In the 1950s and 60s, christenings of babies were important gatherings in the British summertime. They were one of those regular rituals that brought families together to drink warm German wine and to fall out with each other. Nearly everyone was christened, even if their parents had a lukewarm relationship with Christianity. I have only […]
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Paved with good intentions
Headline, Daily Express, 19th January 2015: “’I was sacked for praying for a troubled Muslim’ says Christian nurse” This case was in the news again this week, when an Employment Tribunal appeal was rejected. Almost everything in the Express headline last year was incorrect, and much of this week’s coverage was misleading. Our news outlet […]
The sacred and the profane
I have no religion. As a young man, my opposition to religion was strident, but I have mellowed in this respect (actually, more or less everything I believed as a young man was stridently expressed). These days I do not really care what other people believe, so long as they do not impose it on […]