Tomorrow is the anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, when British troops shot hundreds of innocent civilians dead to maintain the glory of the British Empire.
Month: Apr 2019
Ex-Rev Canon Angela Tilby, Christ Church Cathedral Oxford
The Scream by Edvard Munch reminds me of Brexit, and the fact that it’s only a few days to go to the Sunday before Easter and all that lovely redemption.
And Jesus didn’t just die for humans you know. He died for aliens as well. I mean, the idea of Jesus having to perpetually die and rise again for every single sentient species in the universe is just silly.
Consternatingly Rev Dr Gulnar Eleanor Francis-Dehqani, Bishop of Loughborough
Brexit! It involves numbers. Jesus mentioned numbers. But some things are not numbers. Then again, many things are.
Rev Dr Sam Wells, Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields
What can we learn from the Rwanadan genocide? We learn that we should watch out for the signs of imminent genocide and avoid doing it.
(I was going to use a quote from the Big Book of Magic Stuff that tells you not to commit genocide, but it turns out it’s quite in favour of genocide, especially when the Invisible Magic Friend tells you to do it.)
Consternatingly Reverend James Jones, ex-Lord Bishop of Liverpool and Bishop of Prisons
Brexit!
Bismarck, Rab Butler, Eden, MacMillan, Douglas-Home, Jenkins, Police chiefs, Prime Minister, some other chancellor of Germany, Churchill, St Augustine, a bit of French.
The Faith Perspective is clear.
Platitude of the Day 