October 2011 Blog Posts (27)

Better together - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

This evening I finished a set of meetings with leaders of faith communities in Bradford – where such relationships matter enormously.

A couple of weeks ago I spent an evening as the guest of the Hindus at their newest mandir. Next I met the Council of Mosques. Then, accompanied as usual by…

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Added by Guest Blogs on October 7, 2011 at 9:54 — No Comments

Churches can learn from Euro crisis - you in your small corner.....

Newspaper headlines and editorials scream for greater political and financial unity. In these dark days of economic turmoil we are exhorted to tighten our belts and get on our bikes, to repay our debts and seek jobs up to one and half hours away from our homes. Church leaders have called for compassion, seeking to ensure that the “have not’s” are not left behind, bearing the largest hit proportionately. Justice, they say must go hand in hand with prudence to explore the treasures held in trust… Continue

Added by Bob Fyffe on October 6, 2011 at 16:02 — No Comments

Events - (Canterbury) Interfaith conference commemorating Assisi 27/28th October

The following link will take you to the programme for a very promising-looking conference held in Canterbury to commemorate the Assisi peace prayer: http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/arts-humanities/theology-and-religious-studies/prayingforpeace.aspx, with many interesting speakers, and the concept of combining the dialogue of religious experience and academic dialogue. Highly recommended!… Continue

Added by Katharina Smith-Muller on October 5, 2011 at 10:00 — 1 Comment

Withering hypes - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

I need to confess my cultural ignorance. I have never read some of what are often called ‘the classics’. This deficit doesn’t usually make a massive difference, but, having now visited the wonderful Haworth – only a few miles from the wonderful Bradford – several times in the five months since we…

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Added by Guest Blogs on October 4, 2011 at 9:55 — 1 Comment

Let’s speaky da lingo - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

Excellent news, if it is true. Apparently, Education Minister, Michael Gove, thinks that every child over the age of five should learn a foreign language in school.

Now we need to wait and learn more…

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Added by Guest Blogs on October 3, 2011 at 10:55 — No Comments

It’s funny being funny - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop

Having been out of radio contact for the last three days (at a residential meeting at the utterly beautiful and wonderful Parcevall Hall in the Yorkshire Dales – no mobile signal and no accessible wi-fi), I re-emerge to…

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Added by Guest Blogs on October 3, 2011 at 10:53 — No Comments

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