On 15 January 2021, Ekklesia is pleased to be launching its new website for a new year – our twentieth in operation as a pioneering think-tank (and now change network) on beliefs, ethics and politi
Commentary by Simon Barrow
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January 14, 2021
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December 24, 2020
First, warmest Christmas and Season’s greetings to all our friends, associates and readers.
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July 21, 2019
Oliver Soden, Michael Tippett: The Biography (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2019), 768pp, ISBN: 9781474606028.
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December 24, 2018
“We can, and should also, celebrate Christmas despite the ruins around us.” So wrote Dietrich Bonhoeffer in a letter to his parents on 29 November 1943.
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May 4, 2018
Ten days ago we marked the 103rd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide (24 April 2018). It was remembered all over the world.
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April 14, 2018
Syria is one bloody mess at present. President Assad is grasping back control of a country wracked by civil war through brutal, ruthless and savage means.
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December 24, 2017
All involved with Ekklesia send their warmest seasonal greetings for Christmastide – thank you so much for your interest, engagement and support in so many ways.
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January 1, 2017
Greetings and very best wishes to all Ekklesia's friends, associates and collaborators for 2017.
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December 16, 2016
Ekklesia has been working hard to get MPs from all parties to attend the House of Commons on 16 December 2016 and to vote for Eilidh Whiteford MP's Private Members Bill to ratify the
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November 9, 2016
One of the consolations and trials of being plugged into digital media is that you’re never alone with your feelings in a moment of tumult like the election of Donald Trump as the 45th P
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September 21, 2016
The United Nations' (UN) International Day of Peace is marked and celebrated on 21 September each year.
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July 18, 2016
It is almost certain that the Westminster Parliament will this evening approve the expenditure of what will apparently be £31 billion immediately, and some £205 billion in the long run, on a renewe
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June 23, 2016
Though for me the choice is ultimately clear, I understand those who are agonising about this UK referendum on the EU and who are
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June 23, 2016
As the UK referendum on the EU takes place today (23 June 2016), I find myself thousands of miles away. It's a strange and emotionally tangled feeling.
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November 29, 2015
Advent, the season of expectation, begins today
In biblical times it started with an unexpected messenger (angel) announcing an ordinary event in an unlikely place to a lowly person.
