Like it or not, 25 December draws a line across our lives.“We must have a coffee/lunch before Christmas.” “Can you turn this around for me before the break?” And tha
The European Christian Environmental Network, after meeting in Katowice, Poland, has issued a statement calling on governments and political decision makers to work for a sustainable future and adequate mechanisms to support the most vulnerable people.
Yesterday I received an email from John Lewis inviting me to “be the perfect host this Christmas”. This would apparently be facilitated by the purchase of “cookware” and “serveware" which would enable me to “cook with ease from morning to night.”
The contemporary Christmas - a fusion of more than one mythic truth - may so easily draw us into the trap of indulgence without festival, says Jill Segger. She suggests that we celebrate best when we do so with the needy.
"It's time to lock up your wallets and purses, cut up your credit cards and dump the love of your life - shopping," say Buy Nothing Day campaigners this weekend.
Concerns about young people have made the news this week. There are fears of "sexualisation" and "radicalisation". Both words imply that young people cannot make choices themselves, but only passively accept what is imposed on them. And they distract attention from the policies of a government which is set to wreck the opportunities of countless young people.