Monthly Archives: April 2015

Rose Edge refutes capitalism

It was Rebecca’s birthday. Rebecca was our second child, and Marguerite was baking a cake. At the time were were living in Denstone, which was in many ways a traditional English village. It had one shop, and the shopkeeper was … Continue reading

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Modern Church, issues and arguments

It was partly a sense of a hole needing to be filled that first drew me into Modern Church. I confess to having spent much of my youth as an enthusiastic but short-term campaigner. So many social issues grabbed my … Continue reading

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State or individual – or anything else?

I first voted in a general election in 1970. Some have been closely fought, others were more predictable. As far as I can remember, every one has been proclaimed as the most important for a generation. This one, though, does … Continue reading

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The languages of evangelism

A few years ago in a local wine bar I found myself in unfamiliar company, sitting at a table next to a medium and opposite a committed member of the British Humanist Association. I had not met either before, but … Continue reading

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