of stick.This follows the news that I am preparing to make a public stand and legal challenge against the...
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Methodist Church to rescind charitable status and set up political fund?
One Methodist blogger Minister David Warnock is bursting with excitement and asking why no one is taking legal action against the TUC and the Labour Party.I'm a member of both the Labour Party and a...
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Book Review: Fighting Back - British Jewry's military contribution to the...
Martin Sugarman and I attended the same school in Hackney. He was the year above me. I'm delighted to have read his newly published book Fighting Back: British Jewry's Contribution to the Second World...
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Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in for me!
A message left in one of the comment boxes. I am clearly an unpopular Methodist preacher in some quarters:"I'm glad not all methodists are not small minded like you."
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The small print
It's always interesting to read "the small print". It often tells you what a business most fears a customer asking or claiming. It is the "get out clause" to avoid otherwise legitimate claims.There's...
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Suddenly the congregation changed
This morning I really didn't feel like preaching. I was planned at the smallest church in our circuit. It is run by three or four ladies who keep the flame burning. Not all of them are in the best of...
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Discrimination case : international interest grows
There is growing interest in the discrimination case soon to be launched to rescue the reputation of Britain's Methodist Church for fairness and openness.The case will be based on the premise that the...
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