Today I read the following article, which underlines the idea that demographically, it seems the USA is catching up the UK. Perhaps, however, as more and more people conclude it is no longer "cool" to attend Church, what we are already seeing on both sides of the Atlantic is that those who choose to stay are taking their faith commitment more seriously. The church will of course survive this downturn as it has every other before. "The number of Americans who do not identify with any religion … [Read more...]

It is of great encouragement to me that an idea that is both in many ways rather unremarkable, and yet sadly seems quite revolutionary,  is gaining traction in many different places. This is simply the plan that we should befriend, serve, listen to, and generally too good to people from other faiths and none, whilst all the time making clear we still believe what we do. In a way it is simply a restating of old principles like "freedom of religion" and "free speech."  I suppose the slightly … [Read more...]