IS GOD IN CONTROL?

OUR OWN PERSONAL GOOD FRIDAY

04/19/2019

Almost all of us will come to know our own personal Good Friday at some time during our lives. And almost certainly, we shall know such a time more than once. A time when our spirit seems plunged into utter darkness, when there seems to be no hope left. A time of unbearable anguish, pain, and loss. I cannot pretend to know the pain of each one of us during such a time in our lives. But I do know this: Jesus Christ knew just such a time. In great agony of body and spirit upon the cross, Jesus

EXTINCTION REBELLION ARRESTS

04/16/2019

During the night of Monday 15th April, more than 100 Extinction Rebellion climate activists were arrested by Police in London. Further arrests were expected. (1) (Update:- by Wednesday afternoon of the 17th April, more than 300 environmental and climate activists in London had been arrested, Police walking calmly through the crowds and apparently arresting people at random). Extinction Rebellion members and supporters have been blockading five London landmarks – Parliament Square, Marble

TOXIC WHITENESS?

04/14/2019

That “whiteness”, that is, being of white or European ethnicity, is “toxic”, appears to be the view of a columnist in a well known English national daily newspaper. “We’re swimming in toxic whiteness, but take offence at anyone pointing it out.” (1) A TV Channel 4 news presenter, Jon Snow, while covering a pro-Brexit rally (a rally in favour of Britain quitting the European Union) in London in March 2019, commented of the crowd “I’ve never seen so many white people in one place.” (2) Ofcom,

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IS GOD IN CONTROL?

Robert Dewar

OUR OWN PERSONAL GOOD FRIDAY

EXTINCTION REBELLION ARRESTS

TOXIC WHITENESS?