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In the gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells a parable about a Vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16). In the parable, the landowner hires several workers throughout the day. We’re told that the first […]
This Lent I am feeling the tension between action and contemplation more acutely than ever. ‘Our Lent should awaken a sense of social justice’ As always the words that Oscar […]
In the heart of the London docklands, just the other side of the Thames from the O2 Arena, is a squat stone lighthouse at the end of Trinity Bouy Wharf. […]
For nearly 50 years now I have been a Hammer; for the uninitiated that means a fan of West Ham United FC. I have supported them through triumph (The FA […]
It is now mid-January, and the weekend’s newspapers were still full of the story that captured people’s attention on New Year’s Day – the hundreds of sub-postmasters and mistresses wrongly […]
At the start of this election year of 2024, we at the Foundation are asking the question: If what we need to rediscover as a society is a sense of […]
When I was at junior school in the 1980s, the nuns decided that it would be best for us to learn the hymns that we would sing at assemblies and […]
Last week on twitter, Humanists UK, quoting their Vice President, Professor Alice Roberts argued, ‘We really don’t need more faith schools in this country. I wish the government would prioritise inclusive […]
by Grace Thomas
1 Dec 2023
We are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs. (Bishop Ken Untener of Saginaw, drafted for a homily by Cardinal John Dearden in November 1979) How I wish I had […]
Dr Joseph Forde writes for the blog this week. He is Chair of Sheffield’s Church Action on Poverty Group. He researches and writes on welfare and Christianity and is author […]