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Seek the welfare of the city, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare, you will find your welfare – Jeremiah 29.7
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I had a profound recognition of how our faith calls us to build relationships.
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Common Good thinking shows us the causes of fractures in our society and how to heal divides
We help people play their part to strengthen the bonds of social trust.
Taking responsibility to build the Common Good
FOCUS ON: Covenant
- As we move into the new era, churches are called to fulfil their sacred, covenantal civic role
- Read our letter and watch our webinar: Renewing the Covenant: Churches and the Building of Local Relationships
What’s happening in the Common Good world:
20 hours agoThis by John Gray is key: the absence of democratic accountability for tech oligarchs leads to censorship that threatens not just individual free speech but also a national public sphere on which democracy depends bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
3 days agoFinally got round to reading Perry Anderson's 🔥LRB piece, "Ever Closer Union?" I enjoyed the righteous and cutting anger. I seem to remember there was a lot of pushback against it. What were the main points of contention? lrb.co.uk/th...
3 days agoTributes to much-loved university chaplain Mgr Mark Langham. @CardinalNichols said that since last March last year, 17 priests of the @RCWestminster have died. 'Each contributed mightily to the work of the Church, as did Mgr Mark.' theta...
4 days agoTheological differences notwithstanding, this is a beautiful testimony to our need for church. For incarnation. Embodied congregational worship of Christ is essential--in all seasons. spectator.co.uk/article/why-im…
6 days agoTwo great men. Maurice Glasman on Roger Scruton. Neither on Twitter. 😳 Roger Scruton died a year ago and we all miss him. His wisdom, as Glasman says, would have been v welcome in these times. 🥰 unherd.com/2021/01/roger-…
7 days agoWe have recorded a special assembly for #HolocaustMemorialDay @HMD_UK - with #ZigiShipper @HolocaustUK - “Be the LIGHT in the darkness” #DoNotHate youtube.com/watch?v=qQQLnp…
1 week agoThis book by @herdyshepherd1 is one of the most compelling I've read in ages - it's a real page-turner. Beautifully written & hopeful, it tells us how our food is produced & how this needs to change. Should be on every school syllabus t...
