n/a
Home / easter

easter

  • April 12, 2009
    The resurrection has to be lived

    The resurrection of Christ is not an argument to be had but a life to be lived, says Rowan Williams. We need to hear what is so often the question that's really being asked when people ask, 'How do you know?'

  • April 12, 2009
    Cut up yer season tickets

    I see John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, has tried to score a late winner this morning.

  • April 12, 2009
    Christian faith and values should not be imposed on society, says Cardinal

    In a message that may surprise his successor, the outgoing Catholic Archbishop of Westminster says in an Easter Sunday homily that Christians should commend the Gospel by example not dominance.

  • April 12, 2009
    God doesn't say 'you're fired!', says archbishop

    In an Easter newspaper article, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams evoked one of Britain's most popular TV programmes to make the point that God regards no-one as 'disposable'.

  • April 11, 2009
    Easter peacemakers and pilgrims

    The journey to Jerusalem is one that unites Christians past and present, says Harry Hagopian. What holds it together in the quest for peace with justice is the presence of Christ, crucified and risen.

  • April 10, 2009
    Getting all cross and bothered

    Good Friday is a day to reflect on the power of redemptive love confronting the crucifying forces in our world. Not that you'd know this from the preoccupations of some church leaders.

  • April 9, 2009
    Methodist president says Easter is about a hope that never dies

    In his Easter message the Rev Stephen Poxon, President of the Methodist Conference in Britain, has spoken of the emotions of Easter in a world traumatised by conflict and certainty.

  • April 7, 2009
    Off on the wrong foot(ball) for Easter

    Church leaders are "angrily" criticising the Premier League in England for holding football matches on Easter Sunday, a prime Bank Holiday in the UK. Simon Barrow argues that a more imaginative response is needed.

  • April 7, 2009
    Easter, the Archbishop and the footie
  • March 25, 2009
    Fairtrade chocolate guide – your guide for a cracking Easter

    It is hard to imagine Easter without chocolate eggs, but it is not well known that the industry which produces cocoa for Easter eggs survives on a massive child trafficking network.